Heavy eye make up in Ancient Egyptian times had health benefits...

Have you ever been fascinated with ancient Egyptian culture?

and pondered why Cleopatra had adorned such heavy eye make up?

Turns out, that heavy eye make up worn by Cleopatra in those times was more than just to seduce Marc Antony. The heavy eye make up in ancient Egyptian and Roman times contained some salt lead which protects against eye disease(eye infection).

Contrary to widely held belief that lead was harmful, a team from Lourve museum and The CNRS national research institute headed by Philip Walter conducted a research using analytical chemistry, found that 'in very low doses lead does not kill cells.

The research was carried out using a tiny electrode, the 10th of the size of a hair, to look at the effect of a lead chloride synthesised by the Egyptians on a single cell.

You can read more about it here

I Think that make up manufactures today should at least come up with a concept like this, healthy make up and stop testing on innocent animals. I wonder what Egyptians tested on in those times though?