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* Caroline of Brunswick, being sent off to marry George IV, got a lot of grief for her appearance at the British court, including for her "painted eye-brow".
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* In CSLewis's ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', one reason why Susan refuses to remember {{Narnia}} is her obsession with make-up.
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-->''Now get yet to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. ''
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*In GoneWithTheWind, Scarlett is admonished for acknowledging Belle Watling, a painted woman who was a prosperous town prostitute.
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* A buttload of [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney movies]] do this, and some pretty recent ones as well! In most of these movies, the only person with makeup on is the villain; [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Evil Queen Grimhilde]], [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]], [[TheRescuers Medusa]], [[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella]], [[GenderFlip Ja]][[Disney/{{Aladdin}} far]].. [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] takes this UpToEleven by squashing a sentient creature to produce lipstick, literally making her makeup evil.
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* In ''DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'', the source of Sedusa's powers of imitation is make-up tainted by Chemical Z, and one tell-tale sign that she's around is that she smells like cheap make-up.
* In ''DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'', the source of Sedusa's powers of imitation is make-up tainted by Chemical Z, and one tell-tale sign that she's around is that she smells like cheap make-up.
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* In RobertBrowning's ''The Flight of the Duchess'', the Duchess used damaging make-up that ruined her looks.
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* In Alexander Pope's ''TheRapeOfTheLock'', Belinda's use of make-up is tweaked:
-->''Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, ''
* In Alexander Pope's ''TheRapeOfTheLock'', Belinda's use of make-up is tweaked:
-->''Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, ''
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** In "The Sword of Wood", the stranger is known to come from the corrupt city by this (and does turn to be, if not quite villainous, hardly a good guy).
-->'''His face is painted,' said Griffin. 'That is the sort of thing they do in London. And he wears a pile of false hair out of a barber's; and walks about in it, like the house of a Jack-in-the Green. ''
-->'''His face is painted,' said Griffin. 'That is the sort of thing they do in London. And he wears a pile of false hair out of a barber's; and walks about in it, like the house of a Jack-in-the Green. ''
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* A buttload of [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney movies]] do this, and some pretty recent ones as well! In most of these movies, the only person with makeup on is the villain; [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Evil Queen Grimhilde]], [[{{Disney/SleepingBeauty}} Maleficent]], [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]], [[TheRescuers Medusa]], [[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella]], [[GenderFlip Ja]][[Disney/{{Aladdin}} far]].. [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] takes this UpToEleven by squashing a sentient creature to produce lipstick, literally making her makeup evil.
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* Inverted in ''MassEffect'' with the turians, who for the most part wear facial paint indicating which world they're from, a tradition stemming from a civil war between turian colonies a thousand years before the events of the series. 'Barefaced' turians are considered untrustworthy, and the term 'barefaced' is even used as slang for a politician. It's worth mentioning that all this is told through the codex, which is intentionally a bit of an UnreliableNarrator, and given that Shepard never sees any prejudice between turians in game, the stigma may have faded.
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* Inverted in ''MassEffect'' with the turians, who for the most part wear facial paint indicating which world they're from, a tradition stemming from a civil war between turian colonies a thousand years before the events of the series. 'Barefaced' turians are considered untrustworthy, and the term 'barefaced' is even used as slang for a politician. It's worth mentioning that all this is told through the codex, which is intentionally a bit of an UnreliableNarrator, and given that Shepard never sees any prejudice between turians in game, the stigma may have faded.
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* A buttload of [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney movies]] do this, and some pretty recent ones as well! In most of these movies, the only person with makeup on is the villain; [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Evil Queen Grimhilde]], [[{{Disney/SleepingBeauty}} Maleficent]], [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]], [[TheRescuers Medusa]], [[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella]], [[GenderFlip Ja]][[Disney/{{Aladdin}} far]].. [[TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] takes this UpToEleven by squashing a sentient creature to produce lipstick, literally making her makeup evil.
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* In LouisaMayAlcott's ''LittleWomen'', Meg is made up "like {{Cinderella}}" but it includes this -- though she revolts at rouge.
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* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2451 downplayed to a lack of make-up being natural and real.]]
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* In GKChesterton's ''The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond'', one character comments on its decreasing significance, but still thinks it shows something of character.
-->''we all know that making-up and even dyeing your hair doesn't mean what it once did; lots of women do it who are perfectly decent; but not those who are--well, utterly inexperienced. ''
-->''we all know that making-up and even dyeing your hair doesn't mean what it once did; lots of women do it who are perfectly decent; but not those who are--well, utterly inexperienced. ''
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** Could also have something to do with the fact that the only turian consistently seen with an unpainted face is Saren...
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* The Nazis believed this, and compared women who wore make-up to clowns and thought they where "degenerate". Women and girls were actively discouraged to wear make-up.
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* Inverted in ''MassEffect'' with the turians, who for the most part wear facial paint indicating which world they're from, a tradition stemming from a civil war between turian colonies a thousand years before the events of the series. 'Barefaced' turians are considered untrustworthy, and the term 'barefaced' is even used as slang for a politician. It's worth mentioning that all this is told through the codex, which is intentionally a bit of an UnreliableNarrator, and given that Shepard never sees any prejudice between turians in game, the stigma may have faded.
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* In Gene Stratton Porter's ''Her Father's Daughter'', this is a mark against Eileen.
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Historically, also, many forms of make-up have been hazardous, so a woman who used them might sacrifice her health, her life, and even her looks in the long term, for a brief attractive appearance.
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Historically, also, many forms of make-up have been hazardous, hazardous -- such as lead-based or arsenic based ones -- so a woman who used them might sacrifice her health, her health or even life, and even not to mention her looks in the long term, for a brief attractive appearance.
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The trope faded out as make-up became acceptable, with points at which heavy make-up rather than makeup in general was the mark, and the degree of evil entailed varies widely.
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* Makeup company M.A.C. has collaborated with {{Disney}} to create the [[http://thebeautysetblog.net/2010/10/01/macs-venomous-villains-2/ Venomous Villains]] [[http://www.temptalia.com/mac-venomous-villains-collection-for-fall-2010 makeup collection]]. It has [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]], [[Disney/SnowWhite The Evil Queen]], [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella DeVille]] and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficient]].
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A ForgottenTrope nowadays, but one that lasted for many centuries: wearing any form of "paint" on your face is a sign of evil, particularly dishonesty, more to be expected of the DeadlyDecadentCourt than any more wholesome place. Only an actress or some such disreputable woman would paint, which is why "painted woman" is -- not a compliment.
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A ForgottenTrope nowadays, but one that lasted for many centuries: wearing any form of "paint" on your face is a sign of evil, particularly dishonesty, more to be expected of the DeadlyDecadentCourt or ViceCity than any more wholesome place. Only an actress or some such disreputable woman would paint, which is why "painted woman" is -- not a compliment.
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->''And steal dead seeming of his living hue?''
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->''Roses of shadow, since his rose is true?''
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A ForgottenTrope nowadays, but one that lasted for many centuries: wearing any form of "paint" on your face is a sign of evil, particularly dishonesty, more to be expected of the DeadlyDecadentCourt than any more wholesome place. Only an actress or some such disreputable woman would paint, which is why "painted woman" is -- not a compliment.
Historically, also, many forms of make-up have been hazardous, so a woman who used them might sacrifice her health, her life, and even her looks in the long term, for a brief attractive appearance.
The trope faded out as make-up became acceptable, with points at which heavy make-up rather than makeup in general was the mark, and the degree of evil entailed varies widely.
May overlap with BeautyEqualsGoodness: only evil people would need to paint, since good ones are naturally beautiful.
This often involved very heavy make-up in visual media, to make it clear that the character wears it, the alternatives being showing it being put on, having it run from tears or rain, or becoming lipstick kisses.
A staple of the VillainousCrossdresser.
SisterTrope to SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains and DelinquentHair. An influence on UncannyValleyMakeup. See also ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow.
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* The Madam of Liquid Silver in Tank Girl is really overly made up.
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* In LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey (the girl, not the plant) wears a lot of make-up due to her poor self image. She takes it off when Seymour convinces her she doesn't need it in the "Suddenly Seymour" number.
* In ''TheHungerGames'' most citizens of the oppressive, decadent Capital wear heavy make-up (in the film, if not always in the book). The most evil characters tend to avert the trope, though.
* The Joker in ''TheDarkKnight'' only wears makeup (he doesn't have bleached skin)
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* In LMMontgomery's ''TheBlueCastle'', Valancy had once tried to put color in her cheeks before a party by pinching them. This started a rumor that she had worn rouge, which, unusually, did not manage to sink her reputation, because everyone knew that dowdy Valancy Sterling could not be fast.
** In ''ATangledWeb'', Aunt Beckie puts on rouge before her last family gathering, shocking her living companion, but insisting on it. Then she orders Nan to wash off her rouge -- over Nan's objection that Aunt Beckie was wearing it herself. (Afterwards, Nan amuses herself by setting out to romance a young man to take him from his fiancee.)
* In Gene Stratton Porter's ''Her Father's Daughter'', this is a mark against Eileen.
-->''I never knew Eileen to be honest about anything in all her life unless the truth served her better than an evasion. Her hair was not honest color and it was not honest curl. Her eyebrows were not so dark as she made them. Her cheeks and lips were not so red, her forehead and throat were not so white, her form was not so perfect.''
* Queen Jezebel of TheBible notoriously put on makeup before confronting God's prophet.
* In the Victorian story "The Fatal Cosmetic" a woman who starts out flattering a poor performance ends up using a dangerous cosmetic, not disposing of it properly and then lying about it, so that it is mistaken for medicine and administered to another woman with fatal results.
* In TomRobbins' book ''Skinny Legs and All'', this is the in-universe BerserkButton for fundamentalist preacher Buddy Winkler, he calls the protagonist a jezebel for wearing makeup and once washes her face till she bleeds.
* In LouisaMayAlcott's ''LittleWomen'', Meg is made up "like {{Cinderella}}" but it includes this -- though she revolts at rouge.
-->''On the Thursday evening, Belle shut herself up with her maid, and between them they turned Meg into a fine lady. They crimped and curled her hair, they polished her neck and arms with some fragrant powder, touched her lips with coralline salve to make them redder, and Hortense would have added 'a soupcon of rouge', if Meg had not rebelled.''
** There is no doubt of the evaluation, since when later confessing to bad behavior at the party, Meg includes it:
-->''"Of course not. Don't I always tell you everything? I was ashamed to speak of it before the younger children, but I want you to know all the dreadful things I did at the Moffats'."\\
"We are prepared," said Mrs. March, smiling but looking a little anxious.\\
"I told you they dressed me up, but I didn't tell you that they powdered and squeezed and frizzled, and made me look like a fashion-plate. Laurie thought I wasn't proper. I know he did, though he didn't say so,''
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*This appears in the video for the {{paramore}} song 'Misery Business'. As part of a HumiliationConga inflicted on the preppy, evil high school bully at the end of the video, Hayley Williams wipes a damp towel across her face, revealing that she is caked in makeup. Hayley then tuts and walks away. Rendered deliberately ironic by Hayley's spectacularly dyed hair and flamboyant eyeshadow, but nevertheless...
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* Shakespeare's "Sonnet 67" is a lament that people try to imitiate a man's beauty with make-up, so that he is actually a corrupting influence.
** "Sonnet 68" chiefly complains in similar tones of wig-wearing, but opens with the observation:
-->''Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn,''
-->''When beauty lived and died as flowers do now,''
* Christina Rossetti wrote an early poem about a woman who fainted at a ball, but had not grown pale -- did this woman ''paint''?
* In RobertBrowning's ''The Flight of the Duchess'', the Duchess used damaging make-up that ruined her looks.
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* In ''{{Hamlet}}'', the Prince berates Ophelia (or, rather, all women) for being false in various ways, and through makeup:
-->I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
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* {{Medusa}}'s appearance in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', while based off of her depiction in [[VideoGame/KidIcarus the original game]], seems to have taken on a more gothic look, with (among other things) [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow eyeshadow]] and [[FacialMarkings a tattoo around her left eye]].
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* In ''{{Erstwhile}}'', the evil bride in "Maid Maleen" [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-26/#.T298lNm6SuI tries makeup to hide her hideousness.]]
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* On ''AtomicBetty'', [[AlphaBitch Penelope Lang]] is the only girl in school who wears eyeshadow. In contrast Betty just wears lipstick, mostly while in her Galactic Guardian uniform, but she sometimes she puts on lipstick for special occasions. Also, Betty's mom wears both eyeshadow and lipstick, but while she might be a bit of a neglectful and self-absorbed mother she's not evil.
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* "Cosmetics" used to be a euphemism, because still earlier a cosmetic meant something that would actually improve appearance, removing a blemish or freckle or whatever instead of hiding it.
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->''And steal dead seeming of his living hue?''
->''Why should poor beauty indirectly seek''
->''Roses of shadow, since his rose is true?''
-->-- ''WilliamShakespeare''', "Sonnet 67"
A ForgottenTrope nowadays, but one that lasted for many centuries: wearing any form of "paint" on your face is a sign of evil, particularly dishonesty, more to be expected of the DeadlyDecadentCourt than any more wholesome place. Only an actress or some such disreputable woman would paint, which is why "painted woman" is -- not a compliment.
Historically, also, many forms of make-up have been hazardous, so a woman who used them might sacrifice her health, her life, and even her looks in the long term, for a brief attractive appearance.
The trope faded out as make-up became acceptable, with points at which heavy make-up rather than makeup in general was the mark, and the degree of evil entailed varies widely.
May overlap with BeautyEqualsGoodness: only evil people would need to paint, since good ones are naturally beautiful.
This often involved very heavy make-up in visual media, to make it clear that the character wears it, the alternatives being showing it being put on, having it run from tears or rain, or becoming lipstick kisses.
A staple of the VillainousCrossdresser.
SisterTrope to SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains and DelinquentHair. An influence on UncannyValleyMakeup. See also ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow.
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* The Madam of Liquid Silver in Tank Girl is really overly made up.
[[AC:Film]]
* In LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey (the girl, not the plant) wears a lot of make-up due to her poor self image. She takes it off when Seymour convinces her she doesn't need it in the "Suddenly Seymour" number.
* In ''TheHungerGames'' most citizens of the oppressive, decadent Capital wear heavy make-up (in the film, if not always in the book). The most evil characters tend to avert the trope, though.
* The Joker in ''TheDarkKnight'' only wears makeup (he doesn't have bleached skin)
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* In LMMontgomery's ''TheBlueCastle'', Valancy had once tried to put color in her cheeks before a party by pinching them. This started a rumor that she had worn rouge, which, unusually, did not manage to sink her reputation, because everyone knew that dowdy Valancy Sterling could not be fast.
** In ''ATangledWeb'', Aunt Beckie puts on rouge before her last family gathering, shocking her living companion, but insisting on it. Then she orders Nan to wash off her rouge -- over Nan's objection that Aunt Beckie was wearing it herself. (Afterwards, Nan amuses herself by setting out to romance a young man to take him from his fiancee.)
* In Gene Stratton Porter's ''Her Father's Daughter'', this is a mark against Eileen.
-->''I never knew Eileen to be honest about anything in all her life unless the truth served her better than an evasion. Her hair was not honest color and it was not honest curl. Her eyebrows were not so dark as she made them. Her cheeks and lips were not so red, her forehead and throat were not so white, her form was not so perfect.''
* Queen Jezebel of TheBible notoriously put on makeup before confronting God's prophet.
* In the Victorian story "The Fatal Cosmetic" a woman who starts out flattering a poor performance ends up using a dangerous cosmetic, not disposing of it properly and then lying about it, so that it is mistaken for medicine and administered to another woman with fatal results.
* In TomRobbins' book ''Skinny Legs and All'', this is the in-universe BerserkButton for fundamentalist preacher Buddy Winkler, he calls the protagonist a jezebel for wearing makeup and once washes her face till she bleeds.
* In LouisaMayAlcott's ''LittleWomen'', Meg is made up "like {{Cinderella}}" but it includes this -- though she revolts at rouge.
-->''On the Thursday evening, Belle shut herself up with her maid, and between them they turned Meg into a fine lady. They crimped and curled her hair, they polished her neck and arms with some fragrant powder, touched her lips with coralline salve to make them redder, and Hortense would have added 'a soupcon of rouge', if Meg had not rebelled.''
** There is no doubt of the evaluation, since when later confessing to bad behavior at the party, Meg includes it:
-->''"Of course not. Don't I always tell you everything? I was ashamed to speak of it before the younger children, but I want you to know all the dreadful things I did at the Moffats'."\\
"We are prepared," said Mrs. March, smiling but looking a little anxious.\\
"I told you they dressed me up, but I didn't tell you that they powdered and squeezed and frizzled, and made me look like a fashion-plate. Laurie thought I wasn't proper. I know he did, though he didn't say so,''
[[AC:Music Video]]
*This appears in the video for the {{paramore}} song 'Misery Business'. As part of a HumiliationConga inflicted on the preppy, evil high school bully at the end of the video, Hayley Williams wipes a damp towel across her face, revealing that she is caked in makeup. Hayley then tuts and walks away. Rendered deliberately ironic by Hayley's spectacularly dyed hair and flamboyant eyeshadow, but nevertheless...
[[AC:Poetry]]
* Shakespeare's "Sonnet 67" is a lament that people try to imitiate a man's beauty with make-up, so that he is actually a corrupting influence.
** "Sonnet 68" chiefly complains in similar tones of wig-wearing, but opens with the observation:
-->''Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn,''
-->''When beauty lived and died as flowers do now,''
* Christina Rossetti wrote an early poem about a woman who fainted at a ball, but had not grown pale -- did this woman ''paint''?
* In RobertBrowning's ''The Flight of the Duchess'', the Duchess used damaging make-up that ruined her looks.
[[AC:Theater]]
* In ''{{Hamlet}}'', the Prince berates Ophelia (or, rather, all women) for being false in various ways, and through makeup:
-->I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* {{Medusa}}'s appearance in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', while based off of her depiction in [[VideoGame/KidIcarus the original game]], seems to have taken on a more gothic look, with (among other things) [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow eyeshadow]] and [[FacialMarkings a tattoo around her left eye]].
[[AC:WebComics]]
* In ''{{Erstwhile}}'', the evil bride in "Maid Maleen" [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-26/#.T298lNm6SuI tries makeup to hide her hideousness.]]
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* On ''AtomicBetty'', [[AlphaBitch Penelope Lang]] is the only girl in school who wears eyeshadow. In contrast Betty just wears lipstick, mostly while in her Galactic Guardian uniform, but she sometimes she puts on lipstick for special occasions. Also, Betty's mom wears both eyeshadow and lipstick, but while she might be a bit of a neglectful and self-absorbed mother she's not evil.
[[AC:RealLife]]
* "Cosmetics" used to be a euphemism, because still earlier a cosmetic meant something that would actually improve appearance, removing a blemish or freckle or whatever instead of hiding it.
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