Historically face paints/makeup were most often toxic to its wearer. Lead poisoning was a common problem in medieval times. Women, and occasionally men, often sought to make their faces as pale as possible as a sign of a wealthier class vs those who worked in the fields and had sun darkened skin. The rabbit hole of information is interesting to me as I have researched this.
DID YOU KNOW: When ladies plucked their eyebrows too thin or completely, they could purchase fake stick-on eyebrows made of mouse hair. I learn new things daily and this was my weird fact for the day.
Here is a very informative and interesting article you might enjoy. Painted faces: cosmetics in the 18th century – A Historical Miscellany
