Ancient egyptian makeup history

Darling, daring, and sometimes downright dangerous, cosmetics are a timeless staple. Tour the history of makeup, as told through imagery.

Women and vanity have always gone hand in hand whatever culture, country or time of history it might have been. Archaeologists have found makeup on buried women, beauty tools in their graves and even beauty

Sacred and Sought after Indigo Blue is the color of Royalty and Saints. In ancient times, the color blue was not found in nature, as it is not an earth color and could only be seen by the eye, in the sea and sky. The unattainable hue, drove ancient chemists, shaman and industries into an alchemical frenzy on how to reproduce the color. The Egyptians ground lapis lazuli into a fine powder, creating ultramarine, the first stable blue colorant used for eyeshadow and adorning pharaohs tombs. The…

HISTORY OF HAIR THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS - EGYPT Egyptian hairstyles very much depended on the wealth, age and social group the individual circulated in. Both men and women would have shoulder-length hair or hair cut short to the nape or even clean shaven heads! However a shaven head was worn by young adults before they become of age, they would leave a small curl in the side of their head, named ’Lock of Youth’, to symbolise their age. Then they would have a choice of short or long hair…

From Ancient Egypt, the "Eye of Ra".