task 10

The history of makeup is very interesting as they didnt have the products that we have today so they had to make use of whatever they had examples of this is;

Egyptians
Makeup is first traced back to first being used by the Egyptians. The famously known Cleopatra wore lipstick which was produced and got its colour and look from ground up carmine beetles. Another way in which most people created their lipstick was from mixing clay and water.

Romans
As a popular makeup look is rosey cheeks and we can use blusher to achieve this look but as the Romans didnt have blusher they improvised and used wine to give the flushed cheek effect. Here is a example of the Romans



http://www.lifeinitaly.com/cosmetics-history

The Middle Ages

Everyone who is pale desires to be tanned but in the Middle Ages the trend that all the women were obsessed with was being pale and some painted their bodys to achieve this and some were so desperate and went as far as allowing themselves to bled just to get the pale look. Here is an example and you can see the pale effect in this picture;                                           

http://neovictorianparlour.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/victorianmakeup.html

19th and early 20th Century Cosmetics
people experimented with various ingredients to create products some of which were actually harmful such as the mixture of lead and copper used to create a power to apply to the face. Unfortunately this mix of ingredients proved to be toxic and was at fault for the cause of problems including facial tremors, muscle paralysis and in the most severe cases death. After this the started to use Zinc oxide to create the powered face look.
 http://cosmeticsinfo.org/Ancient-history-cosmetics