cosmetology

By jessievangel123
  • 6000 BCE

    discovered Skin Product

    Egyptian women incorporated honey and milk masks into their beauty regimes to moisturize their skin, and they also took milk baths and used dead sea salts to exfoliate, rejuvenate, and heal their skin.
  • 4000 BCE

    Make Up

    Kohl, used to draw thick, distinctive black lines, giving an almond shape to the eyes
  • 4000 BCE

    discovered makeup

    Cosmetics were also used in ancient Rome, although much of Roman literature suggests that it was frowned upon.
  • 3500 BCE

    Skin Product

    It has even been said that ancient Egyptians valued their skincare and cosmetics so much they were sometimes received as wages.
  • 3500 BCE

    Hair treatment

    In Egypt, the combination of castor oil and almond oil was used to promote hair growth by massaging it into the scalp.
  • 3100 BCE

    Egyptians

    Among many ceremonial items found in the five thousand year old Egyptian tombs, few are thought to be palettes that were used for grinding of cosmetic ingredients.
  • 3000 BCE

    discovered nail polish

    Nail polish originated in China as early as 3000 BC.
  • 2000 BCE

    Cosmetology began

    Make-up and cosmetics were used long before the first century. As for who the first cosmetologist was, that’s debatable. If we’re talking about the first person or people to actually mix ingredients together for the purpose of applying and beautifying, then most would give the Egyptians that title.
  • 1900 BCE

    Nail Polish

    The colors however determined the class and status. Royal people choose their own color and normal people were not allowed to use those colors.
  • 1500 BCE

    Hair Coloring

    Egyptians used henna as a hair coloring agent.
    They also used worms, leeches, leads.
  • 1500 BCE

    Make Up

    In the Far East, fashionable Japanese started painting their skin in white with rice powder.
  • 189 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Roman Empire female’s becomes totally enchanted with expensive foreign cosmetics, to the point when Senate managed to bring the law that totally forbids its use. This law was active for only 6 years, before it was quickly repelled after enormous riches were brought into Rome from the sacked Carthage.

  • discovered hair conditioner

    Modern hair conditioner was created at the turn of the 20th century when perfumer Édouard Pinaud presented a product he called Brilliantine at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris

  • Discovered Hair Dye

    Eugène Schueller, the founder of L'Oréal, is recognized for creating the first synthetic hair dye in 1907.

  • Like Now

    They were known to neighboring cultures for “painting their eyes” using eyeliner and primitive mascara – and in a style and manner that is still replicated today whenever someone wants to emulate the Cleopatra look.