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Radio 4,1 min

The history of make-up: Elizabethan cosmetics

Woman's Hour

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Dr Farah Karim-Cooper of Shakespeare’s Globe talks to Woman’s Hour’s Jenni Murray about how make-up was regarded in the 16th and 17th centuries, including how Queen Elizabeth I’s make-up would have been applied.

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