Author: Nadia Higgins
Series: Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day
Narrator: Intuitive
Unabridged: 0 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 01/01/2017
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Technology - Inventions
Includes: Bonus PDF
Can you believe that the paint used on cars inspired the invention of nail polish in the 1920s? Or that people have been making hair dyes for thousands of years, using everything from boiled walnuts to gold powder? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind inventions you use every day. From the woman who invented "kissproof" lipstick to the role toothpicks played in the creation of Q-tips, you'll find out how we got the beauty inventions that help us look great.
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