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" Makeup artist Lisa Eldridge&amp;#039;s tutorials are consistently informative, but this one&amp;#039;s even more so. While researching her new book &amp;#039;FacePaint - the story of makeup&amp;#039;, Lancome&amp;#039;s creative director of makeup turned historian and in her\u00A0latest video she demonstrates some of her findings. It&amp;#039;s like being back in Year Nine\u00A0but much, much better. She begins with the experimental Egyptians and, in contrast, moves on to the Ancient Greek who relied on\u00A0fruit for creating\u00A0subtle skin stains. By the Medieval times cosmetics were considered sinful \u2013 yet \u00A0flawless skin\u00A0was expected. Ironic.   The 16th Century Venetian class favoured heavy dramatic makeup, finding it in toxic foundation formulas and poisonous mineral blushers. Over here, Queen Victoria led a backlash against makeup which became forbidden, so women pinched their cheeks and bit their lips for hints of flush.  Come the flapper movement, the movie industry had changed the perception of slap\u00A0and it became a symbol of fun and strength making way for the 20th century where looks began changing from decade to decade leading to the culture of choice we enjoy now.\u00A0 Watch and learn:        "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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