The Daily Extra # 57

Women in Allied nations donned red lipstick as an act of defiance against Hitler’s disdain for it. British journalist Madeleine Marsh, who wrote *Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day*, notes that Hitler particularly disliked red lipstick. In response, women in Allied countries and the Resistance embraced it as a bold statement against his regime. 50 Weird Facts That Most People Don’t Know