One of the amazing facts about cosmetics is that, as current as they might be in modern society, they have actually been around for a long time. In fact, every time one takes a look at the face of a known model on the TV or at the cover of a fashion magazine, what we see is actually not that different from what people from different civilizations saw thousands of years ago when looking at the faces of the rich and powerful.
This is because cosmetics were not an alien idea for cultures that inhabited the world long before ours