BEAUTY SPOTLIGHT EGYPT
Jul 09, 2019
2 minutes
WORDS: NATALIE MILLMAN.
CLEOPATRA HAS long been a beauty icon. Famed for her milk baths, heavily made-up eyes and alluring fragrance, the Queen of the Nile, like most Ancient Egyptians, was hugely interested in her appearance. Both men and women wore cosmetics: malachite (copper ore) was used to paint eyes green; black kohl used to accentuate them; red ochre boosted lips and
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