Ancient Egyptians - Cosmetics

Cosmetics:

Believe or not, the ancient Egyptians invented make-up. The purpose was to protect the skin and prevent the body odour from offending the gods, goddesses and others. Some additional reasons include protecting themselves from the harsh rays of the sun and dark colours were applied to ward off evil eyes. The ancient Egyptians used natural resources in their makeup. Makeup was worn by both genders because they took pride in their appearance. This is very different from the technology was have now because we are able to get multiple shades of makeup in lipstick, eyeshadow, blush and many more. The makeup we have now is very different from ancient Egyptian makeup because we have many high tech tools which help us easily apply cosmetics. 

They used:

Malachite, this provided a green colour ( This was very popular at that time ).

Kohl, this used to draw thick lines, giving the almond shape to the eyes.

Red Ochre, was used as a lipstick.

Henna, was used to dye toes and fingers.

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