How did ancient women take care of their skin? Would they have high-grade cosmetics?

In the traditional common sense of life, grass ash has the efficacy of oil, greasy dirt, etc. Why. It is because due to the alkaline content, can and oil and dirt chemical reaction. Therefore grass wood ash has been one of the effective ways for people to wash clothes and clean their bodies.

During the Sheng Tang Dynasty, women had already begun to use pollen to take care of their skin. It's like a concentrated serum extracted from various flowers nowadays. However, our first empress of China, Wu Zetian's exclusive recipe for skin care was motherwort, and motherwort ash is exactly that, a kind of grass ash alkali. Wu Zetian's skin remained clear, red and elastic even after her golden years. According to the Tang dynasty famous doctor Wang To written "outside the secret of" records, Wu Zetian use is "after the day after refining motherwort ze face square". The end of the Northern Song Dynasty official medical codex "General Records of the Holy Spirit", there is a "motherwort Tu Fang" for "face black": "(motherwort ash) to vinegar and for the mass, to the charcoal fire calcined seven degrees, into the milk bowl in the research fine. With honey and even, into the box, every time to lie down, the first pulp water to wash the face, and then coated with it, great." It turns out that masks were already available at that time, just that we do not know it. Perhaps the inspiration for the invention of modern people mask comes from this. The wisdom of the ancients nest lake our imagination.

Princess Taiping beauty recipe peach blossom: her commonly used recipe is the peach blossom and chicken blood **** with, not only can promote the skin metabolism, so that the skin is fully nourished, become white and moisturized, but also has the role of nourishing anti-wrinkle. Ancient women at night to maintain their own skin: the ancient family economic conditions allow women, before going to bed is to put on a layer of thin makeup, with this makeup to sleep, is to the face of the nutritious makeup powder. After a night, the "thin makeup" before going to bed. So there is the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Jian "Palace Lyrics" of the poem: "the makeup is not tomorrow, always standing Zhaoyang flower tree side." Describe the scene. Cixi external skin care formula pearl powder: Cixi from a sense can be said to be the sinner of the wrong country. But she knew how to use pearl powder health and beauty. According to the Qing dynasty princess Rongling in the "imperial fragrance misty record", Cixi Empress Dowager in the old age, the skin is still like a young girl as white and smooth. Later, people found that the original Empress Dowager Cixi abundant energy and later than normal aging face, is the long-term consumption of pearl powder to maintain. It is said that every night before going to bed must take a spoonful of pearl powder. Attention: cultural and historical people "say child peach", give you a different cultural story." My Fair Lady, Gentleman Marty". Ancient women in the degree of skin care and love of beauty is no less than our current women, as we have seen in the costume movies, a consort to go to meet the saint, in addition to bathing in milk baths, but also to go through a series of processes in the face of the reverse locks, surrounded by those who are sisters and courtesans is like a hair stylist and make-up artist nowadays in general. Later in ancient times did appear makeup artist this occupation. After the opening of the rouge and powder not only tribute to the court women with, in the streets of the bustling market is also selling, in ancient times there will be high-grade cosmetics, such as those used only for dignitaries.

Many of the old brands, in fact, in many tourist places or places of origin are also sold, with the classical flavor of the box, only in the product to retain the unique ingredients of the old goods, and processing technology, and some modern new technology. Because many old products because of the single product function, slowly are eliminated by the market.

Like some ancient products will use some food, plant coloring, and animal oils, that time are relatively natural and safe, the most common is the rice after fermentation and ground into a powder coated face, to maintain lubrication. Often, plants contain herbal ingredients, such as motherwort, in ancient times was ground into a powder used to wash the face, beauty and cleansing effects are very good. Slowly appeared lead powder, this ingredient we now know that it is harmful, and a lot of skin care products will be added to it, the function and the ancient use is actually similar, whitening function is very strong. But long time use will make the skin black, and careful into the human body, affecting human health. Ancient skin care or skin care products, a lot of knowledge has been borrowed or extended now.