Tudor Cosmetics were used by the Tudors and the Elizabethans as a sign of wealth, status and rank. Even in those times Make up was being used a camouflage and correcting to hide the scarring of various diseases and smallpox. During the Tudor period Make up wasn't as big as in the Elizabethan time but perfume was. This was made with products such as beeswax, flowers, honey and different oils such as sesame seed oil. These products were introduced from the middle east, where they had got their ideas from the Egyptian times. In the Middle East they liked concentrating on the eye brows, eye lashes and eye lids as well well as cheek rouge and lip rouge.They also used a type of Henna to dye hair. Elizabeth I set the trends and fashion as she aged because the white make up she was known for was for hiding the wrinkles and scarring left from her younger years and to perceive to everyone she was still 'The Virgin Queen' and to maintain her illusion of beauty.
The ideal Tudor/Elizabethan woman was fair skinned to show she didn't work out in the sun so therefore she wouldn't have a sun tan. As this then showed a sign of wealth Tudor men sought after woman with a pale complexion. Even apart from the caked white face, Elizabeth did have an outlook on make up of less is more, as everything else was too look naturally flushed like the lips and the cheeks rouge.
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