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  2. Kohl (cosmetics) - Wikipedia

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    Kajal is an integral part of classical dances in India such as Bharatanatyam and Odissi. The dancers apply kajal broadly around their eyes to give them an elongated look, so as to draw attention to their eye gestures and movements. The ingredients used in the homemade preparation of kajal are believed by local people to have medicinal properties.

  3. Eye liner - Wikipedia

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    Kohl eye liner is a soft powder available in dark matte shades. It is most often used in black to outline the eyes. It comes in pencil, pressed powder, or loose powder form. This type of eye liner is easy to smudge. Gel eye liner, which is a softer gel liner, that can be easily applied with an eye liner brush. It can be precisely applied and is ...

  4. Beauty and cosmetics in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The two main forms of eye makeup were green eye paint and black kohl. The green eye paint called Udju [3] was made of malachite, a copper carbonate pigment. The green malachite came from the mines of Sinai as early as 3000 BC. [4] [5] The black eye-paint called Mesdemet [6] was made from galena, a dark grey ore. Crushed charcoal was also used ...

  5. History of cosmetics - Wikipedia

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    Both sexes used cosmetics throughout the pre-Islamic Near East, going back to the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and Iran. [13] Eye makeup in the form of kohl, were used in Persia and what today is Iran from ancient periods. [14] Kohl is a black powder that was used widely across the Persian Empire.

  6. Kajal (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    1. kajal. Kajal is traditionally a smudge-proof, long-lasting, and intensely pigmented eye cosmetic. It's commonly used for lining the waterline of the eyes, creating that signature smokey look, perfect for enhancing the eyes' natural beauty. Kajal is typically made from natural ingredients and is known for its gentle and safe formula.

  7. Uni-ball - Wikipedia

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    Although Mitsubishi Pencil started as a wooden pencil manufacturer, the company is no longer specialized in that product, focusing on mechanical pencils instead. [16] Uni-ball's writing implements brands include Jetstream (hybrid-ink ballpoint pens); Air, Eye (marketed as Vision in the U.S.A.) rollerball pens, Signo (pigment ink gel pens); Onyx, Kuru Toga (mechanical pencils); [17] Paint ...

  8. Cosmetic palette - Wikipedia

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    Cosmetic palettes are archaeological artifacts, originally used in predynastic Egypt to grind and apply ingredients for facial or body cosmetics. The decorative palettes of the late 4th millennium BCE appear to have lost this function and became commemorative, ornamental, and possibly ceremonial.

  9. Narmer Palette - Wikipedia

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    Serekhs bearing the rebus symbols n'r (catfish) and mr (chisel) inside, being the phonetic representation of Narmer's name [16]. The Narmer Palette is a 63-centimetre-tall (25 in) by 42-centimetre-wide (17 in), shield-shaped, ceremonial palette, carved from a single piece of flat, soft dark gray-green greywacke. [14]