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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.
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Kohl, used to draw thick, distinctive black lines, giving an almond shape to the eyes
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Cosmetics were also used in ancient Rome, although much of Roman literature suggests that it was frowned upon.
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It has even been said that ancient Egyptians valued their skincare and cosmetics so much they were sometimes received as wages.
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In Egypt, the combination of castor oil and almond oil was used to promote hair growth by massaging it into the scalp.
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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.
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Nail polish originated in China as early as 3000 BC.
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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.
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The colors however determined the class and status. Royal people choose their own color and normal people were not allowed to use those colors.
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Egyptians used henna as a hair coloring agent.
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In the Far East, fashionable Japanese started painting their skin in white with rice powder.
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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.
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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
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Eugène Schueller, the founder of L'Oréal, is recognized for creating the first synthetic hair dye in 1907.
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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.