Make-up as we know it has only been commercially available in the last 100 years but
applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. Lisa
Eldridge one of the worlds foremost make-up artists - with a very large and loyal public
following of her own - has written the first real history of the subject. Face Paint will
explore the reasons behind make-ups use the actual materials employed and manufactured through
the ages the icons that people emulate and how they achieved their effects the impact on
womens lives and the present and future of make-up
