Cosmetics

Cosmetics The history of cosmetics

4000 BC The Egyptians   

Perfumed oils Painted eyebrows Cream made from sheep’s fat

The East 1500 BC   

Rice powder Shaved eyebrows Painted teeth

1000 BC Greece   

A wig Real white-chalk, face powder Little colour-ochre clays, red iron

100 AD Rome   

Barley flour and butter Sheep’s fat and blood Mud and crocodile excrement

14 Century   

Regarded as a health threat Egg whites Slices of raw beef

15th-16th Centuries  

Aristocracy Laborious process -producing modern cosmetics -arsenic kill wearer more faster

17th-18th Centuries  

Health, wealth, gayety (fun) Used by all classes of society - except the poorest classes

19th Century   

Chemical processes Zinc oxide Poisonous substances