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| Ahh, so this is how they do it. |
Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments,
oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color and
texture to the lips. There are many varieties of
lipstick. Lippy is a common British colloquialism
for lipstick.
Lipstick is known to have been used around 5000
years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, when semi-precious
jewels were crushed and applied to the lips and
occasionally around the eyes. Women in the ancient
Indus Valley Civilization applied lipstick to their
lips for face decoration. Ancient Egyptians extracted
purplish-red dye from fucus-algin, 0.01% iodine,
and some bromine mannite, which resulted in serious
illness. Cleopatra had her lipstick made from crushed
carmine beetles, which gave a deep red pigment,
and ants for a base. Lipsticks with shimmering effects
were initially made using a substance found in fish
scales called pearlescence... |
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