All About Beauty: Do You Know the History of Makeup?
All About Beauty: Do You Know the History of Makeup?
Are you ready to travel back to the past?
Are you ready to travel back to the past?
It’s a subject worth delving into for any makeup lover. Makeup has been a topic of endless fascination for women the world over since time immemorial. But in the modern era of shiny, glossy, convenient-to-carry and easy-to-use makeup, we tend to forget its rich, incredible beginnings. This quiz will take you back in time and reacquaint you with some spectacular details. Are you ready for the coolest history lesson you can find?
Experts believe that we got our first glimpse of cosmetics from the ancient…
In that era, what color was the malachite eye shadow in honor of the gods it represented like Horus and Re?
Makeup is mentioned in the Bible.
Among the ancient Romans, makeup products such as rouge were associated were considered to be a sign of…
In the mid-19th century, Britain’s Queen Victoria declared makeup to be…
In ancient Egypt, both men and women would paint a mixture of metal, lead, copper, ash and burnt almonds all around their eyes. They called this…
Until the end of the 19th century, women painted their necks, faces and chests with a dangerous lead and vinegar mixture known as …
In 1920, this brand created the first make-up line and coined the word calling this new range, 'Society Make-up'.
It was not just for women; from 4000 BCE through the 18th century, men used makeup in myriad ways.
During the reign of King Louis XVI, men of the French royal court painted on…
Nail polish originated in ____ as early as 3000 BC.
The creation of the first modern-day nail polish was inspired by…
Before 1880, upper-class Mesopotamians applied this to their lips to add color.
____ was said to have used a mixture of crushed carmine beetles and ants to color her lips red.
The first cosmetic lipstick manufactured commercially, as opposed to homemade products, occurred around...
In 1927, French Chemist Paul Baudercroux invented a formula he named “Rouge Baiser”, considered to be the first...
In the 1950s, chemist ____ developed the formula for a lipstick that would stay put with the tagline, “stays on you….not on him”.
In the 1950’s, this brand’s “Fire and Ice” beauty advertising campaigns won acclaim the world over.
In 1872, French perfumer-entrepreneur ___ invented the world's first commercially available mascara.
The vanity case was invented by…
In 1917, this brand introduced Rainbow Face Powder in seven colors in Japan when only white powders were used.
My makeup style is…
My makeup style is…