In one class, student Jennifer Stark made cosmetics in our class together.
For eyeliner with activated charcoal.Student trying some lip gloss made from bees wax, beets, and ginger.Lovely Carolie with medieval lip gloss!Beets add a bright color.Carolie looking good with her lip gloss!Awesome Jennifer!Jennifer instructing.Making foundation.Beets and charcoal are hard to cut.Grab that honey!Explaining….Setting up.The incredible, edible egg. The makings of shampoo and conditioner.Mixing bees wax with ginger, beet juice, and rose oil.It doesn’t take many ingredients (all cheap) to make cosmetics the medieval way.All you need to make medieval cosmetics!Some cocoa powder for darkening your face powder. While cocoa is “New World,” medieval women would have used it, if they had had it!
For more information on simple DIY recipes for skin care, hair care, and natural cosmetics, please visit Jennifer Stark’s ladystarksnaturals.wordpress.com.
A Medieval Woman's Companion 
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