Green eyeshadow

As well as using kohl as eyeliner, Ancient Egyptians would paint their eyelids green. This eye shadow would be made from crushed malachite, a vibrantly verdant copper ore. This was commonly mined in the Sinai Desert — known to the Ancient Egyptians as Ta Mefkat, ‘land of turquoise’. Malachite was also used as mineral pigment in green paints dating from antiquity.