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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4535374, member: 2844"]Kohl is that dark makeup around the eyes, usually black. </p><p>We use kohl pencils now, but traditionally it was powder or even soot from burnt herbs.</p><p>If you think of Ancient Egyptian eyes, like on the mask of Tutankhamun, that is kohl. King Tut used dark blue kohl, probably dark green and black as well, all of which were the usual colours in Ancient Egypt.</p><p>In India kohl is black.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4535374, member: 2844"]Kohl is that dark makeup around the eyes, usually black. We use kohl pencils now, but traditionally it was powder or even soot from burnt herbs. If you think of Ancient Egyptian eyes, like on the mask of Tutankhamun, that is kohl. King Tut used dark blue kohl, probably dark green and black as well, all of which were the usual colours in Ancient Egypt. In India kohl is black.[/QUOTE]
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