For centuries people have used cosmetics to enhance or decorate the human figure for aesthetic or religious purposes. The earliest archaeological evidence of the use of cosmetics can be traced back to ...

The earliest iteration of eyeliner — which has been integral ... “I grew up believing kohl was a traditional Egyptian practice. When I started using kohl as a teenager, I thought it looked ...

Pots like these were used to store make-up and cosmetics. Ancient Egyptians decorated their eyes with black kohl eyeliner. Both men and women painted their eyes. Lamps in Ancient Egypt burnt oil ...

While ancient-Egyptian eyeliner, called kohl, would have been used for cosmetics, it wasn't its only use, said Browder. "That was used primarily as protection from the intense sunlight," said Browder.