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93: Death by Lipstick: Secrecy, Sorcery & Satanic Rituals Behind Makeup | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

Dark History

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The History of Makeup

The Romans were using vermilion, which they made from a bright red volcanic mineral called Cinnabar. No one figured out it was poisonous until the 1920s. The Roman Empire collapsed when trade routes became dangerous because there were no Roman soldiers to protect them. But makeup finds her way back into the picture in the middle ages.

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