Similar to the women from the Elizabethan era, Japanese Geisha's share familiar makeup styles. The ideal beauty in both of these cultures is that they both desire a pale complexion and rouge tint to the lips. I found that the history of Japanese Geisha's and their make-up style was interesting to use as a contemporary source alongside the Elizabethan era.
The white makeup style worn by Geisha's is from China and then it became popular in Japan and adopted by courtesans. Like Elizabethan women, Geisha's created their cosmetics by mixing water and rice powder together by hand to create a pale foundation colour, they would also block out their eyebrows and instead of plucking and altering the shape of the brow like the Elizabethans, they drew a new brow shape up to the top of their forehead in the colour black. To finish the look, the lips were painted a rouge red shade.
Cosmetic Ingredients.
Rice powder and water - foundation
Charcoal - Eyebrows
Benibana,safflower, water and crystalized sugar - lips
Bibliography
http://www.japancoolture.com/en/the_geishas_make-up_origins_and_techniques_in_the_geisha_make-up_art
https://kojikis.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/geisha.png?w=230&h=316
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