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.
Rated life is a median value; any lamp or group of lamps may vary from the published rated life. ballast factor (BF) - The ratio of the light output of a fluorescent lamp or lamps operated on a ballast to the light output of the lamp(s) operated on a standard (reference) ballast.