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Actually, men wearing makeup is as old as the pyramids themselves, because males in Egyptian society wore eye makeup. Matter of fact, men in the 14th century also wore makeup. And, many men even wore wigs.

Makeup isn’t suddenly genderless. It always has been.

But the thing that many may have overlooked with the announcement of Charles' role is that men wearing makeup is not new.

In fact, as with many things our society has deemed solely feminine, like wearing high heels or caring about personal grooming, men thousands of years ago actually took part. Even in the past fifty years, there have been men who embrace makeup, from actors like Johnny Depp to drag queens like RuPaul.

So in addition to Charles making history, his public affection for makeup is also a nod to the past.

A long time coming: Makeup was documented in ancient Egypt. We see examples of this on many artifacts from the time, with both men and women wearing copious amounts of makeup, with particular attention paid to expressive eyeliner.

According to History.com, people in ancient Egypt, a civilization that's known to have started around 3,000 B.C., thought wearing makeup gave them protection from the gods Horus and Ra. Kohl eyeliner, which they made from grinding minerals like malachite and galena, served as much of a practical purpose as a spiritual one — some believed it warded of flies, infection and the harsh rays of the sun. Turns out, they weren't exactly wrong about that, with research proving that their eyeliner mixture actually had the ability to prevent eye infections.
 
More and more men are making the switch and actually using makeup.

Correlation doesn't imply causation.

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