“ I Am a Woman who came from cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the wash tub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I was promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair and goods preparations…… I have built my own factory on my own ground.” This quote is from, Madam CJ Walker.This demonstrates she started from the bottom and made it up to the top where no one thought she could be. Cosmetology is the professional skin beautifying the face, hair, and skin. The study of cosmetology has greatly evolved in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The study of cosmetology has greatly evolved in Europe. Europe was the 1st to cultivate beauty and they used cosmetics for beauty …show more content…
Wealthy women were able to buy imported makeup from china & germany while the poorer women could only afford the cheaper knock offs. Highly colored preparations of the lips,cheeks and eyes were discovered during the renaissance. During the renaissances, women shaved their eyebrows and hairlines to appear more intelligent. Men and Women in the renaissances bleach their hair blonde, saffron or onion skin dye or in case of italian women they sat in the sun for hours with a crownless hat. The puritanical Victorian era advocated a modest, natural beauty, restrained and without makeup. Victorian women pinched their cheeks and bit lips for color to induce natural color rather than cosmetics. Only women that wore makeup were prostitute and actresses, who only wore makeup on stage. In the 1840s woman hair were sleek and modest the hair was oiled down with big curls at the side. The men kept their hair short, sometimes it was short and curls with macassar oil and most men had mustaches sideburns or