Next they'll be up in arms about silk purses

• "[It] is known to have been used around 5000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, when semi-precious jewels were crushed and applied to the lips and occasionally around the eyes.
• Women in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization applied [it] to their lips for face decoration.
• Ancient Egyptians extracted purplish-red dye from fucus-algin, 0.01% iodine, and some bromine mannite, which resulted in serious illness.
• Cleopatra had her[s] made from crushed carmine beetles, which gave a deep red pigment, and ants for a base.
• [Ones] with shimmering effects were initially made using a substance found in fish scales called pearlescence.
• In 1000 CE, the Arab Andalusian cosmetologist Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) invented solid [ones], which were perfumed stocks rolled and pressed in special molds, and he described them in his Al-Tasrif.
• [It] started to gain popularity in England the 16th century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who made piercing red lips and bright white faces a fashion statement. By that time, [it] was made from a blend of beeswax and red stains from plants.
• During the Second World War, [it] gained popularity as a result of its use in the movie industry."

I was going to post about lipstick, but apparently the GOP has an copyright on the word.