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12th Century Foundation

12th Century Foundation

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Try an authentic medieval makeup! We've recreated foundation recipe No. 278 in the Trotula manuscripts.

A cerotum with which the face can be anointed every day…is made thus. Let oil of violets or rose oil with hen’s grease be placed in a clay vessel so that it boils. Let very white wax be dissolved, then let…well-powdered and sifted white lead be mixed in…let camphor, nutmeg, and three or four cloves be added. From this let the woman anoint her face…”
- Trotula Minor: De ornatu mulierum, 12th Century Salerno, Italy, translated by M. Green
 
Apply to face, neck, hands, decolletage. Has a dewy finish. Semi-sheer cream tint. 
Fragrance notes: rose, clove, camphor, nutmeg. 

Ingredients: Olive oil, Duck fat, Beeswax, Camphor essential oil, Nutmeg essential oil, Clove essential oil, Rose flower oil, Zinc oxide. (Instead of toxic white lead, we use cosmetic-grade zinc oxide.)

1 oz. Glass jar

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