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She darkened her eyebrows and lengthened her eyelashes with black kohl, a mixture of powdered lead sulfide and animal fat.
她也會描眉，還用黑色的眼圈粉拉長睫毛。這種眼圈粉是由粉狀的硫化鉛和動物油脂混合而成。
And for lipstick and rouge, Cleopatra used red ochre, a type of clay colored red by iron oxide.
埃及艷后選用赤鐵礦粘土來作口紅和腮紅，這種粘土會因氧化鐵呈現出紅色。
The Egyptian queen even wore nail polish, made of the reddish-brown dye called henna, which comes from the Egyptian privet tree.
埃及艷后甚至還涂指甲油，這種指甲油是由埃及女貞樹上的指甲花的紅褐色染料制成。
And Cleopatra often had her palms painted with henna in elaborate designs. Like the ancient Egyptians before her.
同時，埃及艷后經常會用指甲花在手掌中繪出各色精致圖案，就像之前的古埃及人那樣。
Cleopatra used her cosmetics not simply for beauty’s sake, but for certain benefits that beauty might bring.
埃及艷后使用化妝品不僅是為了美貌，而是利用美貌為她帶來的利益。
With Julius Caesar as her lover and, later, Marc Antony as her husband, Cleopatra consolidated Egypt’s power with that of Rome.
埃及艷后曾是凱撒大帝的情人，之后改嫁大將軍馬克安東尼，她利用羅馬的權勢鞏固了埃及政權。
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