History of CosmetologyOnline version Situation Problems by Rosalind Carter 1 Ms. Sims, the senior class instructor has just given her class an assignment for "Throwback Thursday." Each student is to select an ancient time period and recreate a hairstyle based on the culture and values of the times. The students may select from the following cultures/time periods: the Africans, the Egyptians, the Chinese, the Greeks, the Romans and the Victorian Age. Marlene, who is very interested in makeup artistry, decides to choose the culture that used lavish perfumes and cosmetics in their religious rituals, and who applied kohl to their eyes and vermillion on their cheeks and lips. She has chosen the ______. a Romans b Americans c Africans d Greeks 2 Samira has traveled around the world and has seen the current beauty and cosmetic habits of many cultures. The one that intrigues her the most is credited as being among the very first to use essential oils, minerals, insects, and berries to create makeup for their eyes, lips, and skin, and they used Henna to stain their hair and nails a rich, warm red. Samira will create styles worn by the _________. a Romans b Americans c Egyptians d Greeks 3 Allie sets out to create a hairstyle that may have easily been worn by the young wife of a high-ranking chief who was well known and well respected in his community. The hairstyle will be elaborate and the hair will be colored red to mimic coloring the hair with red earth, and may include a head dressing, which was a symbol of stature for the ______. a Romans b Africans c Chinese d Greeks 4 The style created by Troya is modeled after a time period when women lavishly used facials made of milk and bread or fine wine and used a mixture of chalk and white lead as a facial cosmetic. Noblewomen tinted their hair red, middle-class women colored their hair blond, and poor women dyed their hair black in this culture. a Romans b Africans c Chinese d Greeks 5 Amanda is fascinated to learn that aristocrats of this country rubbed a tinted mix-ture of gum arabic, gelatin, beeswax, and egg whites onto their nails to color them crimson or ebony, and in the 1100's punished commoners caught wearing a royal nail color by putting them to death. This behavior was common to the ________. a Romans b Africans c Chinese d Greeks
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