The ancient foundation is a natural cosmetic made of rice. Its production method is to grind rice into fine rice flour, then put it in clear water for repeated elutriation for several times, ferment until it gives off sour smell, wash off sour gas, precipitate rice flour, beat rice flour into rice slurry, put it in a container, and dry it.
China's culture is extensive and profound, and ancient people's writing and words are different from now. In ancient China, the ancients called the foundation a foundation, because there was no word "foundation" at that time, and the ancients used words that suit both refined and popular tastes. At the same time, the ancients also called eye makeup bright. The ancient foundation was made of five grains of rice, so it was very natural and safe in terms of raw materials. However, although the ancient foundation can make the face white, it can't hold the makeup, and the makeup time is short, so it is very easy to take off the makeup.
Ancient records about hair dyeing:
Dyeing hair is not a patent for modern people. Cosmetics used to dye hair existed in ancient China. In addition to the use of Hu fen and white ash to dye hair recorded in the fourth volume of Natural History, some herbs were used to make cosmetics for dyeing hair in ancient times.
The hair dyeing principle of ancient hair dyeing cosmetics is that basic lead carbonate (lead) reacts with calcium hydroxide to generate black lead hydroxide, or acetic acid reacts with needle sand (iron) to generate black iron acetate for hair dyeing. In this kind of cosmetics, barley powder and buckwheat powder are usually used as auxiliary materials, and raw materials such as angelica, Polygonum multiflorum and Morinda officinalis are added.
In addition, the beard care of men in ancient China is also very wonderful. The cosmetics used by ancient men to care for their beards are basically the same as those used by ancient people to care for their hair, and their daily cleaning is basically the same. Similarly, there are all kinds of cosmetics, cream care and hair dyeing for daily beard cleaning. The products are not stereotyped in function, but they are used as they are.