MAKEUP

During the 16th century makeup fashion was exceedingly pale, white skin. Pale skin was a sign of nobility and wealth for the women.This pale skin could be achieved in many ways. The most popular was //**ceruse**//, a mixture of white lead and vinegar which was poisonous! it was popular with only those who coulsd afford it. It was applied to the face,neck and breasts. Another popular technique was using a uncooked egg white. It was used to "glaze" the skin, creating a smooth shell and helping to hide wrinkles. After the correct paleness was found veins were traced onto the skin. Facepaint known as //**fucus**//, it came in a variety of reds and was used mainly upon the cheeks and lips. Apllying all of this makeup caused alot of skin damage. A myth was that it made your skin turn grey. Remedies for spots, blemishes, acne and freckles ranged from the application of lemon-juice or rosewater to egg shells and honey. Donkey milk was also used by the rich. Blonde or red-gold hair was eagerly sought after. There were many recipes to achieve this colour including urine. If a women couldnt achieve the hair colour she wanted, she would go bald and wear wigs!

//"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head; I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks..."

Breezy//