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What is lipstick?

Like many cosmetics used today, various types of lipstick are developed in chemical laboratories. Each component included in its composition has a specific purpose, and their combination is described by a very complex formula. The main components of lipstick are castor oil and various wax ointments. Cocoa butter, lanolin, mineral oils, petroleum jelly and other chemicals are also added there.

The coloring matter that gives lipstick a certain color, of course, is also an important component. Oils and waxes are fused together and paint is rubbed into the mixture. Then the whole mass is melted again and poured into molds, where it hardens. Lipstick is made in such a way that when it is touched to the lips, it softens, making it possible to apply it on the lips in an even layer. Women have been using cosmetics since time immemorial. Perhaps the birthplace of cosmetics is the East, and in ancient times this art flourished in Egypt. There, various types of cosmetics were used already six thousand years ago.

Under Cleopatra, the art of cosmetics received a new upsurge. In those days, the focus was on the eyes. At the court of the queen, women lined their eyes with green, and painted their eyelids, eyelashes and eyebrows black. Nails, palms of hands and feet were painted with henna. The Bible mentions the use of cosmetics by women many times. For example, when Jehu arrived at Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it and put on make-up on her face...

In Rome during the time of Nero, cosmetics and perfumes were used very widely. Some of the cosmetics already in existence at that time are lead white and chalk to lighten the skin, eye shadow and eyelash dye, cheek rouge and lip paint (a sort of forerunner of our lipstick), barley flour and oil in as a therapeutic facial mask and a pumice stone for brushing your teeth. They also had a soap composition for lightening hair.

In England, about four hundred years ago, women took all kinds of baths to improve their skin. It is said that Queen of Scots Mary Stuart bathed in wine, and other women in those days took milk baths.

Author: Likum A.

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What are folk songs?

With the advent of mankind, people began to sing songs. There are so many types of folk songs that it is difficult to define what they are. Initially, folk songs showed how people understand the world, life. And since life consists of many phenomena and situations, folk songs reflect these phenomena. One type of folk song is labor songs, which are sung by those who work on plantations, railways, construction workers, and so on.

There are songs about professions. They can be about shepherds, shoemakers, chimney sweeps, tailors. They might be about miners and cowboys. Another kind of folk songs is associated with love and marriage. Examples of such songs are "I know where I'm going", "Frankie and Johnny", "Matilda".

Some folk songs combine action, fantasy and are simply sung for fun. They can be silly and fabulous. A variety of folk songs - songs-games - arose from children's songs and games, such as "London Bridge", "All Around the Mulberry Bush".

Another variety of folk songs are religious folk songs. The most remarkable of these songs - spirituals - are imbued with high spirituality. There are folk songs that sing of the seasons. There are wedding, lullaby, lamentation songs, war songs, soldiers' songs and many others. Folk songs can be absolutely about everything in a person's daily life.

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