In the late 19th century, American companies sold popular “arsenic wafers”, an edible make-up that promised to clear up freckles and blemishes From 1843mag
remature death had many causes before the advent of modern medicine. Make-up was perhaps the most needless one. It was the wealthy women of ancient Rome, so intelligent in other respects, who first applied white lead to their faces in the hope of lightening their complexions. The chalky material did soften the features for a while, but its highly toxic qualities soon caused a more corpse-like pallor. Small wonder that its use dwindled after the fall of Rome.
Even Queen Elizabeth I used ceruse to hide her smallpox scars. Her foundation was known as “spirits of Saturn”, but the poetic name did little to alleviate her toothache. Poisonous cosmetics continued well into the modern age. In the late 19th century American companies sold popular “arsenic wafers”, an edible make-up that promised to clear up freckles and blemishes.
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