The art of make-up began to evolve a long time ago. In ancient Egypt, there were books in which the secrets of creating visage were revealed, and the Greeks began to open beauty salons in the 2nd century AD. Moreover, people who lived in those days in the territory of modern Italy, even then were familiar with epilation. But, of course, it was Ancient Egypt who advanced most in the care of the body and makeup.
But only noble and rich people at that time could afford to look good. The Egyptians were very fond of taking fragrant baths, and after that they applied various skin care products in the form of oils and creams on a natural basis to the body. Ancient Egyptians even used a body scrub, which at that time was a mud found on the Nile River. Adding a little clay and ash to it, they received an excellent means for exfoliating the skin.Many makeup tools in Ancient Egypt not only allowed to look more beautiful, but also looked after the skin. Already in those days very popular with women in this country was eyeliner. In order to obtain such a blue-colored cosmetic, lapis lazuli powdered to a state of flour was used, and in order to create a black liner, the antimony was crushed. These powders were then mixed with certain vegetable oils, and thus, it turned out an excellent tool for visage.
In addition, the Egyptians often used shadows created from clay and copper oxide, where they added crushed to the state of dust malachite and turquoise. Eyebrows of Egyptian women of fashion painted black, lips made scarlet, and on the cheeks were applied a natural color of blush. And although the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt were mostly swarthy, after all, among them, the bleaching of facial skin was popular, because the pale color of the skin was considered one of the main signs of aristocracy. Not the last word in the fashion for the Egyptian cosmetics of those times, of course, Queen Cleopatra said.
In ancient Greece, women also sought to have a poor complexion, and so they tried to whiten their skin in every possible way. But, unlike the Egyptians, the Greeks believed that against the pale skin bright makeup would be inappropriate. It is because of this, women of Ancient Greece preferred to do only evening make-up. At the same time, free girls were painted more brightly, and married - more restrained. Cilia tinted with a composition of whipped egg whites and crushed resin.
A little later, the fashion for make-up in Ancient Greece changed a little: women even during the day began to bleach their face with chalk chalk and other means, they put bright blush on their cheeks, black eyebrows were stained and even often they were joined on the bridge of the nose and eyelids were applied to the eyelids. Soon after, in Ancient Greece, the first beauty salons, then called gynaeecas, began to appear. In such institutions, healers worked, who owned not only the secrets of cooking oils, creams and other cosmetic products, but they also knew how to make makeup, which was then in vogue.
Women, who lived in the first centuries BC and early in our era in the territory of modern Italy, also succumbed to temptations, trying to make a bright make-up. In ancient Rome, rich families held not only servants who helped in cleaning the house and cooking, but some women also hired cosmetologists - beauty specialists. These people not only bleached the skin to their mistresses and applied blush on their cheeks, but also helped to combat various skin imperfections. For example, poultry litter was considered a common remedy for pimples.
In those distant times, the Romans rosy with wine yeast, the eyes were painted with dark shadows, which were created from antimony or ash, and sometimes saffron juice was used for their production. Gradually, the number of inhabitants increased in the Roman Empire, and in order to avoid growing unsanitary conditions, the Romans and Romans began to use a variety of soap types.
Very popular was this kind of cosmetic product, imported from Gaul. It consisted of goat fat and beech ash, and in order to make the flavor more pleasant, aromatic oils were added there. That's the way they sought to care for the beauty of their body in antiquity. Now, of course, for this there is a greater variety of cosmetic products, but the natural components in them often become less and less.