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Dressing Table, around 1820
Makeup, 1890–1920
Talk about makeup secrets! Dressing tables from around 1800, such as this one, hid cosmetics in an effort to pretend that girls didn't use them.
By 1900 early mass-produced makeup catered to racist views by whitening skin with unlisted ingredients such as toxic lead powder. The process of getting "made up" has long reflected hidden agendas related to gender and race. |