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Female cosmetics such as crape myrtle

Everyone has a love of beauty. This has been the case since ancient times. Although gfd, which has been handed down from ancient times, has made great progress, we have to say that although the ancients did not have such colorful and endless styles as modern times, their wisdom still impressed us!

Recently, scientific research experts excavated a number of cultural relics in the North White Goose Cemetery in Yuanqu, Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, and initially identified them as the fief tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In the meantime, a small box was found. After experts identify the grease items obtained in the box, it can be preliminarily judged that this is a cosmetic box!

The box is made of bronze, with two openable doors on the left and right? Door? When it was first unearthed, the box was full of colorful residues, and there was a well-preserved small spoon next to it, as if? Cosmetic box? Since ancient times!

The ancient social system is different from today's. At that time, men could have three wives and four concubines. Men were noble and women were humble. At that time, women dressed up to please men, which is different from the starting point of today's women to please themselves. In ancient times, women could not go out and stayed at home all day. To their delight, any store has new rouge gouache or beautiful fabrics, which also promoted the ancient times to some extent. Beauty industry? Prosperity and development.

Ancient cosmetics are mainly divided into five parts: makeup powder, black powder, rouge, bud and forehead yellow. The earliest cosmetic powder was made of rice or lead white, similar to today's liquid foundation or air cushion; Wearing powder is generally used to make eyebrows, but it is too expensive, so few people use it. Although ancient cosmetics were not as many as today's styles, they were all genuine and had no additives. The only drawback is that ancient cosmetics are expensive, which can only be bought by court ladies or ladies of official families, but not enjoyed by ordinary people.