without further into, i would like to introduce katie cannon, your historical beauty consultant. the good, but that in the beautiful: cosmetics of really in america -- of early america. she's to manufacture these items. she has a lot of first-hand experience. she has worked in the museum field for about 15 years and earned her master museum studies from the university of leicester. worked primarily in living history museums. most recently at george washington's mount vernon. in her current role as curator of education at the museum she oversees our education programs for all ages, and tries to slip inasmuch living history activities as possible. katie.e [laughter] [applause] ms. cannon: thank you, haley. we will have some fun today. i want to first introduce what we are going to be talking about. the scope of my research here has been the sorts of cosmetics and beauty care products that americans of european dissent were using in the 18th and early 19th centuries. research topicf you have to be specific. i will talk about the beauty sanders that were basically -- standards that w

. >> next on american history tv, historian katie cannon discusses female beauty standards of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. it explores the ingredients many women used to make their own cosmetics. such as flour, tree bark, and chalk. she also describes many of the ingredients included in the cosmetics of the time like lead, mercury, acids and arsenic, and the side effects women experienced. this event was hosted by the daughters of the american revolution museum in washington, d.c. >> hello. i went to injured is what we are going to be talking about. the scope of my research here on cosmetics and beauty care products that americans of european descent were using in the 18th and early 19th century. is a research topic for you have to be specific, i will be talking about beauty standards that were basically present in eastern europe. and americans of european