Help dating a manicure set please?

[Living*Doll*Vintage]

I've got this on my make up table and just love it~ wondering about when it was "new"

The remover is still fluid in the bottle and the back of the label says: "Contains no Acetone" - The little tins of nail white are almost full, and I've never heard of "powder polish" - the back of that tin says to twist the top, sift out some powder into your hand or a buffer and pass nails quickly across powdered surface -
You can't see it in this pic but the bottle tops have pointed oval nail shapes in them so you can grip the lid more easily~

Thanks for any light you can shed on this!

 

[lkranieri]

I found a few 1937 ads for:

<center>"Lady Lillian

Manicure Sets--49 cents

Nail polish, polish remover,
cuticle remover, cuticle cream,
orange sticks and nail white.

SCHLINTZ BROS.
Drug Stores."
</center>

 

[lkranieri]

All of the Lady Lillian manicure set ads I found date between 1934-1937. Based upon the Deco look of yours and the description of the 1934 set below, I think yours is closer to 1934 than 1937:

<center>"Lady Lillian"
MANICURE SETS

"Lady Lillian" Manicure Aids in attractive
modernistic boxes of bakelite, in green and
black. Each set contains polish, oil polish
remover, nail white, orange sticks and
cotton. 50 cents.

 

[Living*Doll*Vintage]

Thanks Lynne, that helps a great deal~

 

[thespectrum]

I love that, love the deco graphics on the old tins & bottles. Cosmetics etc are such fun to collect, especially with the original contents.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

what's the lid look like, Sharon??

 

[fast_eddies_retro_rags]

That is such a cool set! I love the round green tin.

Powder polish is hard to explain, but it sort of acts like sandpaper, helping to smooth the "graininess" of the nail surface. It can put a natural shine to your nails, which wears away pretty quickly with time, from doing dishes, etc. "Polishes out the dents", sort of, but not very well. (Gee that's helpful, no?)