Trivia: What were faux beauty marks made out of in 18th-century Europe?
Velvet
Charcoal
Beetles
Chocolate
The correct answer is Velvet
So why is this answer correct? : In the 18th century, French and English aristocrats glued small pieces of black velvet on their faces to create artificial beauty marks. The French called the marks “mouches,” meaning “flies.” The location of the mark on the face was said to indicate a person’s mood. A beauty mark on the cheek, for example, could be flirtatious.