What are the ancient women's rouges and what are they made of.

"Rouge". A kind of red pigment used for makeup and Chinese painting. Also refers to the bright red color.

The so-called "cochineal", is actually a flower called "red and blue", its petals contain red and yellow pigments, when the flowers were picked whole, and then placed in a stone bowl repeatedly pestle and mortar, panned yellow juice, that is, into a bright red dye. After the yellow juice is removed, it becomes a bright red dye. Women's makeup rouge there are two kinds: one is made of silk dipped in red and blue flower juice, called "Mian Yanzhi"; the other is processed into a small, thin piece of the flower, called "Golden Flower Yanzhi". These two kinds of bird's nests can be dried to become a thick and lubricating cream. As a result, bird's nest was written as "marriage fat" and "moon bird's nest fat". The character for "fat" took on its true meaning. In addition to red and blue, the raw materials for making rouge, there are heavy red, pomegranate, mountain flowers and Su Fang wood.