Biting her lips

posted 6 years ago by abbeyliz20 (14)
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I know they pinched their cheeks in place of blush, but why was Marianne biting or sucking/licking her lips? To plump them? Or make them red?

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

Yes, to make them red.

English country ladies of that era didn't paint their faces, only whores and aging French aristocrats did.