red dye extracted frim seaweed and the poisonous element iodine.it was eventally discovered that this early from of lipstickmade women very sick.Cleopatra had a safer,although not verry appealing,recipe fir lipstick:She made hers from ants and beetles.she uesd the ants as the base,and crushed carmine beetles for their deep,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 1940,the use of lipstick by glamorous hollywood stars had led to its widespread popularity.During this period,rotating lipstick in a tube was invented.taday,the average women owns eight lipsticks