A case of modern rouge powder and brushes.

A dancer wearing rouge.

Rouge (ruːʒ; French: Red), also called Blush, is a cosmetic typically used by women to redden the cheeks so as to provide a more youthful appearance, and to emphasise the cheekbones. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 209 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cosmetics Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 209 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cosmetics Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... To blush is to display a marked redness of ones face; the term is seldom applied except when the redness is construed as a result of embarrassment, shame, or modesty. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Look up Cheek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The Cheeks are the fleshy area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear, the skin being suspended by the chin and the yaws. ... The zygomatic bone (also known as the zygoma; Os Zygomaticum; Malar Bone) is a paired bone of the human skull. ...

Historically, rouge was used as early as in ancient Egypt. It was also applied on the lips, where lipstick would be used today. In some times and places, both men and women wore rouge, such as during the Regency period in England. In Britain's Victorian Age, where wearing makeup was associated with low morals, ladies resorted to pinching their cheeks to make them appear red instead. Kufus Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Lipstick Lipstick is a cosmetic product for the lips that is richer in color and texture than lip gloss, pirmarily used to apply color to the lips. ... Regency may have several meanings: A regency may be a period of time when a regent holds power in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ... In cooking, a pinch is a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or spice. ...

Various substances have been used as rouge. In ancient Greece for example, crushed mulberries were favoured, while red beet juice and crushed strawberries have also variously been used. The ancient Greek world circa 550 BC Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history which lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. ... Species See text Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10–16 species of deciduous trees native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and North America, with the majority of the species native to Asia. ... Species 20+ species; see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. ...

In modern times, rouge generally consists of a red-coloured talcum-based powder that is applied with a brush to the cheek. The colouring is usually either the substance of safflor (the petals of safflower), or a solution of carmine in ammonium hydroxide and rosewater perfumed with rose oil. A cream-based variant of rouge is schnouda, a colourless mixture of Alloxan with cold cream, which also colours the skin red. Talc block Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg3(SiO3)4 or Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. ... Binomial name Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with many long sharp spines on the leaves. ... Carminic acid Carmine, also called Cochineal, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470 or E120, is a pigment of a bright red color obtained from the carminic acid produced by the cochineal insect, and is used as a general term for a particularly deep red color. ... Ammonium hydroxide is a name sometimes given to an aqueous solution of ammonia. ... Rosewater is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals. ... Rose oil , also known as rose otto or rose absolute is the essential oil extracted from the petals of various types of roses through either steam distillation or solvent extraction. ... Alloxan or mesoxalylurea is an organic compound based on a pyrimidine heterocyclic skeleton. ... Ponds Cream is a brand of beauty and healthcare products that is produced by the multinational company Unilever. ...

References

• Modes In Makeup, a brief history of cosmetics
• The History of Makeup
• The Pervasion of Rouge (also known as A Defence of Cosmetics), by Max Beerbohm