Lipstick comes in various shapes or forms and and has always been a part of the fashion beauty statement.
Its contains waxes such as beewax (from bee honeycombs), carnauba (from leaves of palm trees) and candelilla wax (from candelilla plant of Mexico).

There are many shades and colour combinations to choose from orange, red, pink, brown, violet, yellow and blue. Such variety of lipsticks are frosted, mattes, sheers, stains, gloss, and long-lasting color.





Frosted lipsticks include a pearlizing agent that adds luster to the color. Matte lipsticks are heavy in wax and pigment but lighter in emollients. They have more texture than shine. Sheers and stains contain a lot of oil and a medium amount of wax with a tad of color. Glosses have a high shine and low color. Long-lasting color lipsticks contain silicone oil, which seals the color to your lips.








History tells us that ancient Egyptians used henna to paint their lips. According to Ragas and Kozlowski, Thomas Hall, an English pastor and author of the "Loathsomeness of Long Haire" (1653), led a movement declaring that face painting was "the devil's work" and that women who put brush to mouth were trying to "ensnare others and to kindle a fire and flame of lust in the hearts of those who cast their eyes upon them." In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that "women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft." - source: American Chemical Society

























In Connie Francis' 1959 song, "Lipstick on Your Collar," lipstick was the evidence that her boyfriend had been untrue. According to a 1996 survey by Shisedo Cosmetics, Tokyo, 87% of American women admit to having left traces of lipstick in unwanted places.




















With all the facts and myths about lipsticks, these would not stop the ladies for using and choosing their favorite shades and sheers.