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These researchers are unlocking Renaissance beauty secrets

The Beautiful Chemistry Project re-creates the era’s cosmetics to find the science behind them

Chemist Michel Nieuwoudt and art historian Erin Griffey, both blond women wearing goggles, masks and lab coats, holding vials and standing in front of Renaissance-era art and a sign that reads Beautiful Chemistry

Chemist Michel Nieuwoudt (left) and art historian Erin Griffey (right), both of the University of Auckland in New Zealand, have teamed up to uncover the science behind cosmetics used around 500 years ago.

E. Griffey, M. Nieuwoudt

By Rina Diane Caballar

- More than 2 years ago

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Art historian Erin Griffey is a bit of a beauty maven.