Victorian makeup recipes

Like today, Victorian and Edwardian women wanted to look beautiful. That’s why they followed a simple natural nighttime skincare routine. Related: Victorian Nighttime Hair Routine Step 1: Remove Make-Up To remove make-up use ‘either saturated solution of borax, a toilet water, such as lavender, or clear alcohol, if the latter be high proof. Any of … Continue reading 5-Step Nighttime Skincare Routine From 100 Years Ago →

This all natural homemade eye shadow recipe is simple and customize-able. Check out the four color options and then have fun creating your own.

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I tried out another antique face powder recipe, this time it’s from the Victorian era: violet face powder scented with orris root powder. Ingredients: 3 parts wheat starch 1 parts orris root powder optional: attar of lemon, attar of bergamot and attar of cloves I used cornstarch instead of wheat starch and left out the … Continue reading Victorian Violet Face Powder Recipe →

This old-fashioned Victorian recipe for a homemade tinted lip balm comes from 1857 and it uses just a few simple and natural ingredients.

Want to learn some interesting facts about lipstick? Here is a quick and cute infographic about lipstick's rise to most popular beauty product over the last 100 years.

Turkish Rouge is a Victorian liquid blush which is naturally tinted with alkanet root. In the Victorian era, Turkish rouge was called ‘the simplest and one of the best’ (A Perpetual Calendar, 1896). Turkish rouge ‘is a superior rouge; it will not rub off, and is in no way injurious to the face.’ (Arts Revealed, … Continue reading Victorian Turkish Rouge – Liquid Blush Recipe →