In the 2018 period comedy-drama film, "The Favourite", set in Great Britain in 1708, various of the lords/politicians are depicted as wearing large amounts of makeup. Was this a historical practice of the time in reality? If so, when did the practice begin and subsequently fall out of fashion?

by Kurma-the-Turtle
othermike

This recent-ish answer by u/mimicofmodes touches on this - it's more about costume and wigs, but mentions cosmetics too toward the end.