Ancient Egyptian Makeup

Ancient Egyptian Makeup: Ever wondered how to create a makeup look for the ancient Egyptians? Well, here is how you create a Cleopatra look (a dramatisation anyway):

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Ancient Egyptian Makeup: Things you need to create the Cleopatra look

1. Gold liquid foundation
2. Powder
3. Concealer
4. Skin corrector
5. Black eye-brow Pencil
6. Black eye pencil
7. Black eye shadow
8. Light golden eye shadow
9. Black mascara
10. Dark bronzer
11. Peach blusher
12. Neutral lip liner
13. Red lipstick
14. Shimmering lip gloss












How to Apply Ancient Egyptian Makeup

1. Correct your skin colour where necessary.

2. Dab the concealer over your skin colour corrector liquid and only where necessary.

3. Apply your golden liquid foundation and blend those outwards from the centre of your face.

4. Using your black eye brow pencil, draw a solid arch brow extending way beyond your natural brows.

5. Define the upper and lower rims of your eyes with your black eye liner in thick strokes, making sure that you keep close to the lash lines. Extend the rims of the eyes generously outwards and upwards.

6. Using your eye liner pencil, outline the shape of Cleopatra eyes that looks somewhat like the shape of a regular leaf. It extends from the inner corner of your eyes across the crease of your brow bone and towards the end of your eye brow. The inside corner of the eyes is also extended slightly downwards and meets the line drawn above at the end of your brows.

7. Fill in the outline with black eye shadow. Note: Do not blend.

8. Apply your black mascara generously to your upper and lower curled lashes.

9. Highlight the area above your brow bone with a light golden eye shadow

10. Using your contour bronzer, brush across the hollow of your cheeks and temple.

11. Apply your blusher to the apple of your cheek moving in a 'no.6' manner towards your temple, your nose-bridge, forehead and chin.

12. Line your lips with a flesh colour lip liner.

13. Fill in the lips with a blood red lipstick.

14. Finish off the look with a shimmering transparent lip gloss.