When you think of iconic beauty products, what comes to mind? For me it's lipstick. It's no surprise that lipstick is such a beauty icon considering it dates back 5,000 years. But it really became popular in the sixteenth century under Queen Elizabeth I, when it became a symbol of aristocracy.
Then, during WWII, movie stars made lipstick even more popular. Now 80 percent of women wear it. Did you know that more than 700 million lipsticks are sold throughout the world each year? That means that 22 lipsticks are purchased every second!
But here's my question: Back in the early years when tubes of lipstick weren't readily available, what do you think women used to stain their lips?
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Miriam Ocariz
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Guess I don't know much about red lipstick.
1Haha me either!
2yea! got this one right...
3Got it! Seemed obvious to me.
4Got it!
5I was really going for the right answer, but I thought it was a trick question!
6I picked beetles
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8Oooh, I missed the smiley bug! I bet that was fun
9Why, why, why did I say beetles?
10Yippee!
11There is an insect that is dried and crushed for its red colour and used in many foods. I think it's carmine or something. I don't exactly remember.
12I could've swore that beetles were used as makeup back in the day for something.
13got it!
14this is what we did when we were little before we could wear makeup, use berries! haha
15That was obvious
16I googled this question since I was undecided between two choices, and a page I found said that Cleopatra's first lipsticks were made from carmine beetles, so it looks like there is more than one correct answer. I personally can't imagine putting crushed up beetles on my lips.
17yay!! that was pretty easy =)
18berries are so cool.
19Got it right!
20Got it correct
21I guessed wrong, why I thought beetles, IDK.
22got it
23It's well-known that Cleopatra used crushed carmine beetles to make her lipstick, so there should be two correct answers.
24Got it; it seems the only sane answer. (;
25sadly i think that i knew that answer from reading romance novels when i was younger
26why did i think berries was too obvious and choose beetles..duh
27I guess you use what is available!
28I guessed beetles. Though I suppose the correct answer depends on the time frame and, to some degree, the place at which you're looking. Berries, stones/minerals, beetles; it could be any of them. Blood was a bit of a long shot, though. ;D
29Got it! Almost went with beetles.
30I answered correctly!
31Cleopatra stained her lips with berries, long, long ago. I've always loved to wear lipstick!
32i knew the answer...i said beetles just for fun!!!
ew smooshed beetle lips...yuck!
33ilanc13, the only thing I remember from romance novels or "bodice rippers," was the general page number for the "big scene" and more synonyms/descriptions for body parts than I could ever want.
LOL.
34Berries seemed too easy — I thought it must be something gross! *lol*
35I thought the Quick Quiz question (heading/title) was "can you guess the origin of lipstick"? The answer is yes, though it is not a guess. The ORIGIN of lipstick occurred millennia ago. Professional prostitutes colored their lips:
361. to cause their mouth to appear more like a vagina (aesthetics).
2. to facilitate a penis' sliding in and out during fellatio (moisturizer).
3. to advertise their willingness and ability to perform fellatio(skill).
That's why I love lipstick - and also the first thing to cross my mind when I see a woman wearing it! (And also why I would never permit a daughter to wear it!)
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