tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post5904692852653349778..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Smoky Eyes and Ruby Lips: Cosmetics in the World’s First Civilizations, an essay by Shauna RobertsSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-68833552169176167832014-03-21T12:13:09.095-05:002014-03-21T12:13:09.095-05:00Me too, CHARLES! Not only an exotic sound, but als...Me too, <b>CHARLES</b>! Not only an exotic sound, but also it feels good to say it. It gives me a thrill to think that I can walk into a Middle Eastern store and buy the same eyeliner that Gilgamesh and Sargon the Great and Hatshepsut and Cleopatra wore. 5000 years of continuity.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-18698550540818014752014-03-21T12:08:46.583-05:002014-03-21T12:08:46.583-05:00ARYNWY, I had the same question while writing this...<b>ARYNWY</b>, I had the same question while writing this essay, so I looked at the ingredient list for several brands of mineral cosmetics. Several list only a subset of their ingredients; of the ones that listed ingredients, iron oxide was common. (I also found it in the ingredients of non-mineral cosmetics.) Other oxides were common in the mineral cosmetics and some were available in the ancient world, but nothing jumped out at me as being in the ancient cosmetics. An article I read about mineral cosmetics listed some possible ingredients, and gold was one of them. The ancients did sometimes add gold to their makeup. Obviously, gold, like ground-up gems, was for the very wealthy only.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-74007622583260017002014-03-20T09:42:31.123-05:002014-03-20T09:42:31.123-05:00Good data for writers. I've always loved the w...Good data for writers. I've always loved the word kohl, too. It has such a lovely exotic sound to it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-30019681957452835392014-03-20T00:38:29.705-05:002014-03-20T00:38:29.705-05:00Hi, Shauna! The more things change, the more they ...Hi, Shauna! The more things change, the more they stay the same. I wonder how many of our current "mineral" cosmetics mimic ancient formulas? ~ Pam C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-5528497298721636442014-03-19T18:47:01.735-05:002014-03-19T18:47:01.735-05:00Thanks, LAURALEE and ROZ, for stopping by and comm...Thanks, <b>LAURALEE</b> and <b>ROZ</b>, for stopping by and commenting.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-87630110215063184712014-03-19T14:24:25.915-05:002014-03-19T14:24:25.915-05:00The subject of adornment through the ages has alwa...The subject of adornment through the ages has always fascinated me. Thank you for supplying today's mini-obsession! :)ninthmuse (roz m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14052804993066868391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1798735888816058442014-03-19T10:32:55.122-05:002014-03-19T10:32:55.122-05:00Thanks, Sarah. I hope your readers enjoy it.Thanks, Sarah. I hope your readers enjoy it.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-22703076811933009922014-03-19T09:19:27.255-05:002014-03-19T09:19:27.255-05:00Interesting post about the cosmetics in the ancien...Interesting post about the cosmetics in the ancient world.Lauralee https://www.blogger.com/profile/14390056395943760008noreply@blogger.com