Make-up: A Glamorous History

7.0
2021

Georgian dandies, demure Victorians and decadent flappers. Make-up artist Lisa Eldridge reveals the beauty of bygone eras, using make-up as a window into the world we live in.

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Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2021

Still image for Make-up: A Glamorous History season 1 episode 1: Georgian Britain

1. Georgian Britain

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.

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2. Victorian Britain

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.

Still image for Make-up: A Glamorous History season 1 episode 3: Britain in the Roaring 20s

3. Britain in the Roaring 20s

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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Lisa Eldridge

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