What did ancient women use to make foundation, what rouge gouache was used for, and how did makeup and skin care work.
At that time, women used a foundation ingredient called "makeup powder", or rice flour, which was crushed and ground into a fine powder, then the powder was washed repeatedly in clean water, and then left in water to ferment.
When you can smell the smell, you can take it out for precipitation, then continue to grind it into a pulp, put it in a container, dry it in the sun, and wait until it is completely dry, and then you can use it.
Rouge is the name of a flower, the petals of this flower have two pigments, red and yellow, and when the flower is in full bloom, the whole flower is removed, put in a container and mashed, and after the yellow juice is removed, the red dye is obtained.
Rouge for makeup is generally divided into two kinds, one is called "Mianyan Branch", which is directly applied to the face with silk cotton dipped in flower juice when applying makeup, and the other is "Golden Flower Swallow Branch", which is used to reduce the processing of flowers into flower pieces, so "Swallow Branch" is also called "Rouge".
The steps of ancient women's makeup are relatively simple, not as cumbersome as modern people, they will wash with water before makeup, because the ancient cosmetics are relatively oily, so the water used is lukewarm, and they must use honey locust to clean, not only that, they will also sprinkle petals and some spices in the water, so that after washing, there will be a special fragrance on the face.
When removing makeup, it is also more particular, the washbasin is made of copper basin or wooden basin, the washing water is drawn from the river or stream, when removing makeup, wash from the top of the face down to the bottom, and then from the left side to the right, the order can not be messy.
Ancient women also paid great attention to skin care, as early as the Qin Dynasty, they began to use warm rice washing water to wash their faces, this is because rice washing water contains alkali, which can remove dirt very well, similar to today's facial cleansers.
By the time of the Southern Dynasty, there were already bath beans this kind of toiletries, but only the nobles of the palace were eligible to enjoy it, it was made of bean foam and traditional Chinese medicine, which could not only wash the face, but also be applied to the body to remove dirt when taking a bath, because there were Chinese medicine ingredients in it, and it could also achieve the effect of skin care.
During the Zhou Dynasty, ancient women began to use facial grease to maintain their skin, which was divided into two categories, one was applied to the face and the other was applied to the lips, and after this kind of facial grease was applied, the skin would become very smooth.
In the Tang Dynasty, people began to add some pigments to the facial grease, so that they could adjust their skin tone when applying, and later, the facial fat began to add various traditional Chinese medicines, which moisturized and moisturized at the same time, as well as whitening and anti-aging, removing wrinkles and other effects.
In the eyes of the ancients, the hand is an important feature of showing the beauty of women, in order to make the hand look more fair and immature, the ancients specially developed their own hand cream, named "hand medicine", which added Zhu Yuechen can prevent the hand from chapping, even in winter, do not worry.
Like modern women, ancient women also encountered many skin problems, such as acne, freckles, etc., they did not have many instruments used by modern people, and could only be conditioned by traditional Chinese medicine, such as angelica, jatamansi, sandalwood and other medicinal materials, and sometimes sparrow feces were smeared on the face.
