The Dangerous History of My Favourite Colour

If you know one thing about me, is that I love colour. Working with pigments and creating colours is one of the best parts of my job! So I thought I'd dive deep into the history and culture of colour in makeup, starting with my favourite: Green 💚🌵🍀 I hope you enjoy it! Love, Lisa 💚 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: The surprising 5,000-year history of green makeup REAL ancient pigments tested An iconic green makeup look, recreated TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 1:57 Ancient Egypt's Favourite Colour 5:15 Testing Real Ancient Pigments 8:45 Eye Paint, Eye Balms, Eyebrows 9:23 Green's Renaissance PR Problem 11:12 The Deadly Green Craze 12:11 Green in the Modern era 15:36 Green’s in Vogue: The Final Look The Products I Use in this video: Lisa Eldridge - Elevated Glow Highlighter - Solar Light: http://lisae.me.uk/29649-26864 Lisa Eldridge - Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint - T8: http://lisae.me.uk/30601-26864 Benefit - Matte Bronzer - Hoola: http://lisae.me.uk/9755-2897 Fenty Beauty - Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer- Shady Biz: http://lisae.me.uk/29053-28347 Fenty Beauty - Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer- Inda Sun: http://lisae.me.uk/30786-28347 Lancôme - Cils Booster XL Mascara Primer: http://lisae.me.uk/31022-7513 Lancôme - Monsieur Big Volumising Mascara - Black: http://lisae.me.uk/31023-7513 Lisa Eldridge - Liquid Silk Liquid Eyeshadow - Phoebe: http://lisae.me.uk/30695-26864 Mix of Green Eyeshadow from Kit Lisa Eldridge - Seamless Glide Eye Pencil - Cinde