lipstick

LIPSTICK

a LONG TIME AGO.....
Ancient Egyptianians extracted purplish red dye from algae, iodine bromine.
Cleopatra ha her lipstick made from crushed carmine beetles and ants.
Queen Elizabeth I made black llips a fashion in the 16 th century; lipstick was made from from a blend of beewax and red stains from plants.


RECENT HISTORY
1883 pARSIAN PERFUMERS PRESENT FIRST MODERN LIPSTICK, WRAPPED IN SILK PAPER.
mATERIAL :CASTOR OIL BEEWAX ,DEER TALLOW
COLOURS : FIRST RED, LATER BLACK, GREEN


1912 LIPSTICK ENCLOSED BY METAL TUBE; GETS CHEAPER
1920S BLACL LIPSTICK USED BY WOMEN IN SILENT MOVIES; FIRST PUSH UP TUBES
1930S US COMPANIES DEVELOP MORE LIPSTICK COLORS LIGHT PINK, SHOCKING RED, DARK LILAC
1948 fIRST LIPSTICKS WITH ROTATING MECHANICAL TUBE IN THE US ; FIRST LONG LASTING LIPSTICKS
1950 LIPSTICKS CONTAIN NATURAL PRODUCT LANOLIN, DYES, PIGMENTS IN A FRAGNANCED OIL WAX BASE.
1991 FIRST ORGANIC LIPSTICK OUT OF BEEWAX, CASTOR OIL, JOJOBA OILS AND OTHER NATURAL SUBSTANCES.

TODAY..................

LIPSTICK IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE AND MOST POPULAR COSMETIC IN THE WORLD
21% OF THE WOMEN USE IT DAILY
78% OF WOMEN USE IT FOR SPECIAL OCCASINS
WOMEN WHO USE LIPSTICK DAILY PRACTICALLY EAT ONE PER YEAR

CONSTITUENTS:
1% FRAGNANCE
14% OTHER(ANTIOXIDANTS SOLVENTS)
25% PIGMENT, ALCOHOL
60% WAX AND OIL