"Cosmetic Items were an important part of the burial equipment necessary to ensure fertility in theh afterlife and thus guarantee eternal rebirth."..Egyptian fact information placed on the items stored in the Imhotep Museum in Ciaro Egypt.
These words are bound to make any company a fortune if everyone knew this bit of information.
If you thought beauty was just pure vanity then you know nothing about history and Egyptian history at that. In my opininon Egypt has got to have been the birth place of the beauty industry. From the wigs that both men and women wore, the eyeliner, again both men and women. To their henna manicured hands and feet.
As I walk down this magnificent road, looking at the architecture, viewing the pedestrians with their fashion forward garbs, the women, layering their modern westernized clothing. With their head dressing caressing their coiffed hair. The redish stained nails caused me to ask the housekeeper where can I go get my henna manicure. She quickly finishes the house work and out the door we were on our way ...
The history of henna tattoo go back some 5000 years when Egyptian Pharohs used it to stain their fingers and toes before mummification.
From cultures such as the Arabs, Indians, Native -Americans, Africans, and South Americans, this ancient form of hand painting is truly an art.
Once used for healing purposes for headaches, liver disorders, skin diseases. Then became used as a beauty regime from wedding decorations to hair coloring.
To be able to go to visit the ancient city of Egypt and actually experience this there was amazing. A new found appreciation I have formed for this amazing art form.
