[Gemme]

Originally Posted by homoe

I'm more confused than ever now....

I NEVER put it on, but I was fascinated by my mom's stash of cosmetic's as a kid!

She had two compacts, and several tubes of lipsticks. She said the bigger compact was pancake makeup and the small one was rouge (it was sorta reddish in color). First she'd apply the pancake makeup, then on her cheeks she'd apply the rouge. I only ever saw her apply lipstick to her lips.

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

The Ancient Egyptians were known for their creation of cosmetics, particularly their use of rouge. Ancient Egyptian pictographs show men and women wearing lip and cheek rouge. They blended fat with red ochre to create a stain that was red in color.

Greek men and women eventually mimicked the look, using crushed mulberries, red beet juice, crushed strawberries, or red amaranth to create a paste. Those who wore makeup were viewed as wealthy and it symbolized status because cosmetics were costly.

In China, Rouge was used as early as the Shang Dynasty. It was made from the extracted juice of leaves from red and blue flowers. Some people added bovine pulp and pig pancreas to make the product denser. Women would wear the heavy rouge on their cheeks and lips. In Chinese culture, red symbolizes good luck and happiness to those who wear the color.

In Ancient Rome, men and women would create rouge using lead II,Iv (red lead) and cinnabar. The mixture was found to have caused cancer, dementia, and eventually death.

In the 16th century in Europe, women and men would use white powder to lighten their faces. Commonly women would add heavy rouge to their cheeks in addition.

I'm about to blow your mind because they now make all in one make up sticks that can be used for everything...shadow, blush and lip stain as well as bronzing effects on the forehead, cheeks and chin.