FACT #18: Why did Hitler hate red lipstick?

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While red lipstick was a sign of female resilience in the U.S., to Hitler it was repulsive. He decreed that the ideal German woman was wholesome, clean, and fresh-faced - that meant no makeup. Hitler even shutdown cosmetic companies, ruling them a non-essential commodity.

Eventually Allied countries realized it aggravated Hitler to see women in red lipstick and they started encouraging women to wear it. In fact, the government got Elizabeth Arden to create a lip and nail color for women to wear in the Army. It was called “Montezuma Red.”

REFERENCES:
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/why-adolf-hitler-hated-red-lipstick-81301f33dd83