Makeup Through The 1900s

1292020 For generations makeup has been seen as a girls-only. In Edwardian Society pressure increases on middle-aged women to appear youthful while acting as hostesses.

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Contouring and defined brows werent always the most popular makeup trends.

Makeup through the 1900s. From the early 1900s until the 1950s popular makeup focused on the face particularly the lips cheeks and eyebrows. With the growing interest for sports one should look crisp and be a child of nature. Beauty by the decade.

1900s-1920s In 1909 Gordon Selfridge had opened the first cosmetics counter to allow women to try before you buy and by the 1920s every pharmacy and department store in the world had makeup counters. Because of this skin was very important to Victorian beauty. 4112015 Queen Victoria of England set the tone for the 19th century publicly stating that wearing makeup was impolite.

You are not born glamorous glamour is created. But in the 60s according to Millihelen eye makeup took center stage. It is viewed as vulgar and acceptable only for use by actors.

The infographic below created by Beauty Flash follows the evolution of makeup throughout the last 100 years. By the end of the decade not only was wearing makeup fashionable and respectable it was de rigeur. Lamp black or soot was sometimes mixed with oil or water to form a black product that could be used as eyeliner shadow or mascara.

Foundation moisturize powder rouge and then powder again. 12112016 Makeup Its Birth and Course Through History 2. The restricted makeup of the Victorian era was still leading the beauty ideals.

However the effect was unnatural and not commonly used. Face foundations were manufactured in an ivory hue with a slight touch of pink. The 50s were all about looking glamorous like Marilyn Monroe while the 60s were defined by Twiggys accentuated doe-eyes.

However by the mid-1920s makeup was openly worn and applied in public. It wasnt until the mid-1800s that makeup was relegated to one end of the gender spectrum. Enterprise so we forget that it wasnt always that way.

4212017 Beet stains can make a kitchen look like a murder scene but in the 1900s the brightness of the vegetable had a different purpose and it was all about makeup. This meant pale skin rosy cheeks and natural red lips. Making your face white was a dangerous practise in the 1900s as the main ingredient in powders was generally arsenic.

Eye makeup and lipstick were some of the less common cosmetics during the 19th century. 992015 This decade was all about the Tea Rose complexion which was a more natural departure from the twenties. For millennia stretching from 4000 BCE through the 18th century men traditionally used makeup in myriad ways.

Society hostesses sought to hold on to their youth. Makeup of the 1900s consequently sought to emulate this pale appearance. The ideal face of makeup at the time consisted of opaque eye shadow in pastel shades.

As a result cosmetics use increases but is. I love vintage looks so here is a time-lapse video through the last. By the beginning of the 1900s Makeup Era women sought after a pale look.

In the early 1900s makeup was very much a DIY job with the objective being to create youthful and natural look. It was used as a type of blush since it was seen as inappropriate to seek out the real thing at least until around 1914 when Helena Rubenstein Elizabeth Arden and Max Factor opened cosmetic counters and. Powder a popular choice for the woman on the go was papier poudre which resembled roll.

Even though the doe eyes were not as heavily emphasized women should look natural and healthy. 4292015 At the start of the decade makeup was still on the more cautious side especially the wearing of lipstick. The real evolution actually began during the 1910s.

Lemon juice either consumed or applied as a face tonic was a popular method of achieving this feminine complexion. 2162017 In the 90s grunge was the go-to look. 8112016 Below is the makeup that was commonly worn during this time by the women who dared to doll up.

6232016 In the early 1900s a pale look was very popular- which would later be changed by Coco Chanel lemon juice was applied to the skin like a toner to try and make the skin paler as if you had a tan this would imply you were of a low class. Many actresses also made this subtle makeup trend famous through cinema and public appearances. Queen Victoria publicly declares makeup improper.

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