-Lip color was made from fucus red was actually red mercuric sulfide.
-Often cosmetics contained low grade poisons.
-lead was used to powder the hair and the skin.
-Lead causes retardation and many died young of lead poisoning.
-When someone realized the workers who prepared the lead powders were dying, rice powder came into vogue to give the wearer the alabaster complexion
-Coal tar was used at times to line the eyes or darken the eyelashes and could cause blindness.
-There was no regulation of ingredients, anything went.
-Back then they didn’t know anything about germs and didn’t even know that they exist.
-A lot of people got sick because they had no idea how to treat it how we are able to treat diseases and even a common cold now-a-days.
-They most likely didn't for a week or two, or even wash their clothes.
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