LIPSTICK
Ancient Egyptian woman made lipstick from a red dye extracted from seaweed and the poisonous element iodine. It was eventually discovered that this early from of lipstick made woman very sick. Cleopatra had a safer, although not very appealing, recipe for lipstick: She made hers from ants and beetles. She used the ants as the base, and crushed carmine beetles for their depp, red color. In 1884, the first modern lipstick was introduced in Paris. It was a solid stick made of castor oil, beeswax, and animal fat. By the 1940s, the use of lipstick by glamorous Hollywood stars had led to its widespread popularity. During this period, rotating lipstick in a tube was invented. Today, the average woman owns eight lipsticks!