Life-Cycle Studies: Lipstick
Lipstick’s long and colorful history begins as early as 3500 BCE, when Queen Shub-ad of the ancient
Mesopotamian city of Ur used a mixture of white lead and crushed red rocks to color her lips. Over
the years lipstick has slipped in and out of favor among queens and commoners alike; in the 1600s
Queen Elizabeth I wore crimson lipstick, but Queen Victoria in the 19th century publicly declared
makeup to be “impolite.” In the 20th century lipstick served as...
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