Face paint : the story of makeup / Lisa Eldridge.

By:

Eldridge, Lisa, 1974-

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781419717963 (hardback)
1419717960 (hardback)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

646.7209 23

LOC classification:

GT2340 .E54 2015

Contents:

Prologue: The painted face -- The ancient palette. Red: beauty's most enduring shade -- White: the politics and powers of pale -- Black: beauty's dark mark -- The business of beauty. Media and motivation: creating the dream -- The beauty pioneers: visionaries and vaudeville -- History in your handbag: folk remedies to global brands -- The bleeding edge: into the future.

Summary: "Make-up, 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. Lisa Eldridge, one of the world's foremost make-up artists--with a very large and loyal public following of her own--has written the first real history of the subject. Face Paint will explore the reasons behind make-up's use, the actual materials employed and manufactured through the ages, the icons that people emulate and how they achieved their effects, the impact on women's lives and the present and future of make-up from high profile practitioners artists to cosmetic breakthroughs. Along with the glamorous trappings, this is also about women's history and the ways in which we can understand their story through the prism of make-up." -- Publisher's description.

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Title notes ( 3 )

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	GT2340 .E54 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001384923

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Make-up, 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. Lisa Eldridge, one of the world's foremost make-up artists--with a very large and loyal public following of her own--has written the first real history of the subject. Face Paint will explore the reasons behind make-up's use, the actual materials employed and manufactured through the ages, the icons that people emulate and how they achieved their effects, the impact on women's lives and the present and future of make-up from high profile practitioners artists to cosmetic breakthroughs. Along with the glamorous trappings, this is also about women's history and the ways in which we can understand their story through the prism of make-up." -- Publisher's description.