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Make-Up artist Rebecca Butterworth shows you how to get that Ancient Roman glow
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 08 Dec 2020
Rebecca Butterworth used Roman techniques to create the tutorial
Los Angeles’ Getty Villa Museum has reached out to its audience digitally, teaming up with “history nerd” and make-up artist Rebecca Butterworth to create an Ancient Roman make-up tutorial.
The museum - which is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria - has taken the traditional make-up techniques of the Ancient Romans, with Butterworth creating a 21st century tutorial to recreate the “Roman look”.
The technique was developed using funeral portraits found at the museum for inspiration, with primary inspiration taken from a woman who lived in the Fayum region of Egypt during its Roman occupation.
In the video, Butterworth creates era-appropriate cosmetics based on modern-day knowledge of Roman make-up, such as face cream containing beef fat and antimony for eye makeup, both of which still have links in cosmetics today.
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