Tosefta for Moed Katan 1:7

אֵין נוֹשְׂאִין נָשִׁים בַּמּוֹעֵד, לֹא בְתוּלוֹת, וְלֹא אַלְמָנוֹת, וְלֹא מְיַבְּמִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁשִּׂמְחָה הִיא לוֹ. אֲבָל מַחֲזִיר הוּא אֶת גְּרוּשָׁתוֹ. וְעוֹשָׂה אִשָּׁה תַּכְשִׁיטֶיהָ בַמּוֹעֵד. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, לֹא תָּסוּד מִפְּנֵי שֶׁנִּוּוּל הוּא לָהּ:

It is not permitted to take a wife on Chol Hamoed, neither a virgin nor a widow; and it is forbidden to enter into levirate marriage (yibum); for one derives joy therefrom, [and it is forbidden to mix another joy with the joy of the festival, viz. (Deuteronomy 16:14): "And you shall rejoice in your festival" — in your festival, and not in your wife.] But it is permitted to take back one's divorcée, [for one does not derive as much joy in that instance as he does in taking an entirely new wife.] And a woman may adorn herself on Chol Hamoed [e.g., She may paint her eyes, straighten her hair so that she not look unkempt, rouge her face, shave her pudenda, and the like.] R. Yehudah says: She may not use lime (as a depilatory), for it is painful to her. [The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.]

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