Potions, lotions and lipstick: The gendered consumption of cosmetics and perfumery in socialist and post-socialist urban Bulgaria

@article{Ghodsee2007PotionsLA,
  title={Potions, lotions and lipstick: The gendered consumption of cosmetics and perfumery in socialist and post-socialist urban Bulgaria},
  author={Kristen Ghodsee},
  journal={Womens Studies International Forum},
  year={2007},
  volume={30},
  pages={26-39}
}
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