KissMeGoodnight
eRomance Series:
The Simplest & Most Practical Beauty Secrets
( more than just skin deep )
( 14 pages )
LET'S
GET STARTED...
Ever since men and women started walking the Earth (and the
invention of the mirror), the human race has been
obessed with beauty. Granted, each civilization
has had their own definition of what attributes are used
to define beauty.
Ancient Egyptian
women AND men used various natural pigments to color their
bodies in an attempt to appear more favorably to the “gods.”
Headdresses and jewelry have adorned peoples throughout history
with the expectation that these items might improve their
appearance.
Roman, Grecian,
Arabic and Hindi women used henna to color their hair and
tattoo their bodies. The historical artwork of Botticelli
depicts women as rounded as cherubs.
Interestingly,
current trends toward body piercing and tattooing are nothing
new but merely a resurgence of historical practices.
We will take a
look at specific tips, old and new, to help you meet the
current perception of our societal definition of beauty.
Let's begin.
BEAUTY
THROUGHOUT THE AGES
If you think todays
obsession with beauty is something new, think again! Men
AND women have been in touch with their bodies and beauty
dating back as far as the ancient Egyptians. Their concern
was based as much on pleasing the “gods” of their time as
it was for personal adornment.
In fact, it could
be said that they prepared their bodies more for the “afterlife”
than the current time. All one need do is read about the
tombs and mummies that have been excavated and study what
was found. Lavish pictorial examples reveal how extravagantly
the aristocracy lived their lives.
Just take a look
at the detail the next time you have an opportunity to view
Egyptian hieroglyphs. Gold and silver bracelets, lapis and
jade pendants, rings of gold studded with semi-precious stones.
All are evidence of just how deeply involved the human race
is with regard to beauty and adornments.
Many wore wigs
and false braids with jewels threaded through them. Women
wore elaborate combs and pins made of copper, bronze and
silver. Oddly enough, silver was considered a more precious
metal than gold and was widely used to decorate boxes and
pots where they stored their implements of beauty.
For all of their
elaborate trappings, much of it was not just an attempt at
satisfying their vanity. They held the belief that certain
metals and elements were specifically tied to powers that
were bestowed upon them by the “gods” so a great deal of
the adornment was steeped in spiritual belief.
Women and men
both used a paste made from copper material to paint their
eyes a vivid green.
Ochre, a red clay,
was used to tint their lips.
Ancient Grecians
displayed their vanity through elaborate hairdos. Each hairdo
was a visual message letting you know their age, if they
were married and how far up the socio-economic scale their
class. The same practices were followed up by the Romans.
The ancient Chinese
women enjoyed wearing jewelry as well, choosing gold and
jade. Here is another example of a gemstone that was revered
more highly than gold. Jade was available only to the very
rich.
The next time
you may hold a thought in your mind that we are peopled with
a society more focused on beauty than any other in history,
just remember, we come by it naturally. . .from our ancestors!
 
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