Cosmetics in Rome

     In Rome their daily lives where based on appearance and power.The Romes where very much like the Greeks. They wanted to seem  better than the Greeks. The woman would spend many hours in a special room to have their slaves apply their makeup. Usually only wealthy woman would wear makeup. The makeup would have to be applied many times through the day. They used this lead based makeup to make their skin  bright white to seem as pure as the gods. Even the men wore make up to seem immortal. Many woman where dying in this time period from unknown causes and know scientist are to believe that it was from led poisoning.