Brands Of Makeup and their Origin

Rimmel - London

Benefit - China

Lancome - France

Bobbi Brown - Newyork

Bourjois - France

Chanel - France

Christian Dior - France

Clarins - France

Clinique - France

Dolce & Gabbana - France

Elizabeth Arden - English

Estee Lauder - France

Giorgio Armani - Italian

Gosh - English

IsaDora - Swedish

L’Oreal - France

Lancome - France

MAC - Canada

Max Factor - America

Nina Ricci - France

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Guest Post by Alice Barry

The relevance between drama & make up

                 

On the left we have Natalie Portman in “The Black Swan” ready to dance her part in the play that she stars in the movie. However on the right, it’s a makeup effect called the “Smokey Eye”, someone went into this play, saw the make up on the girl in the picture on the left and said “mm, I like that... I wonder how I can get my eyes to look like that...” This shows how influential Drama can be on people's choice of makeup. 

At the beginning of drama, in Greek and Roman times make up wasn’t used. Masks kept the actors faces covered which made it even harder to act, considering in those times they had no microphones. Technically speaking, a man names Thespis was the first to use make up. In one of his performances he painted his face with white lead and wine to infiltrate the character he was playing. Different characters got different face paint. If someone was playing the character of a god they would paint their face gold. If they were angels, they would paint their faces red.  Then the Renaissance came and almost upgraded everything. They would go more into detail when painting someone’s face and would use sheep wool to make a beard if the people were wise or old.  When electrical lighting came into way, the makeup industry became more advanced as they couldn’t use simple make up terms anymore when they had dim lighting that didn’t show the actor’s face very well. Nowadays peoples make up choice is more influenced by Actors or famous people that they look up to.

Facts on Makeup History

• It was common for men and women to use an ointment on their skin to keep it soft. This was the first skin cream.
• "Face painting" was practiced by Jews in some passages of the Bible, although the words makeup and cosmetics had not been invented yet.
•  The word Cosmetics comes from the Latin word 'Cosmetae', which was used to describe slaves during Roman times that bathed rich Romans in perfume.
• During Victorian times, the wealthy women did not wear makeup. Only stage actresses, working class women and prostitutes wore makeup, whereas nowadays rich women usually always wear makeup. 

• Today's cosmetic industry must meet the strict government regulations about what it can and cannot have in its products and it must follow the safe manufacturing guidelines. Today, the most serious injury you're likely to get from your cosmetics is a rash from using a product that's too harsh for your skin. But despite the safety testing used today, there are many myths about the dangers of ingredients used in makeup.
• Makeup can do everything from hide pores, smooth complexions, and turn the pale green of your eyes a shiny green, makeup has been an important part of humankind for thousands of years. Over the centuries, women used burnt matches to darken their eyes and berries to stain their lips. Women throughout history put their health at risk with many of their homemade cosmetics. In some cultures, women used arsenic acid, lead, mercury, and even leeches to give themselves a pale appearance. Thankfully, we've come a long way from the days of using toxic and deadly mixtures to enhance our looks.
• The ancient Romans hated wrinkles, freckles, sunspots, skin flakes and blemishes. To soften wrinkles, they used swans’ fat. Sores and freckles were treated with ashes of snails.
• Nail Polish originated in China in 3000 BC. Egyptians used Henna to stain their nails before nail polish invented, but it was the Chinese who created nail lacquer from egg whites, beeswax, gum and coloured powder.
• In the 1400, the hairless look was in. To the extent that women shaved their foreheads, plucked their eyelashes and brows.
• Ground fish scales has been used for years in the western societies to add shimmer to lipsticks and eye shadows.
• Coco Chanel made tanning fashionable after she tanned herself on a cruise. It was then that fake tan started to flood the market. But in the Asian region, the skin whitening products were more popular since Asians prefer paler skin.
• The founder of Maybelline named the company after his sister Maybel who inspired him to create make up products.
• The Swiss food company Nestle owns 1/4 of the world’s largest cosmetic company – L’Oreal.
• Lakmé was named after a French opera, which means ‘Goddess Laksmi’.
• MAC stands for Make-up Art Cosmetics, was founded by two men, both named Frank, in Canada in 1985.

             

Where makeup originated 

Makeup originated in the Middle East, but it dates back far into history. Make-up is mentioned in the Old Testament and other old documents from different cultures.




Men and women during this time wore eye shadow. Green was the most popular colour and they would put it on their eyelids. These types of cosmetics were made by mixing many chemicals, they prefered the black, dark almost gothic look.

No one knows where makeup first came from, because it is so old. Historians know that Egyptian men and women used makeup in ancient Egypt. Lip ointments were popular and henna was used to colour their nails and draw designs on their hands.

I was watching a documentary about a Chinese lady who stains her skin with powder made from ground-rice, this technique has been used in order to make a persons face whiter, but in this woman's case it turned her face blotchy white and tan coloured, and ruined her beautiful skin. In the olden days people who have dark coloured skin (in some regions) wanted their skin to have a pearl complexion, this was due to the segregation against white and black people. The poor dark coloured people would have mostly worked in farms or fields and therefore would get a tan, this colour skin then eventually symbolised poor people. Therefore those who had worked indoors were the rich people and there skin was white. This is the reason why people want white skin in these areas. But then again white people in Europe all want a tan, many use fake tan or sunbathe just to get a tan.

Introduction

Hello my name is Sarah McGurk, this is my blog on the geography of Makeup.