What did the Egyptians use to make their make up pots?

Answer 1

The Ancient Egyptians used many different types of makeup. Henna (a red or orange plant) was used to color nails and hair. Tinted clay called red ochre colored lips and skin. Khol was used for coloring the eyes.

Answer 2

Both men and women wore makeup in ancient Egypt. Eye makeup called kohl (most commonly black) was used to line the eyes. It also provided protection against the sun's glare. Kohl was made from minerals ground with oils. Black kohl was made of either antimony or galena. Other colors of kohl were made from different ingredients to give it a different color. Green was made from malachite, blue from lapis lazuli, and white from lead carbonate.

Answer 3

Egyptian Black Eye Make Up - Kohl

The black coloring of Ancient Egyptian eye make up, favored in the Period of the New Kingdom, was achieved by the use of Kohl.

The eye make up Kohl was obtained from galena

Galena is a blue-grey natural mineral form of lead sulfide

Galena deposits were found and mined in the eastern dessert at Gebel el-Zeit

One of the earliest uses of galena was as kohl

Kohl is a mixture of soot and galena. The Egyptian eye make kohl was stored in richly decorated containers called kohl pots.

Answer 4

they made their own makeup, they were the first to invent eyeliner called Kohl and they wore blush and eyeshadow. The makeup was very important to their culture and they respected the gods and goddess. Mostly the women wore the makeup but sometimes the men did only for special occasions like parties or for the new god or the new goddess.

Answer 5

I actually studied this in 5th grade. They use mineralds and they crush it up and actually use it as powder.

Answer 6

The two main forms of eye makeup were green eye paint and black kohl. The green eye paint was malachite, a green carbonate of copper, and the black kohl was galena, a dark grey ore of lead.