Happy National Lipstick Day

(Photo from We Heart It)

Today is National Lipstick Day and unlike the other obscure National days, this is one of the ones I actually like. Lipstick is as ingrained into culture and history as Chanel's Rouge Allure onto a white collar. It's fun, it's famous, it's fierce, and it's oh so femme. 

In honor of what could be argued as one of the oldest and most iconic cosmetic, I have wrangled up 16 facts on our beloved lippie as well as included son of my own favorite lipsticks. Enjoy. 

MAC Lipstick- $16

1. The first manmade lipsticks are said to have appeared around four to five thousand years ago in Ancient Mesopotamia when women there ground precious gems into dust to decorate lips. 

2. The Aztecs used beetles to make red lipstick.

3. Ancient Egyptian women loved lipstick so much as it wasn't only a beauty product but a status symbol. They were even buried with it.

4. Speaking of the Egyptians, the entire culture was said to have used a form of lip gloss regularly to protect their lips from heat and wind of the desert climate.

YSL Lipsticks- $36

5. Queen Elizabeth believed her own DIY lipstick could ward off death. It’s rumored  she was wearing 1/2 an inch layer of her lip concoction when she died.

6. Suffragists wore lipstick to symbolize freedom from oppression whenever they marched for voting rights.

Sonia Kashuk- $9

7. We actually get the term “generation gap” because of lipstick. By 1920, approximately 50 million (majority of whom were younger) American women were wearing lipstick on a day to day basis much to the dislike their mothers who still believed it was indecent.

8. Another term, "Kiss of Death” is a term we get because of lipstick. Originally, it was believed this term came about due to the “femme fatale” phenomenon in fiction, but it's actually because in some ancient civilizations, poisonous materials were unknowingly used in lipstick production. 

Urban Decay Lipsticks- $22

9. The 1st "swivel up" lipstick tube debuted in 1923

10. Clear lip balm is currently the most popular lipstick product in the modern make up market.

11. What we now know as "Lip Gloss" was introduced to the American public in 1930 by Max Factor.

12. The first long-lasting lipstick in the late 1940s by Hazel Bishop.

NYX Soft Matte Cream- $6

13. By the 1950s, 98% of American women wore lipstick. More women were wearing lipstick everyday than brushing their teeth. (96 percent.)

14. Statistics show that lipsticks sell better on gloomy or rainier days. 

15. Lipsticks do more than beautify and hydrate the lips. They are also great for your posture. Several studies show that women who use lipstick daily have a better posture in the later in life. Due to daily standing in front of the mirror, women who wore lippies daily maintained better balance and strength than those who did not.

16. A study done in the 1990's showed that 1/3 of the Anerican Female population owned 20 or more lipsticks.

NARS Lipstick-$27