the Court of Hearts

Even in the bible describes how the women presented themselves:
Song of Solomon 4 (The Message)

Song of Solomon 4
The Man
1-5 You're so beautiful, my darling, so beautiful, and your dove eyes are veiled
By your hair as it flows and shimmers,
like a flock of goats in the distance
streaming down a hillside in the sunshine.
Your smile is generous and full—
expressive and strong and clean.
Your lips are jewel red,
your mouth elegant and inviting,
your veiled cheeks soft and radiant.
The smooth, lithe lines of your neck
command notice—all heads turn in awe and admiration!
Your breasts are like fawns,
twins of a gazelle, grazing among the first spring flowers.

6-7 The sweet, fragrant curves of your body,
the soft, spiced contours of your flesh
Invite me, and I come. I stay
until dawn breathes its light and night slips away.
You're beautiful from head to toe, my dear love,
beautiful beyond compare, absolutely flawless.

8-15 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride.
Leave Lebanon behind, and come.
Leave your high mountain hideaway.
Abandon your wilderness seclusion,
Where you keep company with lions
and panthers guard your safety.
You've captured my heart, dear friend.
You looked at me, and I fell in love.
One look my way and I was hopelessly in love!
How beautiful your love, dear, dear friend—
far more pleasing than a fine, rare wine,
your fragrance more exotic than select spices.
The kisses of your lips are honey, my love,
every syllable you speak a delicacy to savor.
Your clothes smell like the wild outdoors,
the ozone scent of high mountains.
Dear lover and friend, you're a secret garden,
a private and pure fountain.
Body and soul, you are paradise,
a whole orchard of succulent fruits—
Ripe apricots and peaches,
oranges and pears;
Nut trees and cinnamon,
and all scented woods;
Mint and lavender,
and all herbs aromatic;
A garden fountain, sparkling and splashing,
fed by spring waters from the Lebanon mountains.
The Woman
16 Wake up, North Wind,
get moving, South Wind!
Breathe on my garden,
fill the air with spice fragrance.
Oh, let my lover enter his garden!
Yes, let him eat the fine, ripe fruits.

Makeup was stored in special jars and the jars were stored in special makeup boxes. Women would carry their makeup boxes with them to parties and keep them under their chairs. The first picture is a make up box, the second picture is a make up palette, and some people made a living on creating these cosmetics.

The fact that the ancient Egyptians, who lived in a fairly harsh, hot environment, thought of, and they took some great pains to make sure that that their skin stayed as supple as it could.

Oil formed the base for many different cosmetic treatments, whether it was used on its own to soften the skin or used in conjunction with a metallic pigment to add some color.

One pigment that might have been used in the basic foundation or to add some bright color to the cheeks or lips was dyer's alknet, a plant which could produce colors ranging from reds to purples and which is often seen in trace amounts in ancient cosmetic kits.

Given the fact that galena and malachite are ores of lead and copper, you can think of the ancient Egyptian as some of the earliest users of mineral makeup!

Cosmetics giant L'Oreal with the Musées de France Recent have been involved in the past decade with scientific research on the archaeologist's findings. That research published in the world renowned magazine NATURE, revealed that 400 years ago Egyptian cosmetics were based on the metal lead. The techniques the Egyptians used to prepare cosmetics involved crushing and sieving products for varying times according to the required end result.

New modern techniques made a fresh approach to analysis possible. In total the team analysed the contents of 49 bottles kept at the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the Louvre Museum. Researchers employed scanning electron microscopy for morphology, elementary chemical composition and X-ray diffraction for mineralogical identification. Under modern forensic style investigations the structure of the exact lead Egyptians used in cosmetics was revealed. Laboratory investigations showed that the basis of the ancient Egyptian cosmetics were often grey lead sulphide/galena*, or white lead carbonate/cerussite**. Black galena has traditionally been used by many peoples as a kohl product.

Lead sulphide has a cubic crystal structure and lead carbonate an orthorhombic crystal structure. The two structures used in ancient Egypt make up were frequently combined in varying amounts. It basically means that products using the two lead types can be either shiny or dull. How dull or shiny depends on the crystal, the quantity used in any one mixture, the light refraction and the reflection picked up by the onlooker. The duller powders have small crystals and the shiner powders have larger crystals, meaning that the shiny powders were not as processed (ground up) as the duller cosmetics. This means the ancient Egyptians had enough knowledge to create different mixtures of the two crystal types to generate nuances between shades.

Two other white products found in the Egyptian make up analysed were laurionite and phosgenite. The scientists concluded these latter products were deliberately mined to make cosmetics. At the same time, the constituents acted as a bactericide protection against eye diseases in the hot dry Egyptian climate.

http://www.gigwise.com/photos/43590/2/Male-Rock-Stars-In-Makeup-The-Good-The-Bad--The-Hideously-Ugly

You have to see this!! Check out some of our favorite past-time male musicians. When society thinks of cosmetics, they generally think of women. Not in these photos.

The loads of make-up is extreme. Some are not so bad, but some are just plain ridiculous. Look at Dee Sinder from Twisted Sister. He kinda looks like he is dressing up for Halloween. I hope he did not consider this job a piece of art.

The word "cosmetics" is derived from Greeks "kosmetice" and in literal sense it means art to "decorate."

This record was introduced in 1986, It is Poison's "Look What The Cat Dragged In." As you can see from the cover, they wore more make-up than most women. It was very popular in the early 80's to middle 90's for rock groups to wear heaps of cosmetics. Some other artists include Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Warrent, Ozzy Osbourne, and the very popular Kiss; however, Kiss painted their whole faces and still do.
During this era, it was socially excepted for men to wear make-up, if you were a musician in a rock n' roll band. It was unacceptible if you wore make-up because you wanted to secretly be a female.

The Renassiance era is composed of western musical history from the year 1400 to about the beginning of the 1600's. This period of time is marked "the rebirth of humanism" and "the revival of cultural achievements", for their own sake in all forms of art, including music.

Cosmetics were very popular among the wealthy in this period of time. Especially in the era where small pox would leave horrible scars on a womans face. Elizabeth I herself wore ceruse which is a smooth white powdermade from lead. The woman in this time frame use vermillon as rouge and on their cheeks and lips. They also used living things such as marigolds and elderberries for hair coloring. In the court of Elizabeth I, it became very popular to color ones hair auburn, after the queens hair color.

http://weuropeeanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/renassiance_fashion_accessories

make up has a long history with the film industry. in the early film days, traditional stage techniques were used. An Orthochromatic film stock was the basis for make up. (orthochromatic=