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Roman Beauty Secrets Revealed in 1,800-Year-Old Makeup

Posted by TimSlavin at November 4, 2004

"Its name could have been Maximus Factorius—this was the foundation that fashionable women in Roman London would put on their faces before an evening or day out.

Scientists who found the 1,800-year-old pot of white paste made of refined animal fat and tin-oxide have recreated the formula. They found that it feels quite pleasant, and contains many ingredients still used today."

The article goes on to describe how Roman rouge and blush contained lead shavings which probably had an unintended consequence of making its users mad. Perhaps the Romans did not have product liability lawyers. From Tech News World. This story goes nicely with another fun item I posted awhile back, Experts Re-create Stinky Dinosaur Breath. It's probably an accident both stories come from the UK.
URLs:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/37850.html (Roman Makeup)


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5327029/ (Stinky Dinosaurs)

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