Makeup, an art
Written by moa5 on May 17, 2009 – 10:35 am - 5 views
Since ancient times, cosmetics had a particularly important role in transfiguration woman. Make a careful application on the face of a woman can become such meeting between what is and ideal woman and what it wants about the person. A “new way” can provide a great faith in itself and also can be a stimulating experience for loved.
Make use was used to awaken and stimulate certain emotions and qualities, both in the person, as well as the makeup which is in a certain way.
Makeup woman makes him feel complete. Even the most natural look is often cultivated with painstaking.
The importance of cosmetics today can be measured by the enormous sales of these products, even in the world that are considered poor.
Traditions in Art Make
In all cultures, cosmetics helped infrumusetare face and turned often face in a common look great.
In China, women used to make a red flag in the middle brow. A similar practice still exist in India and Nepal, where it means gearing in a spiritual or religious life.
In Egypt, women, according to some scented bath, body is covered with makeup then conducted face makeup, a makeup difficult, meticulous and complex mixtures, such as the famous “Kohl” eye for freshness. Lipstik form, served to emphasize glamour lips. Also, certain maintenance for chewing gum pink and countries. Cheeks are used for different powders and farduri based cinnabar. The hair was combed, wove and spicy.
Assyrian nobles used large quantities of perfumes and cosmetics. Arabic word that has survived until today, for kohl (khol or kohol), is quiet, calm. Egyptians began to be served only lead sulphide which dadusera name kohol (Kohl), then when they started to use oxygen magnesium, and gave the same name.
For eye makeup they used two colors, namely black (Kohl) green for the lower. Women in antiquity had a special brilliance eyesapplying a softening in khol direct pupil.
To be more attractive and exciting, their women red coral palms fingertips, toes, and sometimes even calcaiele and nipples. They do this with juice “kufra. This plant, known as Henna, was much appreciated due to its small flowers and delicate fragrance and a special. The flowers have the shape of stars and grew in bunches, with a dark-red juice from the leaves and stem. For centuries, women in the entire East held the flowers in the hair, the leaves are crushed, they spray and they mixed with cateshu (dye extracted from an Indian tree) to obtain appropriate colourant. Even today, Henna is used by many women, especially for dyeing hair.
In Greece, women have used the basic carbonate of lead to his white face. It remained popular for centuries. Due to its toxic action, this substance can cause even death to those who used.
In Italy and especially in Rome, using cremes and makeup was very widespread. In many specialty shops are selling different products perfumery. Ovidiu, in “Ars Amanda” ( “Art of Love”), described the use of cosmetic preparations. He has published a code of Ovidiu’s cosmetics, which is an ancient form of cosmetic recipes.
The emperor Traian and he has published a form of cosmetics, in part reproducand recipes Queen Cleopatra. This work has been lost in time, but its main parts have been reproduced by the Roman physician, art and science of preparation of medicines. Perfumes and cosmetic products have been enjoyed throughout the Roman empire by a large search.
Cruciats were those that brought the East, among others, various cosmetic products, such generalizandu to use all.
Since 1600, the science of cosmetics was widespread among different groups: adept, Barbers, pharmacists, hair, ladies maid, and even noble.
Nowadays due to the great discoveries of modern chemistry, industry and the perfumes and cosmetic products have been revolutionized.
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