Lipstick Y ou love it, you wear it, you dream about it … we get it. But, little did you know that this twisty lippie has a long, loooong line of history behind it. While some facts are hilarious, others are downright shocking! So, enjoy your fave lipstick to the fullest because at one point, wearing it was practically reason enough for a divorce! Both men and women in Ancient Egypt wore lipstick as a symbol of their status. They applied it almost daily with wet sticks of wood and favored colors such as magenta, blue-black, and orange-though red was also a popular shade. It’s said that Cleopatra made her red lipstick from crushed Carmine beetles and ants. In Ancient Greece , lipstick fell out of fashion among high-class citizens and was instead used to identify prostitutes. In fact, it was the law that sex workers or prostitutes couldn’t go out without wearing lipstick, lest they “deceive” men. This polarised attitude towards lipstick led to the first formalis...