Eldridge, Lisa Face Paint (1419717960)

<b><i>New York Times </i>Bestseller</b><br><br> Makeup, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. In <i>Face Paint</i>, Lisa Eldridge reveals the entire history of the art form, from Egyptian and Classical times up through the Victorian age and golden era of Hollywood, and also surveys the cutting-edge makeup science of today and tomorrow. <i>Face Paint </i>explores the practical and idiosyncratic reasons behind makeup''s use, the actual materials employed over generations, and the glamorous icons that people emulate, it is also a social history of women and the ways in which we can understand their lives through the prism and impact of makeup. <div> </div>