FYI:
-Metal lipstick cases were replaced with plastic, then with paper during World War II. Despite rationing and cutbacks in essentially every other luxury, lipstick was still manufactured as it was believed that makeup was necessary for women's psychological well-being.
-During the French Revolution, wearing lipstick of any kind was taken as a sign that you sympathized with the aristocracy and could get you sent to the guillotine.
-Queen Elizabeth II has her own special lipstick which was made to match her coronation robes. It's called The Balmoral Lipstick.
-In the 1700s, it was believed that women who wore lipstick did so to bewitch men and trick them into marriage.
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