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From Ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages: The Fascinating Evolution of Lipstick

A Captivating Story of Lipstick’s Past

Jules
5 min readMar 18, 2023
Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash

Lipstick is one of the most common and used makeup items and has a fascinating history. Used for hundreds and thousands of years in different shapes and forms, lipstick is one of the oldest and most loved makeup items.

Lipstick is an important part of every woman’s look and makeup bag, whether they are makeup fans, have a lot of influence, or are just regular women.

Lipstick has extraordinary transformative power; even people who do not like using makeup still use a simple lipstick to go!

Makeup companies worldwide produce wide varieties of lipsticks to cater to the needs of every woman. Not only are there different colors but also different textures and formulas to serve all sorts of demands.

Let’s look into some of the most exciting phases in the history of lipstick and its entrancing power over people of all times!

The Use of Lipstick by Ancient Egyptians

The importance of beauty and cosmetics in Ancient Egypt can be gauged by the fact that most of the mummies found by archaeologists were buried with what looked like cosmetics.

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Jules
Jules

Written by Jules

Psychology Expert | MSc Social and Cultural Psychology

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