Further Reading: Makeup
History Of Cosmetics ... Japan In Japan, geisha wore lipstick made of crushed safflower petals to paint the eyebrows and edges of the eyes as well as the lips, and sticks of bintsuke wax, a softer version of the sumo wrestlers' hair wax, were used by geisha as a makeup base... Europe In the Middle Ages it was thought sinful and immoral to wear makeup by Church leaders, but many women still adopted the fad...
Cosmetics ... The manufacture of cosmetics is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that originated in the early 20th century, but the distribution and sale of cosmetics is spread among a wide range of different businesses. The U. S...