A girl from the 1700s
She which was usually the make-up habitual of a French lady of the 1700s ?
The lucky ladies who had the opportunity to stay in Versailles, but also the slightly less highly placed noblewomen, spent hours and hours in front of the mirror every day to be fashionable and present themselves in the presence of others in the best possible way ( see https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4074/storia-moderna/complicata-maschera-bellezza-700 and https://www.pilloledistoria.it/4484/storia-moderna/bellezza-nel-700-latte-contro- tan).
The canons of the time envisaged very white skin, as the basis for make-up similar to the color of the faces of porcelain dolls.
The aforementioned color was obtained with creams and concoctions based on white lead , a toxic compound as it contains a high percentage of lead, but then no one knew.
The white lead gave the face a diaphanous, smooth and smooth appearance, and was able to perfectly hide the unsightly marks left by smallpox, a very widespread pathology at that time.
The makeup then continued with touches of color for eyes, cheeks and lips.
The preferences went to the whole range of pink, up to carmine and violet:these were the most popular shades.