Increasingly, any face powder was considered incompatible with normative masculinities - risking considerable suspicion and attention.
The penal system prevents crime in exactly the same way as an umbrella prevents rain, or face powder would prevent smallpox.
He was charged with supplying face powder made by himself without having applied for registration.
It is as useless as applying face powder to the pustules in a case of smallpox.
Its cosmetic effect is as effective as putting face powder on a pox-ridden harlot.
It is the present law that any package of talcum or face powder weighing 12 grammes or more must be marked with the net weight.
It would immediately lead to evasion into the field of ordinary face powder and talcum powder for adults.
I doubt whether any woman in the country would subscribe to the view that her lipstick or her face powder is a luxury.
