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Regardless of gender, everyone wore cosmetics in Ancient Egypt. People used oil to protect their skin against the harsh climate of Egypt and wealthy women would hand out perfumed wax cones at parties, which would be placed on the head and would melt and cool the wearer down. People generally used white makeup and black makeup, but people would also apply red ochre, which was watered down, to stain their cheeks and lips with a brush. As well as that, henna was used to stain the fingernails yellowy- brown. People applied Kohl to emphasise their eyes by drawing a line on the top and bottom lid of the eye and also they painted their eyebrows. For those who could afford it, they could employ a makeup- artist to do their daily makeup, but the majority of the population did their makeup for themselves.  Egyptians were famous for perfumes. They would be made out of natural ingredients such as henna leaves, bitter almonds, roses and irises. They would soaked in oil or maybe coo...

Makeup was a sign of status for wealthy women during the Tudor period. It was also used to cover up scars from diseases such as small pox.  The ideal Elizabethan look was pale creamy skin, bright eyes, red lips and rosy cheeks. The Tudor queens- Mary I and Elizabeth I made ginger hair popular and women would go as far as dying their hair with urine to make it blonde! Rich people hated the idea of being tanned because that inferred that you had to work in fields, therefore they avoided contact with the sun.  During her later life, Queen Elizabeth I wore heavy white makeup to cover up her greying and wrinkling skin. This makeup was wildly used by many rich ladies. It was made up of vinegar and toxic lead... Another way was to 'bleed' the woman. This could be done by applying leeches to the arm or by slicing the wrists to drain the blood; neither of which are very healthy . Women would also add an expensive red rouge/ blusher to their cheeks and stain the lips with coc...