One calls make-up the use of products Cosmétique S for the embellishment of the Visage, in particular of his Peau.

The make-up is also used like average stylistics ( grimage ), to disguise itself: Theater, Circus, Carnival…

History

Trois-mille years before Jesus Christ, the Egyptians know already the make-up: Lipstick, Kohl, make-up for the eyes containing ore of Lead, Antimony and Malachite. The caravans which convey the spice S and the Soie in Europe, introduce the cosmetics and the make-up in Greece and in the Roman Empire.

With the Ier century, Néron and Poppée cleared up their skin with Céruse and Craie, underlined their eyes with the Khôl and raised their dye and them Lèvre S with red.