Thaum ntxov li 3500 BC, tib neeg tau pib siv cov zaub mov muaj xim thiab cog pigments rau lawv lub puab tsaig thiab daim di ncauj rau lub hom phiaj kho kom zoo nkauj. Cov kev xyaum tau pib nrog cov Sumerians thiab tom qab ntawd tau txais los ntawm Egyptians, Syrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, thiab Loos. Kev sib xyaw ntawm cov xim ntoo, cov teeb meem cog ntoo, txiv hmab txiv ntoo pulp, thiab lard tau khaws cia rau hauv cov vials me me thiab siv los txhim kho daim di ncauj. Hauv kuv lub tebchaws thaum ub, cov tshuaj lom cinnabar tau siv los ua daim di ncauj liab. Cov kev tsim kho tom qab muaj cov xim pleev xim-ua los ntawm cov nqaij nyug siab, siv quav ciab, thiab cov roj-pob hauv daim ntawv nyias; txheej txheej ntawm daim ntawv raug muab tshem tawm ua ntej siv txhua. Cov khoom no tau hu ua "liab sausages." Cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm qhia tau hais tias los ntawm 1895, ib daim di ncauj liab hu ua "Pomade en Baton," uas muaj nqaij nyug siab thiab beeswax, muaj nyob hauv Fabkis. Lub sijhawm ntawd, lipsticks feem ntau yog kua lossis muab tshuaj txhuam zoo li thiab ntim rau hauv cov thawv me me; formulations feem ntau cia siab rau carmine (muab los ntawm cochineal kab) los yog alkaline carmine tov. Lub lig 19th-xyoo pua txoj kev loj hlob ntawm cov organic dyes, kev taw qhia ntawm eosin (tetrabromofluorescein) ntawm 1915 thiab 1920, thiab 1929 invention ntawm swivel-up lipstick raj cim qhov pib ntawm niaj hnub lipstick formulation thiab ntau lawm.
Nrog rau cov evolution ntawm cov tshuaj pleev ib ce, lipstick ntxoov, formulations, thiab functions tau undergone hloov tseem ceeb. Lipstick ntxoov tau dhau los ua kev sib tw, zoo sib xws nrog kev hloov ntawm cov poj niam cov plaub hau, ntsia thawv xim xim, thiab zam. Tshwj xeeb, tsis ntev los no kev siv ntau yam pearlescent hmoov thiab cov xim kho tau muaj ntau hom xim palettes thiab txhim kho kev ntxhib los mos, ua rau daim ntawv thov zoo dua. Raws li kev nthuav dav hauv cov tshuaj pleev ib ce, lipstick tseem ua qhov tseem ceeb rau kev zoo nkauj thaum koom nrog kev ua kom muaj dej noo, noj qab haus huv, thiab tiv thaiv tshav ntuj. Qhov nrov ntawm cov lipsticks ntshiab tau ua rau lawv tau txais los ntawm qee tus txiv neej, thiab xyoo 1990 tau pom qhov tshwm sim ntawm cov qauv hloov pauv hloov tsis haum. Kev nce qib hauv kev tsim, cov khoom siv raw, thiab cov txheej txheem tsim khoom txuas ntxiv ua rau kev loj hlob ntawm kev lag luam lipstick.