In finding my quest earlier last month, on how truly to create the Egyptian eye look I came across some very important and fascinating stuff! When we think of the Egyptians the one thing we all think of first is their eye makeup. Both male and females wore eye makeup and they did this in order to protect their eye. If the eye was left unprotected then it was subject to being in harms way of the evil eye. They not only wore makeup for protection but also for medicinal purposes but spiritual and magical purposes. The shape of the eye was done in either a cat eye shape or almond shape.
There where two main colors that where used when it came to applying makeup to the eye. These colors that where used where either green or black. I think we are all familar with the black that was used by kohl which was made up by sulfide;galena. But how did they get the color green? This color came from malachite which is an oxide that is obtained from copper. It was believed that when the eyes of female’s adorned their eyes with green that it worked like an anti-depressant and was able to release postive energy in the body such as love and happiness. Color had a meaning behind it and green meant new life or re-birth. It is known that when the Egyptian’s lined their eyes with kohl this was done mostly to protect their eyes from the harsh elements of the sun and to shield them from ailments of the eye.
Have you heard the way to someone’s soul is through their eyes? There is evidence of this and that our eyes really do tell alot about us. For instance, we know just by looking at someone’s eyes if they are being truthful and sincere or if they are lying; the eyes say it all!
The information gathered were from:
makeup success.com & egyptianmyths.net
When it comes to Belly Dancing each one of us dance for many different reasons. For some it is about getting exercise and or losing weight. Then there are some women that dance because they have always been fascinated by the dance or have always wanted to do it but never had the opportunity. There are also women who dance due to life changes or life celebrations. No matter what your reason for dancing is a passion for the dance starts building up inside of you and with each of us our passion is unique and different.
