Ancient Egyptian makeup For makeup too, the Egyptians had to turn to the natural ingredients that were available at the time. They used henna to colour their hair and to tint their nails, saffron was used as an eyeshadow, burnt almonds were used to darken their eyebrows and they used red ochre for their lips.
A lighting ballast is a piece of equipment required to control the starting and operating voltages of electrical gas discharge lights. Examples of gas discharge light sources include fluorescent and neon lights and high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps.
When it comes to lighting in commercial buildings, ballasts are an essential part of the picture. Ballasts limit the amount of current that enters the lights from power supplies. This protects the light bulbs or lighting tubes from the high levels of current that come from the electricity source. Without ballasts, fluorescent lamps in recessed lighting and track lighting would be destroyed by the standard current.