Ancient makeup

Darling, daring, and sometimes downright dangerous, cosmetics are a timeless staple. Tour the history of makeup, as told through imagery.

Ancient Egyptian make-up look Egyptian eyeliner Make-up looks

Bronwen Sharkey-Wakeman 🦭 on Instagram: "Last week I posted about Guinevere, and to continue the series I present....Helen of Troy. What do you think? Could this face launch 1000 ships? I based this reconstruction on a plaster head from ~1300 BC, from the Cult Centre on the acropolis. I looked at other examples for the hair, I think the others I've included are Minoan but the Myceneans and Minoans shared fashions and traded with each other. I did this one twice, I decided to do it again fo

Seth’s eye makeup <3 (do not use without my permission)

Symbolic eye makeup

Love the hair style

aquamarine

It's a question I have often been asked – what's the difference between eye pencils and kohl? Are they the same thing? Is one better than the other?

What was in your makeup bag two thousand years ago in Ancient Rome?