The Edwardian period or Era was the time following Queen Victoria's reign in 1900-1910 during the reign of Edward Vll of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the British Dominions and Emperor or India.
During the Victorian era wearing makeup was highly frowned upon, but just as today women had the want to appear younger than what they were. So women would find cosmetics in various beauty
salons in a very...shameful manner. No one wanted to know that they needed the cosmetics. But coming into the Edwardian period Gordon Selfrige opened what would be closely similar to the modern day makeup counters! Cool, right?
The Edwardian period kept some of the trends from the Victorian period and tossed out others. Pale skin was still very in. Women would use many forms to whiten their faces such as using white face paint--with lead, rice paper, or pear powder would also be applied to the skin. The blonde hair of the Victorian era however was out! And brunettes were in. A healthy glow from rouge was applied, and the lips would be stained with geranium and poppy petals. Eye makeup wasn't the big show, occasionally charcoal would be applied to the eyes to darken them. The eyebrows were the big thing, and they would even use belladonna drops to dilate the pupils and brighten
their eyes.
The soft, warm shadows and the almost child like lips and roughe. The large hair pulled up around the face and the eccentric hats. Granted this was also a time period when they mixed petroleum jelly (Vaseline) and charcoal together to create mascara and eyeliner. I find something very beautiful, and graceful about the look. The thought that women would go through back doors, and hide the fact they wore makeup amazed me.
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