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Every time I plan to write this essay on eyeliner, perimenopause, and the pandemic, I get caught up writing about the news. This will happen v soon! 👇🏽
Apparently, for ancient Egyptians, the combination of green eye paint (eye shadow) and black eyeliner was thought to protect you from the evil eye and eye infections. Adornment and protection. Beauty and spiritual practice. nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/1/10…
"Artifacts & documents from ancient Egypt show that everyone,man or woman from servant to queen,wore black & green powders coated thickly around the eyes...the eye makeup was believed to have a magical role, in which the gods Horus & Ra would protect wearers vs several illnesses"
