late 1st century CE) was a Greek medical writer and author of a manual entitled Cosmetics.
[1][2] The identification of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII (died 30 BCE) as the author of this work, made by some ancient writers (including Aetius), is therefore incorrect.
These cures employed a wide variety of plants; liquid products such as oil, wine, and vinegar; minerals such as lead and soda; and animal products including roasted horse teeth, marrow from a stag, and mouse droppings.
The surviving fragments also include a recipe for perfumed soap, instructions on curling and dyeing hair, and a list of different weights and measures systems in use around the Mediterranean.
[1] Two works on gynaecology are also attributed to an author named Cleopatra: the Gynaecia (Ancient Greek: Γυναικεία, romanized: Gynaikeia, lit.