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Usually agreed as the period from 1800 to 1850, the Romantic Era was a liberal period of time where people chose marriage out of love versus an arranged marriage. Women were starting to be accepted as wives instead of servants, and became more engaged in the social scene, allowing a greater network of women to build. They were praised and morally elevated. It was, also, a time when music, poetry and artistry emerged, giving way to romanticism, and where men wanted to showcase their ladies in an admirable way. Yet, men still controlled the standards of what they wanted their women to look like.
Whereas poetry, music, and other artistic media had more freedom to create statements, makeup did not. Pastes, powders, and creams were the sources used, however, at minimal. Some of these products were made with lead and mercury, despite the serious and dangerous side effects of these ingredients. Rice powder and zinc oxide was a standard mixture for coverage, while crushed pearl gave a more luminous glow. Also, the mid-1800s saw the development of the Cold Cream. Drawn from a
Henry Inman ~ Portrait of Mrs. William Samuel Johnson (c. 1823), Yale University Art Gallery. PD.
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Suzanne Dobrijevich is a makeup artist based in Las Vegas, NV, who splits her career between the vast convention industry in Las Vegas, and the quest of perfecting her makeup artistry. She has gained IMDb (Internet Movie Database) credits for her work on multiple pilots, corporate videos, documentaries, and is now working toward feature films, expanding her expertise into special effects and prosthetics.
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"Love your skin" & make up Tips
by Suzanne Dobrijevich
28 | Ceres Magazine | Spring 2016