Medusa, Part I | MYTHOLOGY MAKEUP SERIES

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Hello and welcome to my mythology makeup series ^_^ Today's look is Medusa from Greek mythology, before her transformation into a monster. Part II will be up early next week!
Show More Hello and welcome to my mythology makeup series ^_^ Today's look is Medusa from Greek mythology, before her transformation into a monster. Part II will be up early next week!

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ABOUT THIS MAKEUP LOOK↓

There isn't much information on how Medusa looked before her trasnformation, so I decided to base this look off information on how ancient Greek women typically did their makeup. The only real information I could find on Medusa before her transformation is that she was said to be extremely beautiful with golden hair and red lips. Unfortunately my hair is dyed black right now and I don't have a blonde wig so...whatever then :P

Here's what I found on ancient Greek beauty:

→ Unibrows were sehr sexy

→ Red suns were either tattooed or painted on the cheeks and chin

→ Greek women did in fact wear heavy kohl around their eyes, but because the makeup wasn't good quality it often wouldn't show up very well on the skin

→ Porcelain pale skin was prized...so no, none of them would have wanted to look like "golden Greek godddeses."

→ Vigins typically wore their hair down (accurate for Medusa pre-transformation). Married women did not.

→ They also prized lighter hair. They would try to lighten their hair using vinegar.

→ Their lips were usually darkened red.

→ If they wanted to have a glow to their skin, they would use olive oil.

So in actuality, nearly all of the "Greek goddess" makeup tutorials here on Youtube aren't really accurate. I think the only makeup artist I've seen portray this as accurately as possible is Lisa Eldridge. Not hating though! I wouldn't want to walk around with a unibrow...

For this look I drew red circles on my cheeks and chin. Because my skin is already pale, I didn't do much to it. I made my face look a bit glowy but didn't use olive oil (I did oil cleanse with olive oil prior to the video however). I made my eyes dark but somewhat muddy to mimic how makeup would have looked on their eyes. Also, I made my lips red.

To complete the look, I made a little crown on flowers for my head. For the costume, I just tied one of my backdrops around my body and hoped it looked Greek enough XD It's not an accurate portrayal of what Greek women wore back then, though.

ABOUT MEDUSA↓
There are a couple of versions of this story, but I'm following the one told by the Roman poet Ovid. Medusa was said to be a beautiful preistess in Athena's temple, who had sworn to a life of celibacy. Because of her beauty though she was "wanted" by many people, including the god Poseidon. Because she had devoted herself to celibacy, Poseidon raped her as she was worshipping. To make matters worse, Athena punishes Medusa, turning her hair into snakes and causing her gaze to turn people into stone.

Yey for old timey victim blaming. Not. -__-; But that's the general story.

You can read more about Medusa here: http://medusa.plush.org/synopsis.shtml

Part II of this Medusa look will be up early next week! Snakes galore here I come :D

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Head of Medusa - painting by Peter Paul Rubens (public domain)
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rubens_Medusa.jpeg

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