WEIRD FACTS ABOUT
COSMETICS

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COSMETICS

Isabel of Bavaria, a fourth-century French queen, liked to paint her face with a concoction made of boar's brains, wolf's blood and crocodile glands.

In the Middle Ages Japanese women painted their teeth black to look more beautiful.

Lady Coventry died on 1 October 1760 as a result of painting her face with white lead, thus becoming the first martyr to modern cosmetics.


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