Elizabeth Taylor, a superstar who has passed away in Hollywood, once said, "The first cosmetic a woman has in her life should be lipstick." ”
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Lipstick is already indispensable in the lives of contemporary women. Walking on the street, it seems to be a symbol of the 21st century, a touch of color, from ancient times to the present, in the long river of history has undergone a long evolution.
Beauty bloggers of all time
Cleopatra VII, cleopatra VII, was an avid lover of lipstick, and she crushed and mixed beetles and ants, plus an ant egg, concocted a special yellow-brown color, applied to the lips, and became popular and was imitated by other Egyptian noblewomen. Led by the first fashion icon in history, egyptians have reached the point of obsession with makeup, regardless of festivals, men and women, makeup without a word, a large number of unearthed murals and cultural relics show that ancient Egyptians love makeup.
The Church of England once referred to women wearing lipstick as "the embodiment of Satan," but this could not restrain women's pursuit of beauty. In England, where lipstick taboos were most intense, Elizabeth I had a soft spot for lipstick. Her lipstick is formulated with cochineal, gum arabic, egg whites and fig milk to give a distinctive red color, and she invented a solid lip gloss based on plaster, which became a distant ancestor of modern lipstick. It can be seen that in the history of lipstick development, Elizabeth I is also a landmark figure.
China's first red-lipped cultural relic
Archaeologists have found the first time in the history of exploration that humans began to color their lips, which is the earliest evidence that China has obvious red lip artifacts. In 1983, the head of the Goddess of the Red Mountain was excavated. The most conspicuous place in the goddess's head is the lips, her lips are turned outward, but the color on the lips is cinnabar red. At that time, humans seemed to have given some meaning to the red lips, which were born for religious beliefs.
How to maintain lipstick durability in ancient times
Ancient technology was backward, and the ancestors could not make lipstick with sophisticated instruments as they do now. However, there is a history to be learned, and they used the most natural materials, such as animal blood, plant sap, and some even powders with useful minerals. However, the backwardness of medical facilities cannot guarantee the safety of lipsticks produced in this way, and the durability does not seem to be very good.
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, people mixed mineral wax and animal fats and other excipients into cinnabar, and this reformed cinnabar was called "lip fat". It adds waterproofing, applies to the lips, and also has a more glossy feel, with a better retention rate than the previous powder.
During the Tang Dynasty, the rudiments of lipstick appeared. In the book "The Biography of Yingying", zhang Sheng is described as having "five inches of lipstick" in the gift given to Cui Yingying. It shows that the lip fat at that time has been made into a tube, which is deeply impressed by the wisdom of the ancients.
It was not until the 20th century, entering the period of industrialization, that lipstick really entered the era of development. Because of the investment in the new technology, lipstick has a longer-lasting color than lip fat. To this day, it is also one of the most popular beauty products for women.
The birth of semi-permanent lip bleaching
Just when it comes to the persistence of color, many women feel that lipstick has not fully reached their goal. It is precisely because the pursuit of beauty never stops that there has been a semi-permanent rise.
Semi-permanent lip bleaching is loved by women, can be modified for lip shape defects, lip color is not ideal, is by far the most long-term way to maintain lip color, and has the benefit of not being dissolved by water and general substances, but also save the trouble of applying lipstick every day.
Lip bleaching persistence
Semi-permanent tattooed lips can generally last 3-5 years. The reason why semi-permanent tattooed lips cannot be maintained for a long time is because the pigment of semi-permanent tattooed lips is generally a natural pigment that can be absorbed and metabolized by the human body. In addition, the implantation depth of the semi-permanent tattooed lip is not deep, so the effect will disappear due to the influence of some external factors.
Nursing work determines the duration of the stay
Semi-permanent lip three-point look technique Seven points look care, especially in the week after surgery is particularly important. After semi-permanent tattoos of the lips on the skin wound topical use of anti-inflammatory drugs (anti-inflammatory drugs to avoid wound inflammation), in addition to the operation to keep clean and dry, do not dip into water (the water contains a lot of bacteria, contact will cause infection), do not eat seafood (seafood food is the cause of some people skin allergies food, in order to better recovery, it is recommended not to eat seafood).