Make-up as we know it has only been commercially available in the last 100 years but applying decoration to the face & body may be one of the oldest global social practices Lisa Eldridge one of the world&s foremost make-up artists--with a very large & loyal public following of her own--has written the first real history of the subject Face Paint will explore the reasons behind make-up&s use the actual materials employed & manufactured through the ages the icons that people emulate the impact on women&s lives & the present & future of make-up from high profile practitioners artists to cosmetic breakthroughs Along with the glamorous trappings this is also about women&s history & the ways in which we can understand their story through the prism of make-up