A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Pure and Clear Beauty is anything but tiny. In 18th-century America, upper-class men as well as women wore make-up, a reminder that beauty customs have never been as fixed as they can seem. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. So a round of Pure and Clear Beauty is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer fashion and style timeline.
