Quizzes - Cosmetics

* During the 1400s, looking pale and otherworldly was in. To achieve this, women shaved their foreheads, plucked out their eyelashes and eyebrows, and whitened their faces and bosoms with ceruse. What did ceruse consist of?
* During the same period women sometimes resorted to a more drastic method of achieving that "pale look". What did they do?
* In what country did nail polish originate?
* Helena Rubinstein began her career creating stage and film makeup. When Theda Bara appeared on the screen wearing a lot of one of Rubinstein's innovations, it became instantly popular with the general public. What was it?
* Using scents to mask the smell of sweat has always been very common. In what century, however, was the first real deodorant produced?