The purpose of our project was to examine how accessible it would be to make medieval cosmetics from the Trotula while evaluating the effectiveness of these cosmetics. The Trotula was written in Southern Italy and consisted of a group of three texts describing women’s medicine. The third section of the Trotula focuses mainly on Women’s Cosmetics. The purpose of this section was to teach females how to improve their appearance themselves, except females, did not read these resources. It was not written by a woman, but by a male physician for male physicians. These male physicians wanted to discover “women’s secrets”. Due to the authorship of the Trotula, there were several problems that appeared when trying to replicate these recipes. Male physicians …show more content…
For example, there was a lack of information regarding the toxicity of ingredients such as the nutmeg. I used enough nutmeg to cover the veil, which came out to be approximately a teaspoon. Thankfully, this dosage is much lower than the dosage of two tablespoons or more that can cause people to have out-of-body sensations, “intense nausea, dizziness, extreme dry mouth, and a lingering slowdown of normal brain function”. The lack of information regarding the toxicity of certain ingredients was not limited to this recipe. Instead, there was a recipe involving the use of ashes without specifying the type of ash needed. Ashes are produced in various locations such as in areas with dead plague-ridden bodies or from volcanoes. Ashes near a plague-ridden body have no medical or cosmetic benefits, but it has numerous toxicants like lead, arsenic, and mercury. However, volcanic ash has medical and cosmetic benefits. In terms of medical benefits, volcanic ash is anti-bacterial and a disinfectant. In terms of cosmetic benefits, volcanic ash is able to synthesize collagen. Not all of the medieval cosmetic recipes were focused on purely cosmetic benefits, but there were some medical benefits included perhaps due to the fact that this is the third section of a book focused on Women’s medicine. for eliminating worms of the face, which causes some people to lose their hair or
"Skin blemishes made it impossible for me to really enjoy myself. I was always worrying about the way I looked" (Brumberg, p. 87). Woman all around the world share the same problem, they feel unhappy and self-conscious with the appearance of their bodies. In The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg, she successfully illustrates the way adolescents begin to change focus from inner to outer beauty in the early 19th and 20th centuries. Through use of personal diaries and historical research, Brumberg shows her readers the physical differences between girls then and now. Brumberg talks about an array of topics in her book – periods, acne, dieting, piercing, virginity, and sexuality. From their roots in the 1800’s through the Victorian era and into modern society the reader gets a glimpse of the way young women evaluate their bodies and turn them into body projects, and is still to this day sweeping the nation more than ever.
There are over a thousand ingredients that are used in cosmetics that are already proven to be safe for human use. These ingredients can be mixed and matched creating new and unique products. Many people argue that this is not suitable for the demanding market. The craving for "new" and "im...
The clothing of the Middle Ages, like everything else was decided by the pyramid of power. The pyramid of power was the Middle Ages Feudal System. Medieval clothes provided information about the rank of the person wearing them. From the 11th through the 14th centuries, medieval clothing assorted according to the social standing of the people. The clothing worn by nobility and upper classes was clearly different than that of the lower class. Medieval clothes provided information about the status of the person wearing them. The clothing and fashion during the medieval era of the Middle Ages was conquered and highly influenced by the Kings and Queens of the era. Only the wealthy could dress in fashionable clothes.
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MAC cosmetics was founded in Toronto, Canada in 1985 by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. This high end makeup was later bought by a parent company, Estée Lauder Companies. In addition to MAC cosmetics, Estée Lauder is a parent company to many other skin care and makeup brands. Makeup is a global product, which explains why MAC is sold in over 40 countries, including Australia and Africa. As a famously known cosmetic line, MAC is able to help raise money for certain foundations, but nonetheless they do a lot of harm to the world’s consumers.
Women in the 18th century are similar yet different from the women of today. In the time era of the 1800’s appearance was very essential to women as it is in the present times. Fashion, skin care, and mouth hygiene was and is the three most important forms of appearance and hygiene.
MAC or Make-up Art Cosmetics is a professional makeup brand that prides itself on its diverse market. It was officially launched in Toronto, Canada in March 1984 by creators Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. Since its acquisition by the Estée Lauder Companies in 1998, it is now sold in over 105 countries including the United Arab Emirates. Being part of the “innovative, and fast paced” cosmetic industry (Kumar et al, 2006) makes MAC’s prospective growth in the UAE challenging. Furthermore, the increasingly competitive nature of the beauty sector in the region heightens the significance of how a company’s marketing strategy adapts to or even shapes certain external forces. This essay explores where MAC lies in the context of the macro-environmental elements of the UAE using the PESTEL (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal) analysis, starting with the political arena (MAC Cosmetics, n.d.; Szalai, 2015).
“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” This quote by Rachel Zoe speaks volumes about fashion in the time period in which Shakespeare lived. Many people believe royal women from the Elizabethan era only wore fancy dresses for looks, however, their outfits were more complex because they contained many layers, the law regulated them, and they showed which class they were in.
Have you ever wondered what people in the Elizabethan Era wore? Fashion was just as important in those days as it is to some people today. What people were wearing mattered to others, and even the government. During the Elizabethan Era clothing, accessories, and cosmetics were all a part of daily life.
In the art world, the medieval periods were traditionally though to be the unproductive phase of Europe between the decline of Rome and the Renaissance. Our modern feelings toward medieval art are far more appreciative. The main intent of Medieval art was to express Christianity which was also a common bond between a wide spread and diverse Europe. For this reason most of the art found from medieval times originated in monasteries and churches. European art during the Middle Ages can be divided into four periods. These four periods include Celto-Germanic art which ranged from 400 to 800 A.D. and was important in metal work. Carolingian art ranged from 750 to 987 A.D. overlapping 50 years of the Celto-Germanic period. The period of Romanesque art spanned mainly the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and was an important period for medieval architecture. Gothic art, the final period of the Middle Age art began in the Romanesque period around the twelfth century and went on until the sixteenth century. Artwork form these four periods all consist of distinct styles setting them apart from one another.
Women have worn dresses all throughout history, in fact they used to be all women were allowed to wear in previous centuries. How did dresses go from an every day must to only for special occasions? Also, how did they evolve over time into what they are today? Questions such as this sparked my curiosity on the subject so I decided to divide up my research accordingly to answer them in an organized fashion for my research paper.
Through the last decades until the recant days, a substantial increase of cosmetic services use were observed among women all over the world. Most women may not be aware of incoming health consequences, as in cosmetic services shared brushes and tools were used to apply make-up materials on skin ; make-up artists in beauty salons share the use of same make-up brushes on diverse groups of people. The long use of the brushes and poor hygiene may cause major problems for the costumers. Unclean or unsterilized brushes might be suitable for the growth of pathogenic bacteria, once the bacteria occurs and start growing it may colonize the brush , so once it’s used it might cause eye or skin infections and it can be transferred
As far as I have seen through my research of medieval art, it is the art of the glorious days of kingdoms, knights, huge cathederals and wars. Historicians can not give dates for the medieval period but I understood that it is before renaissance at around 16th century, around 14th and 15th centuries but not before the 10th. Same as other art movements it is inevitably result of the events, beliefs and daily life of the period’s nations.
Beauty products are often advertised as being natural and being able to create a flawless look without harming your skin. The creations of the beauty industry and their influence on society allows“[…]women [to] constantly compar[e] themselves to standards of beauty that society shows to them”(Britton). The presence of petroleum in cosmetics brings up the question: how does oil in cosmetics effect how society views beauty and complicate how we view women in American society. Donald Friesen’s artwork Toxic Cosmetics exposes the production of cosmetics and their testing on animals which conveys how we could challenge our society’s view of beauty. Even with the increasing number of organic makeup companies placing their products on the market,
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