The Deadly History of Makeup
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Most women use it every day. as do some men. But makeup has a hidden history darker than any eyeliner — from lead-based kohl that protected Egyptian eyes, to the poisoned Mask of Youth that killed a queen, to the mascara that blinded American women and changed US law forever. And one of the world's biggest makeup brand? It wasn't built by a chemist. It was built by a brother, for his sister. In this episode of Hidden History, we uncover the history of makeup: ancient Egypt's kohl eyeliner, Elizabethan ceruse, Victorian arsenic wafers, the Islamic Golden Age physician who invented cosmetics as medicine, the Lash Lure tragedy behind the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the true story of Maybelline, which started with a 19 year old watching his sister. Chapters: 0:00 The Chamber of Horrors: A Blinding Truth 1:24 Ancient Origins: Queen Puabi of Sumeria 2:11 Egyptian Kohl: Medicine or Poison? 4:17 Pale Skin Obsession: Lead in Greece and Rome 4:50 Elizabeth I and Venetian Ceruse 6
Tags: hidden history, history of makeup, history of cosmetics, ancient egypt makeup, kohl eyeliner, maybelline history, tom lyle williams, lash lure, cosmetics history documentary, elizabethan makeup, arsenic beauty, radium cosmetics, beauty history, history documentary, everyday objects history, victorian beauty standards, abu al-qasim al-zahrawi, makeup history, aiden thomas, the hidden history project
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