Egyptian woman would apply a mix of copper and lead ore and malachite to their faces to give colour and definition. They would also used a mix of burnt almonds, oxidized copper, lead ash, ochre and different coloured copper ores for what is known as eyeliner.
100 AD
People in Rome would put barley flour and butter on their pimples, while also putting sheep fat and blood on their fingernails as polish. Some men even dyed their hair blonde.
1300 AD
Dyed red hair is in fashion in Elizabethan England, while woman are also wearing egg whites over their faces to create the look of a paler complexion.
1500 - 1600 AD
Woman are still trying to lighten skin using things such as white lead paint. Blonde hair has become more popular being considered angelic, a mix of black sulphur, alum and honey were put into the hair and left in the sun to work.
http://glamourdaze.com/history-of-makeup
http://www.historyofcosmetics.net/
http://people.howstuffworks.com/about-makeup1.htm
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