For most Egyptians, make-up meant eye make-up, which was applied with a small stick or wooden needle with an enlarged end – something like a cotton bud in shape (brushes were not used at that time for applying black eye-liner or green eye shadow).

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lipstick was not used, but a lip-balm or salve coloured with red ochre was sometimes applied (but very rarely).

Like modern Egyptians, some ancient Egyptian women used henna to stain their fingers and feet, but again this was not a common cosmetic.

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