Today we'll talk about the history of the creation of pigments

Let's start our historical journey to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

In these places, the girls used crumbs of stones instead of shadows.

In Ancient Egypt, eye makeup was considered not only from the aesthetic, but also useful functionality - protecting the eye from discomfort such as dryness, irritation, infection.

And even according to the ancients, such makeup could ward off evil spirits

For ease of application the pigment was mixed with animal and vegetable grease.

The main color palette of pigments is black green and blue.

The cosmetics were natural and had a mineral nature, they were made from stones crushed into dust - malachite and lapis lazurite.

• History of Ancient Greece.

The weather in Greece were comfortable, the eyes didn’t need anxious care and protection.

Greek women wore colored shadows. The composition of the antique cosmetics was the same as the Egyptian - blue and green minerals, a fatty base to make the eyeshadows go smoothly. They say that Greek cosmetics enjoyed great success in Hellas.

• Ancient Rome

Showing natural beauty and attractiveness, while the ladies showed the consistency of their kind.

Shades of green and blue eyeshadows remain unchanged, but another color is already appearing - yellow, made from a popular culinary plant - saffron.

In general, many of the Greek cosmetics recipes in ancient Rome have undergone modernization and improvement.

For example the Romans used not only colored minerals as pigments and dried inflorescences of various plants. So the color palette got bigger

To be continued...