Before the 20th century, “nice girls” did not wear makeup, which was commonly called “paint.” So the setting in this manga confuses me in that it has an old timey feel, not a modern setting, but there using make up is normal. But her family seems to think like an historically accurate person in that make up is for painted harlots only but every one else thinks it's the norm and people without it are plain and ugly... It's confusing, like her family was living in a different era. I also find it weird that a engagement is determined by looks when in noble society marriages were not about love or looks but business translations and political alliances. It's very shojo fantasy, in reality the good looker is a mistress and the good bloodline is the wife, no conflict at all.