#头条创作挑战赛 #
Since ancient times, beauty has been an immutable proposition pursued by thousands of women, and in ancient Europe, where science was underdeveloped, how outrageous were people?
1. Eye drops
During the Renaissance, an eye drop called Bella Donna was popular throughout Europe, which was mainly extracted from the plant "belladonna". It blocks the muscles inside the eye to control the pupil contraction, so the eyes appear large. However, its toxicity is very strong, and long-term use will produce hallucinations and even blindness. The prototype of the world famous painting "Mona Lisa" is likely to use the "beautiful pupil" eye drops at that time.
2. Cosmetics
During elizabethan period, the popular "Venus wax paste", a touch of skin immediately turned white and slippery, pores, acne marks, wrinkles all disappeared, looking beautiful and noble. However, the ingredient of this wax paste is lead, and the skin will grow spots and depressions for a long time, and the skin will be gray after removing makeup, and there are many cracks, which can only be covered up by applying more. When the dose is large, people begin to lose their hair, induce brain damage, and even die.
The main ingredient of the matching lipstick and blush is mercury sulfide, long-term use of the skin decay, melting phenomenon, coupled with mercury concocted facial cleanser, people slowly began to decline memory, depression, and even respiratory failure, and finally death.
Elizabeth I is said to have lived to be 70 years old, and after her death the body was filled with toxic vapor that it exploded inside her coffin.
3. Corset
In the Victorian era of the 17th century, it was popular to wear puffy skirts, and women began to lose weight like crazy in order to look good at the thin waist, eating pills made of roundworm eggs. The waist is thin enough to be neckline, so he wears a French tights, tightly strangled from under the breasts to the stomach, until there are long and deep wounds on the two ribs, deep into the skin, and many people die.
4. Perm your hair
During the Edwardian period in England 100 years ago, women no longer took the classical route, advocating that their hair was curly and fluffy, like the spring breeze of freedom of thought. At that time, it was hot pliers, wrapped up and roasted, and the hair was accidentally broken, and sometimes it was directly on fire, so the problem of female baldness was very serious at that time.
5. Hats
In the late 19th century, In order to show their noble status, British and American women would place colorful bird feathers on their hats, and even directly press a dead bird. At that time, more than 5 million birds were killed every year, and egrets were endangered. This eerie trend did not end until the beginning of the 20th century.
So with the development of modern technology, are we safe? Nowadays, some people advocate tanning, crazy sun exposure and skin cancer news is not uncommon; Advocating white and thin, extreme vomiting, dieting, and removal of healthy trapezius muscles are also very large; Even crazy medical beauty, non-stop surgery and injection of people also grab a big hand, I hope that the small partners who love beauty can maintain their sanity, do not blindly follow the crowd, after all, health is the most beautiful!