The Portraiture Project

Hello, hello! I find 18th century cosmetics and hygiene history extremely fascinating. To say I was more than excited when I found The Toliet of Flora, a cosmetic recepie book published in 1772 would be an understatement! The full name of the book is quite a mouthful: The Toilet of Flora; Or, A Collection of the Most Simple and Approved Methods of Preparing Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Etc: Improved from the French. Now, I will not bore you with more details! I have linked the free Google e-book to the image below! Enjoy! Comment any recipes or interesting information you discovered:

Long time no see! So, it's been a while. Yeah, I realize that. So, where has my project been going since I last checked in? Well, it has not gone many places since I am in the process of having an independent study where I research the history of undergarments and make some reproductions to go along with my project. It has been very stressful getting the project approved but I am more than excited now that it has been! I will be posting whenever I can on this blog to discuss the steps of my independent study so that you can all benefit from my mistakes and so that I can remember what I did when making future projects! Below is some of my inspiration for the project: Enjoy!