成人快手

By Lisa Eldridge.

I’ve always had a fascination with the history of makeup, and the stories it can tell.

I’ve been avidly collecting vintage makeup throughout my career, and I’m always turning to looks from the historic past for inspiration when creating makeup looks in the present and for the future.

For this series, Makeup: A Glamorous History we dug even deeper: finding old recipe books, articles from women’s magazines from 100 years ago, and pharmacists hand-books from even further in the past. Together with a professional chemist, I re-made a lot of these old recipes and tried them out on myself and my model to create the most authentic looks possible.

This first series focuses on three moments in British history: the Georgians, the Victorians and the Roaring 20s – but some of their tricks and recipes date back to the Ancient Egyptians.

I really enjoyed discovering that some of the cosmetics our ancestors used were actually very good.

Makeup: A Glamorous History starts Tuesday 20 April, 9pm on 成人快手 Two.

The Georgians loved a dark dramatic brow. Fake brows were sometimes glued on and they were made from a weird range of materials – including, it is reported, mouse skin. But for a more subtle look (and humane one!) recipes from the 1780s suggest using burnt cloves. First, gently heat a clove in a candle, and holding it by the small end, use the rounded one to make a quick and easy eyebrow pencil. This actually went on and blended beautifully. Obviously let the clove cool first – nobody wants a burnt brow!

The Victorians were all about the ‘natural look’. And Victorian middle-class women were brilliant at finding ways to put on ‘sneaky’ makeup – that enhanced their looks without being too obvious. Manuals at the time suggest using castor oil on the brows and lashes (which they sometimes mixed with coal dust for sneaky extra definition). Castor oil on the brow is conditioning and makes them look more lustrous.

One of the earliest beauty products ever unearthed was a type of moisturising cream found in an Egyptian tomb. Roman soldiers in Egypt also used products to moisturise around their eyes. Most beauty regimes through history have focused on healthy, hydrated skin.

The Georgians used pomade and powder to create their enormous hair do’s. It was most often made using bear grease and perfume. Pomade still exists today (thankfully not the bear fat variety) and although it’s pretty heavy in texture, it can be great for styling and does leave your hair beautifully conditioned.

Every period we looked at used some sort of blush. For the Georgians it was organic dye fixed in brandy, for the Victorians a liquid blush made using dyes, isinglass and borax, and in the 1920s it was powder, very like modern makeup today with a vast choice of vibrant colours. I was really impressed with the effect and finish of the blushers from each period .... But as every makeup artist will tell you – your blush only works if it is beautifully blended.