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Makeup history

By oosorno
  • 4000 BCE

    Ancient time

    Ancient time
    The painting was started to be used by humans to represent different things, such as stories, their culture, etc.
    The colors were created by plants, insects and animals.
  • 1453 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Roman Empire
    Lead makeup was used by the Roman Empire to whiten the face. Elizabeth I placed it on her smallpox scars
  • Period: 69 BCE to 30 BCE

    Cleopatra

    The eyeliner was used by the men and women of ancient egypt.
    Cleopatra was a great example of this.
    The eyeliner was formed by lead salts
  • Period: 1501 to

    Century XVI

    The lipstick was put into fashion by Queen Elizabeth I.
    because of her pale face and red lips.
    The first cosmetic laboratory was created by monks from Santa María Novella
  • Period: to

    Century XVII and XVIII

    Rice flour and talc were put on the necks to give a pale appearance. This was in Europe.
  • Period: to

    Mascara

    Modern mascara was created by a chemist named TL Williams for his sister. He mixed petrolatum and coal
  • Period: to

    Innovation

    The false eyelashes and the first makeup base was innovated by Max factor
  • Period: to

    Trend

    Thin eyebrows and thin lips was put into fashion under the influence of actresses like Greta Garbo y Marlene Dietrich
  • Period: to

    Crisis

    Lack of cosmetics and crisis were caused by wartime
  • Period: to

    Beauty

    The meaning of beauty was become more important because large companies like Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Lauren, etc