▁nearby ▁regions ▁in ▁Western ▁Asia , ▁Co pt os ▁and ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁P unt . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 8 th ▁D ynast y ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁Queen ▁H ats he ps ut ▁would ▁also ▁gr ind ▁char red ▁fran k inc ense ▁into ▁k ohl ▁e y el iner . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁recorded ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁res in . ▁The ▁fran k inc ense ▁itself ▁had ▁originally ▁been ▁obtained ▁during ▁an ▁expedition ▁to ▁the ▁ancient ▁Land ▁of ▁P unt ▁in ▁this ▁New ▁Kingdom ▁dynast y ▁( ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁BC ). ▁Cos met ic ▁ing red ients ▁such ▁as ▁c inn am on ▁b ark ▁and ▁other ▁sp ice ▁components ▁– ▁used ▁for ▁fra gr ances ▁– ▁alongside ▁co pper ▁k ohl ▁st icks ▁were ▁export ed ▁from ▁Tam ra par ni ▁( anci ent ▁Sri ▁L anka ) ▁towns ▁Pom par ipp u ▁and ▁K ad ir am al ai - K and arod ai ▁to ▁ancient ▁Egypt . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁the ▁pione ering ▁Muslim ▁scholar ▁I bn ▁Ab i ▁Sh ay ba ▁described ▁in ▁a ▁legal ▁compilation ▁how ▁to ▁apply ▁k ohl ▁to ▁the ▁eye , ▁as ▁narr ated ▁by ▁earlier ▁authorities . ▁ ▁Ber ber ▁and ▁Sem ite ▁women ▁in ▁North ▁Africa ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁respectively , ▁also ▁apply ▁k ohl ▁to ▁their ▁faces . ▁A ▁vertical ▁line ▁is ▁drawn ▁from ▁the ▁bottom ▁lip ▁to ▁the ▁ch in ▁and ▁along ▁the ▁bridge ▁of ▁the ▁nose . ▁Origin ally ▁the ▁line