Beauty and health

By : Lalainya Allen

Ancient civilizations used oils, fragrances, and even face paint in their religious rituals and other ceremonies. The ancient Romans who are well known for their baths and fountains added aromatic oils to the water.

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Ancient worship rituals included burning incense to God. The rising smoke was believed to carry the prayers of the faithful to heaven. Certain incense blends were created to be used for sacred temples and forbidden to be used elsewhere.

Roman satirist Lucian wrote that Roman women polished their teeth and eyebrows with cosmetics. A worldly civilization, the ancient Romans ,who would go to the public baths daily and stay there for hours , not only valued hygiene but were also quite vain.

Since the ancient Romans had slaves for everything like modern people have appliances, the wealth Roman women had a slaves especially dedicated to their cosmetics. The female slaves would be responsible for mixing all these different ingredients often in their own saliva. In addition, they would also be responsible for bathing their mistresses in perfume. These slaves appropriately called "cosmetae.“

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These cherished wooden beauty boxes contained items you would probably find if you emptied most modern women's purses. These boxes contained a variety of lipsticks and eye make-ups. In addition, Roman women used foundation to cover up skin blemishes and other imperfections like freckles, sunspots, and skin flaking. They were even concerned with aging.

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The ancient Romans were in this respect

comparable to our present day beauty-obsessed society. They studied plants and minerals for their cosmetic properties. Many Roman noble women owned cosmetic cases, as archaeologists have uncovered..

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Info on their cosmetic cases

o Women of Ancient Rome used this to make their cosmetics

Ceruse: a white lead pigment, used to lighten the face.

Sweat and dirt from sheep’s wool: This was the equivalent to today’s lanolin. It served as a paste to which pigment was added.

Bears’ fat: This was used as a wax base to which pigment was added.

Soot from the fire: This was mixed with bear or other animal fat and then used as black eyeliner.

Red ochre: A clay that added color to cheeks and lips. It was often mixed with an animal fat to make a paste.

Wine: The dregs were used to color the lips.

Saffron: An expensive spice that is yellow-orange in color, was ground and applied as eye shadow.

Chalk: This was used to whiten the face.

The stones or minerals that were used are

mesdemt, malachite sometimes referred to as malakite, lead sulfide, antimony, copper, manganese, jasper, and ground up lapis lazuli for use as a medicine for the eyes.

Roman cosmetics were whipped up from the

Roman woman's household items and other ingredients they could get their hands on, usually greasy substances, metallic powders, soot, crushed stones, vegetables, and even animal extracts like deer marrow, calve urine, mouse placenta, and bile, to name a few. They also used more palatable (by modern standards) ingredients like flowers, seeds, and honey.

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