What is the difference between lipstick and lip rouge? And are they used for different purposes?
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Last updated May 14 2021.
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Historically, rouge was used as early as in ancient Egypt. It was also applied on the lips, the way lipstick would be used today. In some times and places, both men and women wore rouge, such as during the Regency period in England.