What thrush did ancient women use first?

According to literature, the earliest thrush material is Dai, a black mineral, also known as "Shi Dai".

A custom of thrush replacing women makes women look clean and beautiful. According to the saying that eyebrows began in the Warring States period, before there were any specific thrush materials, women burned willow branches and painted them on their eyebrows. The materials used by ancient women thrush changed with the development of the times. According to literature, the earliest thrush material is Dai, a black mineral, also known as "Shi Dai".

Before painting, Shi Dai must be ground into powder on the inkstone and then mixed with water. Many Han tombs have found ink stones of the Mohist dynasty, which shows that this cosmetic has been used in the Han Dynasty. In addition to Shi Dai, there are also bronze Dai and bluebird Dai. Copper generation is a chemical substance similar to copper rust. On the other hand, the green finch head is made of dark gray thrush, which was introduced from the western regions in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

After the Yuan Dynasty, women in the court all chose the eyebrow stone of Zhaitang in Mentougou District, west Beijing, and so did the Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the early 1920s, with the spread of western culture, a series of changes had taken place in women's cosmetics in China. Thrush materials, especially rod-shaped eyebrow pencil and chemically modulated black grease, have been used up to now because of their simple use and portability.