Skin care bottoming
Everyone who loves makeup must pay great attention to skin care. Ancient men's favorite skin care cosmetics are facial fat and oral fat, and their effects are similar to those of creams and lip balms used by modern people.
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The ancients paid the most attention to skin color, and facial fat was the most critical skin care product. Facial fat, that is, oil used to moisturize the face, usually comes from animals, such as bovine bone marrow. Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in Qi Yao Min Shu Zhi Hong Lan Hua Zhi Zi Hua: "The method of combining flour and fertilizer: use bovine bone marrow."
In addition to maintaining the skin, facial fat can also make the skin shiny and energetic. In order to make the complexion more rosy, the ancients also took drugs. In Shi Shuo Xin Yu, Yan He said: "Taking Wushi Powder is not only a cure, but also a pleasant spirit." The original medicinal Wushi powder will make people feel feverish after taking it, and it will make people insane in a short time, similar to drugs.
Osmanthus fragrans oral fat
The oral fat used by ancient men is generally colorless lip fat, which is made of animal fat, mineral wax and various spices, such as sheep fat, musk, rosin and sesame oil. A variety of formulas and flavor types of oral fat are introduced in detail in the Secret of Outer Taiwan.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, oral fat was a necessary thing for men in upper-class society to make up. Its most important function is to moisturize the lips, prevent the mouth from cracking, and make the lips look more shiny.
In the Tang Dynasty, in the twelfth lunar month, the emperor would give officials, especially frontier generals, face fat and mouth fat, and the containers were made of jade and silver. "In the twelfth lunar month, they were given a banquet and oral fat medicine, which was filled with jade and silver" to comfort them.
Every time, Tang Gaozong would choose some "North Gate Bachelor" who he valued highly from the oral fat and facial fat that had been paid tribute to him by Shangzhong. These bachelors often read the imperial throne with the emperor and decide the important events of the court. It seems that these skin care products are quite suitable for the dignitaries at that time.
Zhang
Zhang, a cabinet official in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, was famous for his love of makeup, especially skin care products. According to the records of "scholar-officials" in Wanli Wild Collection, Zhang Gong "made it fragrant, and it was progressive in the morning and evening". Using skin care products in the morning and evening is quite in line with the rhythm of modern skin care.
Smoked clothes and shaved faces
Lavender, the effect is similar to spraying perfume, that is, lighting spices in a censer or smoking lavender in a cage. These spices are not only very fragrant, but also very precious. They are all imported from countries in the western South China Sea, such as rosin, storax, benzoin and tulip. Later, smoked clothes evolved into wearing sachets.
incense burner
The smell of incense is quite persistent. Even if the incense burner goes out, the fragrance will last for several days. It is recorded in "Taking Five Incense Burners from Taiping Palace" that Yu Xun went to other people's homes and "sat for three days". This is more useful than how much perfume you wear.
However, such a luxurious spice will be finished if it meets a ruler who is ready to make the world prosperous. Cao Cao once issued a ban on burning incense. "Yesterday, when the world was decided, I banned aromatherapy at home. No more bans, no more incense! It is not allowed to wear incense! " Even so, Xiang Xiang couldn't help it. It is still common for literati to wear sachets. Xie Xuan, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty star, "loved purple sachets very much" when he was young.
Pan An, a handsome man, crossed the market.
Shaving, commonly known as shaving. In ancient times, the recognized image of a handsome man was "white and thin with a slight beard". This is quite a test of shaving skills-how to shave off the beard and hair on the face, leaving a little "micro beard" just right.
In Shang Mo Sang written by Han Yuefu, the beautiful woman Qin Luofu flatly refused the messenger who came to inquire, on the grounds that she already had a good enough husband. She praised her husband's beauty like this: "He is clean and white with a beard."
A clean face with a moustache is almost the standard of a handsome man.
Dressed up beautifully.
The ancient standard of beautiful men
In ancient times, the primary criterion for handsome men was white skin, and it was best to reach the level of "white skin, such as pearls and jade". White can not only hide ugliness, but also make people feel loved. Zhang Cang, a handsome man in Han Dynasty, was sentenced to death for violating the law. On the day of execution, he stood naked on the chopping block. At the sight of the official tomb, Zhang Cang was tall and burly with fair and moist skin. It's a pity that such a handsome man died, so I asked Liu Bang for leniency. Zhang Cang survived and finally became the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty.
The skin color of orientals is originally yellow, and if you want to turn white, you can only achieve it by painting. Fu powder, that is, powder application, is a foundation from a modern point of view. The oldest cosmetic powder has two ingredients, one is made by grinding rice flour, and the other is to turn white lead into paste, commonly known as "Hu powder" or "lead flower"
In addition to white skin, beautiful men should also "look like peach blossoms." White inside and red inside became the ultimate pursuit of ancient men's makeup. In layman's terms, applying powder to Zhu means applying white foundation and rouge, which is equivalent to blushing.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the minister of Wei loved beauty very much and never put on makeup when he went out, so he was called "He Lang who applied powder". History records him: "I don't want to get rid of my white face, but I take care of my shadow." I wear makeup all day and always pay attention to my makeup. The degree of love for beauty is similar to that of a woman who has to wear makeup several times after dinner today.
However, Yanhe himself is a handsome man. In Shi Shuo Xin Yu Rong Zhi, he wrote that "his face is white and his posture is beautiful". How white is it? Xelloss also wants to know about Wei Wendi. He thinks it must be because words and words are powdered. In order to test whether he wore makeup, Cao Pi called him to his side on a hot day and gave him a bowl of steaming noodle soup. Make peace and eat and drink on the spot, and wipe the sweat on your face with your sleeves. To xelloss's surprise, the peace has not lost any powder, and the skin is even whiter and redder-who knows what powder this peace painting is, otherwise he would have guessed xelloss's mind.
In Beijing opera, Cao Cao's white face is not groundless. During the Three Kingdoms period, powder application was actually a "family style" in Cao Shi. Cao Jiahe Cao's son-in-law likes to apply powder. Cao Zhi, the son of Cao Cao, also loves beauty. According to the Biography of Wei Zhi Wang Shen, when Han Danchun, a great admirer of Cao Zhi, visited Cao Zhi for the first time, Cao Zhi had just taken a bath. Although very eager to have a chat with Han Dan in the spring, this inseparable person kept his respected guests waiting in the lobby for more than an hour in order to apply powder.
In fact, ancient male makeup is quite controversial. Yan Zhitui in the Northern Qi Dynasty strongly criticized the aristocratic children who made up, saying in "Yan Family Instructions": "At the peak of the Liang Dynasty, aristocratic children were ignorant ... all smoked clothes, shaved, powdered and painted Zhu." In the era of Wu Zetian, the attack on men's makeup intensified, and "greasy face" became a derogatory term for men's makeup.