In ancient Egypt, for example, in order to correspond to the title of the standard of beauty, it was necessary to be a slender and graceful woman. Have fine lines of the face with lush lips and a large underlined shape of the eyes. The ratio of hefty hairstyles with a thin, elongated image created the impression of an exotic plant on a bent stalk. In order to make the pupils wider and add shine to the eyes, Egyptians buried them with the juice of some plants, then called belladonna. Green eyes were considered to be the most beautiful, so they made a green eyeliner made of carbonic copper for them, which was later replaced with black. Arrows in front of their eyes were extended to their temples, they drew long and thick brows. For someone it may seem odd, but the Egyptians painted their nails and feet in green, which was obtained from crushed malachite. Male and female beauty at different times in Egypt changed periodically. Egyptians came up with a special white, which gave a swarthy skin a shade. This shade symbolized the earth, which warms the sun. Women used iris juice as a blush. The skin irritation caused by it caused redness, which persisted for a long time. On the shaved head, female and male representatives wore wigs. To know wore large wigs that had long, curls or with numerous small pigtails. Slaves and peasants could wear only small wigs.
Egyptians were glorified by their mastery of making all sorts of cosmetic products, their components are close to making up the current cosmetics. Elderly women dyed hair with the help of fat black bulls and crow's eggs, and the hair used to improve hair growth, used the fats of a lion, a tiger, a rhinoceros.
As for ancient China, the ideal of beauty was a tiny and fragile woman with tiny feet. And in order for it to remain so, the girls in the early childhood tightly bandaged the foot, thereby stopping its growth. Women whitened faces, cheeks gave a blush, made the eyebrows longer and painted the nails in red. Men and women considered the most beautiful long nails. For them, long nails were a sign of dignity and wealth. They were carefully looked after and in order to save them, special "thimbles" were put on their fingers. Another male beauty was that the men let go of long hair and saw them in a braid.
In Japan, women, in order to comply with the standards of beauty, bleached abundantly the skin, hiding all the flaws on the face and chest. The mascara was traced in the line of hair growth, with the eyebrows completely shaved, and in their place dyed thick black lines were drawn. In feudal Japan, if a woman was married, she covered her teeth with black lacquer! An impeccable hairdo was considered to be a bundle of hair gathered in a high-set heavy knot, supported by a long patterned stick. In order to strengthen the hair and give them shine, they were lubricated with aloe juice. Men also shaved their forehead and nape, and collected hair on the top of a beautiful tail, it in turn tied with spectacular cords. They also drew to themselves or glued artificial mustaches and whiskers.
But such requirements were put forward to the beauties and handsome men of Greece. To bear the name of the owner of a beautiful face, it was necessary to have such characteristics: straight nose, low forehead. Large, wide-cut eyes are blue, eyelids arcuate, the distance between the eyes should be at least one eye wide and the mouth 1.5 times the size of the eye. Line of eyebrows rounded.
The women of Greece, mostly, did not cut their hair. They were packed with a knot or tied on the back of the head with a ribbon. Boys, as a rule, wore long hair curled in curls and fastened with a hoop. But men preferred to wear short hair, as well as a neat little beard and small mustache. Especially beautiful considered golden hair, and light, shiny skin. In order to give the skin whiteness, stately residents of Greece used white. To create a blush, put carmine - red paint from cochineal. Also used powder and lipstick. As eyeliner used the soot from the combustion of a special essence. At night, a mask was applied, mixing barley dough with eggs and various seasonings.
In the Renaissance there is a completely different understanding of beauty. Thin, slender and graceful silhouettes are replaced by magnificent shapes. Beautiful are beginning to be considered obese bodies with large enough hips and a noticeable fullness in the neck and shoulders. The most fashionable hair color becomes golden-red, which in future will be called "Titian's color". The Renaissance epoch brought to the world new standards of ideal male beauty. They largely coincide with modern ideas about a flawless body. We take as a basis the girth of the chest. And so, the waist girth should be 75%, the pelvis - 90%, the neck 38%, the biceps 36%, the forearm - 30.5%, the hip - 60%, the shin 40% chest girth.
In the Renaissance, the ideal woman's beauty was a woman of fat constitution, broad shoulders and white, muscular forearms. With well-groomed, thick, long, wavy hair, golden-wheaten shade. With white skin color and a slight blush on the cheeks. Men preferred a woman of medium height. The ideal breast rises smoothly, inconspicuously for the eye. Beautiful were considered long legs, moderately slender, thin to the bottom, with a small, narrow but not thin foot.
Strictly speaking, this type of beauty is represented on many canvases and portraits of artists of the Venetian school of the 17th century, in the creations of Rubens, Rembrandt and other masters of this time.
As you can see, male and female beauty has changed at different times - and these processes continue to this day. And, apparently, will never stop.