SYMHC Classics: Cosmetics From Ancient Egypt to the Modern World
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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4.2 • 23.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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We're revisiting an episode from 2014 about makeup, which has a rich and lengthy history that spans the globe and crosses cultures. From 10,000 B.C.E. to the 20th century, people have been using cosmetics to enhance their looks -- sometimes with unintended side effects.
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| 0:30.7 | Hello, hello, hello, and happy Saturday. |
| 0:35.3 | This 2014 episode traces the story of makeup throughout history, |
| 0:39.4 | including all of the various elements used to create cosmetics, |
| 0:42.8 | and develop beautiful colors, |
| 0:44.5 | and how the production of inexpensive mirrors made people much more aware of their appearance. |
| 0:49.5 | So let's jump in to the business of cosmetics. |
| 0:52.5 | Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History class from HowStuffWorks.com. |
| 0:59.9 | Hello, and welcome to the podcast I'm Holly Fry, and I'm Tracy B. Wilson. |
| 1:10.5 | So here is a thing that everybody sees all the time, |
| 1:13.1 | and may or may not think very much about. |
| 1:15.1 | It is makeup. |
| 1:16.5 | It's such a common part of our society that we really don't think about it |
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