10 unnecessary ridiculous facts about make-up

Did you know that lipstick sales usually increase during recessions? When we feel down, we at least want to look good. Oh, and around 3000 BC, Greek women used ox hair as fake eyebrows, now you know that too. That and more nonsense about make-up. Here it comes.

1. Eighty percent of women only show their make-up-free face to their lover after a month. Awh.

2. For the most expensive lipstick in the world, you pay no less than 62,000 dollars. The Guerlain Kiss Kiss Gold and Diamonds lipstick has the honor, and it's not even about the lipstick itself, but the packaging, made of 18-carat gold and with 199 diamonds. WHO BUYS THIS?

3. Oh, and if you're wondering where make-up actually comes from: you can thank (or curse) the Egyptians. They were the first to make make-up from copper and lead. Wow.

4. In the category of not-quite-make-up-but-still-fun: the deodorant roller is inspired by... the ballpoint pen.

5. In Greece, it was totally not done to wear lipstick, this was meant to mark prostitutes.

6. If you ‘pump’ your brush in your mascara, the thing dries out much faster. Oh, and is your mascara supposedly ‘out’? Then read this beauty life hack.

7. You might not think about it often, but did you know that all your make-up has an expiration date? Just check the labels.

8. Max Factor is a real person. It's actually the name of the Polish-Jewish beautician who founded the company in 1909.

9. An average woman uses about ten beauty care products that contain 168 chemical ingredients daily.

10. No way, you can't be serious? Fish scales are a commonly used ingredient in various make-up, including lipstick and eyeshadow. Oh, and ground beetles? Yes, just found in some nail polishes. Swallow...