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Lipstick was created by the Ancient Mesopotamia. Women in the area would crush gemstone and use it as lipstick.
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Indus Valley Civilization used lipstick to paint their face. However they preferred harmful ingredients in their product. The lipstick often caused heavy illnesses.
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Egyptians' made lipstick out of crushed carmine beetles. Only the richest and most powerful women wore this lipstick.
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Arab Andalusian cosmetologist Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi managed to invent solid lipstick, that were based perfume sticks rolled in special molds.
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Women use lipstick daily.They chose colors to match their clothing and their prefrences.
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Until late 16th century, lip coloring was banned by the Christian church. They thought that lip coloring is connected with the Satan , and was only for lowest classes of people, such as prostitutes.
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Reign of English Queen Elizabeth I, bright red lips and a stark white face became fashionable. This enabled popularization of lipstick that was by that time bade from beeswax and red stained plants. Only important and upper class women and actors wore lipstick.
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Reign of English Queen Elizabeth I, bright red lips and a white face became fashionable. This availability popularization of lipstick that was by that time bade from beeswax and red stained plants. Only high class women and actors wore lipstick.
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Lipstick dropped classes and was now in the lower classes and the poor.
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Llipsticks slipped form the fashion of high end class and found its place mid and low class.
