Lipstick has always been a popular cosmetic for women.
Not to mention the color number brand... I believe that every woman has a lipstick in her heart that must be defeated.
But when you know your favorite lipstick, it's made from the corpse of a bug. Will you still love it?
Carmine is an ingredient contained in many lipsticks and is a widely used edible red pigment. It is added to a variety of foods, from yogurt and ice cream to soft drinks, cakes and donuts.
图：BBC News
It is made from blood, which comes from cochineals (scientific name: Dactylopius coccus).
The cochineal is a small, snow-white insect that eats cacti and is filled with carmine blood.
At harvest, air compressors are used to suck them off the cacti, crush them, filter them, and finally produce a beautiful and bloody carmine.
Look for the word "carmine" on foods that contain it, and you may not find it.
Instead, it might say "natural red four," "crimson lake," or E120 (a food additive classification number).
wow. Other words. Other words.
If there are alternatives, there are also.
Synthetic carmine, also known as edible red No. 102, edible red No. 7, Lichun red 4R, big red, bright scarlet, is an aqueous azo colorant. The molecular formula is C20H11N2Na3O10S3.
However, toxic. Carcinogenic.
In September 2007, the University of Southampton commissioned by the British Food Standards Agency to conduct a study on the impact of edible artificial colors on children's development, and found that lemon yellow, sunset yellow, azo jade red, synthetic carmine, quinoline yellow, and luminous red six pigments affect children's intelligence, and also lead to behavioral disorders such as ADHD in children.
In this comparison, in addition to nausea, cochineal is still quite friendly, pure natural and pollution-free
It has also brought economic development to Peru, the main producer: according to the Peruvian Embassy in the United Kingdom, the country has a 95% share of the international market. This has created jobs for no less than 32,600 farmers.
Demand for carmine continues to rise. It was reported that 70,000 insects could produce 500 grams of dye. Prices have soared in recent years due to limited supply.
Last year Peru exported 647 tonnes of carmine, worth a total of US$46.4 million (£33 million). In 2013, it was 531 tons worth $22 million. This means that. In 2013, it was 531 tons worth $22 million. This means that.
This is probably that you hate to eat bugs, and one day bugs are too expensive for you to buy.
Although there is endless news about the disgusting raw materials and carcinogens of lipstick, it is still difficult for women to give up lipstick.
The history of lipstick dates back a long time.
Although the first lipsticks were found in the Sumerian civilization, the ancient people who loved lipstick the most were certainly the ancient Egyptians.
The ancient Egyptians loved makeup – men and women, every day. The color of lipstick is also very extensive: black, purple and blue.
Cleopatra VII, also known as Cleopatra, was quite famous as the king of cargo. Her particular preference for magenta is still a classic shade of lipstick.
Another famous king of the goods was Elizabeth I of England, who liked crimson red. She believes in the healing power of lipsticks and wears a lot of lipstick when she is sick or withered.
On the day of her death, she used up about 1.25 centimeters of lipstick.
Lipstick's status has been up and down.
In the early days of Greek civilization, lipstick was seen as an item for prostitutes.
During the Roman Empire, lipstick became the new favorite of the elite aristocracy.
In the European Middle Ages, religions stated that "a woman in makeup is the embodiment of Satan", and lipstick took on the mysterious color of evil sorcery.
Lipstick stabilized around 1867. The first department store in history to sell cosmetics, B. Altman Department Store in New York, opened, and a cosmetic that can be blushed on the cheeks and lips has been patented for its invention.
In 1912, during the demonstrations of women suffragettes in New York City, lipstick and cigarettes became symbols of women's liberation.
The peak of lipstick was during World War II.
In the 1940s, lipstick makers and sellers came up with an anti-genius propaganda strategy that linked lipstick to war: women wearing lipstick brought great positive energy to soldiers, so lipstick was reshaped into a morale-boosting patriotic symbol.
On the Chinese side, zhang Ailing, who has to mention lipstick control, has to be mentioned. The first fee she earned in middle school was to buy Danqi lipstick.
The picture shows the 1950 model of Danqi lipstick
During the war, she wrote about the eccentric behavior of Yan Ying after the fall of Hong Kong: "I remember how we looked for ice cream and lipstick in the streets after the fall of Hong Kong. ”
It may sound hard to understand, but just as the French people's way of fighting violent terrorists is to continue to sit idly in open-air cafes rather than hide in their homes and shiver, Zhang Ailing's way of fighting the war is to use her thirst for lipstick and ice cream to dispel her fear of flying shells.
In general, from ancient times to the present, lipstick has always been a weapon that brings momentum and strength to women.
Then it is not difficult to understand why women love lipstick so much.
What about kissing the carcasses of insects? The point is that you can put on lipstick and be beautiful.
Editor: Shen Xiangsha
Editor-in-Charge: Ren Tsuen
Source: Synthesized from The British Circle, InsDaily