National Lipstick Day 2022: Here’s Its Origin and What Deals or Offers MAC Has That You Shouldn’t Miss Today

It’s National Lipstick Day! Well, most of you must not be aware of the origin of Lipstick. In reality, lipstick has been in the game since an early age tracing it back to Ancient Sumerians

Where crushed gemstones were used to decorate lips. Also, in ancient china people used to apply beeswax on their lips and in Ancient Greece, courtesans use to apply berry-derived dyes on their lips.

Which Day is National lipstick Day?

July 29 is celebrated as National Lipstick Day. Lipstick has always been used to symbolize particularly women’s makeup and fashion era and still is considered an important part of makeup. No wonder the phrase “I feel like I’m naked without my lipstick!” is iconic to this day.

Who invented modern-day lipstick?

All thanks to James Bruce Mason Jr. who introduced the swivel tube in 1923 and gave birth to modern lipstick as we all know it today. The ’20s were a time of the silent movie era, actors has to recreate their lips with dark colours such as dark reds, aubergines and brown were the most common colours in lipstick.

What Deals does MAC offer on National Lipstick Day 2022?

To celebrate National Lipstick day 2022, MAC a few days ago M.A.C dropped a new lipstick – Powder Kiss Velvet Blur Slim Stick. The lipstick is available in different shades such as Ruby New, Mull It Over, Over The Taupe, Sweet Cinnamon, Stay Curious, Sheer Outrage, Brickthrough, Wild Sumac, Gingerella, Hot Paprika, Sorry Not Sorry, Devoted To Danger. 

How was Lipstick Invented, and What was its first colour?

As per cases found in history, red is considered to be the first colour for lipstick. Ancient Egyptians used to wear red lipstick as a status symbol. Egyptian red lipstick was made from crushed bugs — an ingredient that still is still used in lipstick production. In Ancient Greece, prostitutes were instructed to wear red lips so that they don’t get confused by respectable women of society.