Make-up: A Glamorous History

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.

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.

Lisa Eldridge explores her favourite era for makeup - Britain in the roaring 20s. This is the moment when modern makeup, as we know it, arrived in women’s handbags, and it is no coincidence that it appeared at a moment of huge change in British society. Lisa takes us on a journey through a critical few years when makeup turned from something shocking to almost a requirement for women everywhere.