introduction

My understanding of the Victorian beauty ideals is that 'natural' looking beauty was the fashion. ''Women of a higher class powder to tone down shine and give the skin a lustrous glow, it was used sparingly. Even eye shadows and lipsticks were very pale in tone and carefully applied. Bold colors and heavy makeup application was initially considered taboo and was used only by prostitutes'' 
http://www.thebeautybiz.com/87/article/history/beauty-through-ages-victorians
From watching the tv series of Great Expectations really helped me start my project as it gave me a more visual idea of what Victorian beauty Ideals were I really loved the way the make-up was shown throughout the film especially Mrs Havishman her character had many layers she was a tainted person from her heart break that she never recovered from which showed with in her nervous ticks  such as the scratching of her hands I loved how the make-up artist progressed throughout the series by making the scratch get worse with the skin more flakey and painful looking. i also thought that her dry lips that were flaking away really added affect to the shadow of a once happy woman. As a whole Mrs Havishman was an un-happy woman replaying her past. Her whole house was like a memorial for what could of been the happiest day of her life the design of the house with the slowly degrading furniture showing how desperate she id to keep the dream alive. Even still wearing her wedding dress that is dirty and falling apart.From her heart break she became bitter and cynical about love leading to her adopting a baby girl to train her to break every mans heart she came across.