Applying lead powder is equivalent to the current "foundation". Women in the Tang Dynasty liked to apply thick lead powder on their foreheads to their necks to make their skin as white as snow. In ancient times, it was called "lead flower", and "washing away lead flower" came from it.
But lead powder is a heavy metal after all. If you use it for a long time, it will make your skin blue and yellow, and girls will become yellow-faced. But this not only scares the women who love beauty, but also mixes western spices with lead powder, which is called "butterfly powder" and fantasizes about attracting butterflies, just like the princess in Princess Zhu Huan. ...
In addition to whitening, it was also popular in the Tang Dynasty to "smear red", that is, after rouge was applied to the face, it was dizzy with hands and applied to both cheeks. The strong color is called "drunken makeup" and the light color is called "peach blossom makeup", which looks very rosy.
It is said that Yang Guifei's sweat is red in summer. But this is not the most exaggerated. In Gong Ci, Wang Jian once described a palace maid. When removing makeup, it's like putting mud on it. After washing, the water in the basin is like red mud.
Women in the Tang Dynasty did not wear eye makeup, but attached great importance to eyebrow makeup. They think eyebrows are a rainbow of seven emotions and the most vivid place on the face.
In the early Tang Dynasty, "moth eyebrow" was popular, also known as laurel leaf eyebrow. When painting, you should shave off the original eyebrows first, and then draw them with a pen dipped in black powder. In order to appear less rigid, women will faint the color of the edge slightly, which is called "fainting eyebrows", and the technique is very particular.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the slender "arch eyebrows" became popular again. Bai Juyi described Yang Guifei as "petals like her face and willow leaves like her eyebrows" in Song of Eternal Sorrow. The crescent-shaped slender arch eyebrows can make people look gentle and graceful without losing the atmosphere, which is in line with the elegant aesthetics of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Point two points on the dimple, like a beauty mole, and the pear vortex laughs, which is especially delicate for a girl. This kind of makeup is called "face-lifting".
"Face" looks good, "dark makeup makes you laugh and whisper"; Some are charming. "The moon is divided into moth flowers, and Zhu Rong is mixed in the flowers." Same makeup, beautiful.
You must have heard of a "bud", which is actually a flower inserted between a woman's eyebrows.
Buds are mostly red, which can be traced directly, or cut into patterns with reflective materials such as gold foil or fish scales and pasted on the eyebrows. Legend has it that there was once a princess enjoying flowers under a plum tree. A gust of wind blew, and a plum blossom just landed on her forehead, which was particularly cute and attracted women to follow suit, which became this popular "plum blossom makeup".
After reading so many pictures, you must understand that women in the Tang Dynasty were good at tossing their faces like canvases. They also draw a red moon on each side of the temple, which is called "oblique red".
There is a saying that a maid-in-waiting waited on the emperor at night and accidentally bumped into a crystal bottle. Suddenly blood bursts out, just like the morning glow dissipates, leaving two scars after healing. However, the emperor felt that there was a special beauty in this way, and he felt more pity for the ladies-in-waiting, so others followed suit and called it "Xiao Xia makeup".
Girls' passion for lipstick can be traced back to ancient times. There are more than 30 kinds of plants used to make lipstick in Tang Dynasty, the most common ones are cinnabar and Lithospermum. After adding beeswax, different color numbers such as red, pink and reddish brown can be adjusted.
The Tang people advocated "small cherry mouth" and invented a set of lip makeup, such as round and heart-shaped, among which the most popular ones were cherry shape and flower shape.
When painting, you should first cover the original lip color with a white base, and then draw your favorite lip shape in the middle of your lips with lipstick.
When the finishing touch was finished, a beautiful woman with pink face, red lips and fine eyes appeared in front of us.