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War paint that promises peace, applied with a brush instead of a sword.
means Cosmetics applied to the face or skin to alter, enhance, or conceal one's appearance — also, the composite elements that form something's basic nature, or a reconciliation after conflict.
from Simply 'make' plus 'up,' the compound dates to the 1800s theatrical world, where actors 'made up' their faces before stepping onstage — building a character out of paint and powder. The sense broadened from there: by the early 1900s 'makeup' meant cosmetics for anyone's face, not just performers. The unrelated-feeling senses — a person's 'makeup' (their mental or physical constitution) and to 'make up' after a quarrel — both grow from the same root idea of assembling or completing something, whether that's a personality, a face, or a fractured friendship.
- ancient roots
- Egyptians wore kohl eyeliner around 4000 BCE
- lead danger
- Victorian whitening powder literally contained lead
- red lipstick wwii
- Hitler reportedly hated it, so allies promoted it
- billion dollar blink
- Global cosmetics industry exceeds 300 billion dollars yearly