Renaissance beauty regimes
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The Importance of Community in the Renaissance
The goal of most Renaissance makeup was to look natural. Most women wore makeup that were just aimed to make them look better. So you get anti-wrinkle cream, moisturiser, toner and stuff designed to get rid of blemishes like spots or many other kind of skin conditions. There's a lot of resentment towards women as well for getting together and sharing these recipes. And this is a time when women had a pretty awful time, a lot of time with men and more often the victims of violence and so on.
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