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.
Country: this is my first post! and what a riveting one it is also!! can anyone just explain what ballast is to me, and what is the difference between this and sharp sand.hirdly ballast is a sand and stones/chips mix, typically 10mm to 20 mm size stones.Mix this with cement and you get concrete.