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Make-up: A Glamorous History

Season 1

2021 · 3 episodes

  1. 1. Georgian Britain

    2021-04-20

    Lisa Eldridge explores the peacocks of British history: the Georgians. This was a period of extreme ostentation, but the glamour of the look stemmed from the turbulence of the age.

  2. 2. Victorian Britain

    2021-04-27

    Lisa Eldridge explores how the Victorians prized natural beauty above all else in an era when make-up was frowned upon, but where women still found sneaky ways to paint their faces.

  3. 3. Britain in the Roaring 20s

    2021-05-04

    Lisa Eldridge takes us back to Britain in the 1920s. She explores how the look of the flappers reflected the new freedoms of the era and recreates a classic 1920s look.

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