Question: Cosmetology

Answer: A term used to encompass a broad range of specialty areas, including hairstyling, nail technology, and esthetics. “The art and science of beautifying and improving the skin, nails, and hair, and the study of cosmetics and their application.

Question: Kosmetikos

Answer: Greek word that cosmetology originates from, meaning skilled in the use of cosmetics.

Question: The Egyptians

Answer: The first to cultivate beauty in an extravagant fashion and to use cosmetics as part of their personal beautification habits, religious ceremonies and preparing the dead for burial.

Question: The Egyptians

Answer: The first civilization to infuse essential oils from the leaves, bark and blossoms of plants for use as perfumes and for purification purposes.

Question: Kohl makeup

Answer: Created by the ancient Egyptians from a mixture of ground galena, sulfur and animal fat.

Question: The Chinese

Answer: Nail tinting was so closely tied to social status that commoners caught wearing a royal nail color faced a punishment of death.

Question: The golden age of Greece

Answer: Where hairstyling became a highly developed art. The made lavish use of perfumes and cosmetics in their religious rites, in grooming, and for medical purposes. They built and developed elaborate baths and developed excellent methods of dressing the hair and caring for the skin and nails.

Question: Red

Answer: The color that Roman noblewomen tinted their hair.

Question: Blond

Answer: The color that Roman middle-class women tinted their hair.

Question: Black

Answer: The color that poor Roman women colored their hair.