Beauty in a Jar

Name: Beauty in a Jar
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-03-01
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 0
Cast: Debi Mazar, Helen Gurley Brown, John Epperson, Iman, Kyra Sedgwick

March 1, 2003
Directed by
Lisa Ades

BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transformed over time? How does advertising tap into women's fantasies and hidden desires?

Last Updated: November 8, 2025

Cast

Debi Mazar

Self

Beauty in a Jar

March 1, 2003
Directed by
Lisa Ades

Cast

Debi Mazar

Self

Helen Gurley Brown

Self

John Epperson

Self

Iman

Self

Kyra Sedgwick

Narrator

Kathy Peiss

Self

Beauty in a Jar

March 1, 2003Directed byLisa Ades

Cast

Debi Mazar

Self

Helen Gurley Brown

Self

John Epperson

Self

Iman

Self

Kyra Sedgwick

Narrator

Kathy Peiss

Self

March 1, 2003
Directed by
Lisa Ades