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 Britishcolloquialism for lipstick.[LINK: http://www.lipink.com/aboutus.asp] [1] Lip-Ink International History 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.Yona Williams. [LINK: http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_4535.shtml] Ancient Indus Valley: Food, Clothing & Transportation. 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 beetle

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