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Tuesday 23 July 2013

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Black Women Makeup Biogarphy

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Although altering your appearance through makeup was frowned upon by religious leaders, women continued to expand their use of makeup. European cultures of the Middle Ages also valued pale, white skin, as a pristine complexion was an important sign of wealth and status. Having tan skin implied that you spent time outside, likely having to conduct manual labor on a farm, while those with lighter complexions could afford to spend their days inside. In the 13th century, women slowly began to introduce subtle pinks into their face makeup, an even greater sign of affluence – if you had the money to have died, pink makeup, surely you were wealthy.
In Elizabethan times, makeup took on a new role, as it was used to disguise disease. Women wore heavy face makeup to conceal their illnesses and covered their faces in egg whites for a “healthy glaze appearance.” The combination of bright white faces and striking red lips became popular during this time. In Victorian England, makeup fell from favor, as it began an association with prostitutes, causing Queen Victoria to publicly declare cosmetics as vulgar and improper. Women, however, remained concerned with protecting their skin from the sun and used a variety of natural ingredients like honey, rosewater and oatmeal on their faces as opposed to products found in apothecaries (early pharmacies). Ladies who did attempt to wear color on their faces secretly used beet juice or pinched their cheeks to add a subtle hint of pink or red.
The French are credited with bringing color back to makeup and it became popular for females in 19th century France to sport bright red lips and red cheeks. The French were responsible for developing more advanced scientific processes for the creation of new cosmetics, with zinc oxide bases replacing more dangerous substances such as lead and copper, and for manufacturing perfumes, which were created from aromatic natural ingredients like flowers and fruits.
The makeup industry as we know it today came to life in the 1900s. The rise in popularity of modern media – television, movies, advertisements, etc. – is credited with helping to rapidly grow the makeup industry. Popular Hollywood starlets like Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich appeared on the silver screen before millions of admiring fans around the world, wearing makeup and sporting a more modern, tanned look.
World War II was followed by a boom of economic prosperity, which led to the acceleration of the industry, with many of the makeup brands that women know and wear today being created during this period. Ads for cosmetics, particularly lipsticks and mascaras, were plentiful and lead to the creation of the beauty magazine industry.
Over the course of the last century, women began to wear more makeup and for different reasons – a more natural look during the day and a glamorous look in the evening. Consumers have become more sophisticated, demanding a variety of different products to meet their beauty and health needs, for example makeup that conceals aging or more recently, products made from the earth’s minerals.

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