History Of Lipstick

History Of Lipstick

The exact origin of luscious lips is a town called Ur which was located outside of Babylon. About 5000 years ago, to be exact, ladies would crush semi-precious stones (Yikes!), mix them with a pasty material, and smear them on their lips. Red was the color of choice. The Egyptian women used the purplish-reddish color in iodine and bromine which led to death and disease. What price for beauty, eh Brutè? As for our friend Cleopatra, would you believe her lips were adorned with a paste of ants eggs combined with carmine beetles? Even back then, women wanted that shine we find in shimmery, frosted shades of lipstick. Ready for this - they used fish scales to get that glow and attract those charioteers.

History Of Lipstick