Pharaohs and makeup
The first to make lipstick ..
The ancient Egyptian was able to use makeup art brilliantly, manufacture and treat many pathological conditions related to the face, and during the following lines we reveal the secrets of making makeup and cosmetics in Pharaonic Egypt.
There is a medical papyrus called "Edwin Smith Papyrus", which is one of the most important papyri that reveals the secrets of medical life in the era of the ancient Egyptian, and reveals that he was the first to make lipstick from red dye, and kohl was made from minerals such as lead sulfide and other stones and minerals, and is Mix it until he gets the kohl to decorate the eyes, and there were two types of the first kohl in black called a nebula, and the second in green and called it a wage, explaining that the use of makeup was for the man and the female, it was not limited to the soft sex only.
Henna was used to paint nails, and cosmetics such as brush and hair comb were made of pottery and wood, and oils such as almond oil or walnut oil were the primary ingredient in the cosmetic industry, stressing that what indicates the importance of makeup in ancient Egypt is the presence of a job in the palace Pharaonic was under the name of a cosmetic specialist and the functions of that function are determined in bringing cosmetics to the king and queen and carefully selecting them, as well as preparing many cosmetic recipes to preserve the beauty of the face and hair of the pharaoh and his wife.
And many cosmetic recipes that were made thousands of years ago to treat wrinkles, stressing that the ancient Egyptian was challenging the signs of skin progression through a recipe that is a mixture of gum gum, wax and an amount of oils, as well as adding a mixture of dear love according to specific proportions, and was Facial burns are treated with another mixture which is a mixture of iron oxide and an amount of kohl mixed together and applied to the affected part or burns can be treated with another mixture which is also a mixture of carob and honey.
The ancient Egyptians did not stop there, rather they treated bad breath through the use of a rinse with milk, or by chewing “frankincense.” They also treated the smell of sweat by grinding carob and are mixed with aromatic oils and the body is painted to prevent bad smell, according to Edwin's papyrus. Smith, how the ancient Egyptian handled the smell of sweat with a mixture of honey, beesweed and sea salt, where the mixture was mixed to apply to the body.
That the ancient Egyptian was aware of the importance of the body and was keen on its comfort in the free time, so we find that our ancestors were the first to know the natural massage sessions, and according to one of the pictures found in the cemetery of Ankh what is mired in the Saqqara region, there was a job whose tasks is to do a foot and hand massage to get Relax.
Just as our ancestors excelled in beautifying the face and body, they were pioneers in caring for and maintaining hair, confirming that they were the first to treat baldness disease, and they were using lettuce slices on the affected part. Hair through the action of an ointment from deer antlers after it has been ground and mixed with natural oils, or the treatment of white hair through the blood of oxen is boiled in oil and applied to the hair.
That the ancient Egyptian was given to cosmetics a great importance, as many loading tools were found inside the tombs of the kings, and the most prominent kings who were keen on using make-up was Queen Nefertiti, Queen Nefertari and King Tutankhamen ..
