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“美容”最早源于古希腊的“kosmetikos”，意为“装饰”。但是无关如何翻译，都可证明美容这一活动从远古时期就开始了。考古学家从那一时期发掘的文物中考证：在当时，染料和香水已经可以异地交换使用，而到了公元前5000年，黑锑粉末被用作描眉和染眉，铅被用来画眼线，绿孔雀石被用来画眼影等。由此可以看出古希腊人在美容上的创造力真的超乎我们的想象了，甚至有些方法，直到今天，我们还在使用。
#Ancient Beauty Secrets Still Trending Today#
Who knew ancient Greeks were the original California Girl? According to fashioningthepast.com, ancient Greek women wore their hair long and preferred golden hued locks. "This was achieved by using a vinegar solution that bleached the hair in the sun, or a yellow flower dye. Soap, pomades, and wax were also used to give the hair shine."
Ancient Greeks had a thing for "beach waves" too. "To enhance the texture of the hair, Hellenistic women often curled their hair and held it in place with combs," reports fashioningthepast.com. Today you can purchase a curling wand or stick and perfect waves in a few minutes. Whether curled or worn straight hair played a role as a social communicator and emphasized class differentiation. Back then a short razor cut meant you weren't a slave to fashion, you were an actual slave. Upper class women only cut their hair in periods of mourning.
Turns out in ancient Egypt appearances were everything and hairstyles indicated a person's status, the higher the status the more elaborate the hairstyle. Ancient Egyptian women had many styles to choose from. According to historyembalmed.com, the women of early ancient Egypt kept their hair short, while females of the later New Kingdom rocked longer hair which they curled, plaited, or braided into ponytails and adorned with jewelry, gold strands, flowers, beads, and ribbons. But braids go back further than Ancient Egypt. In her book Biblical Beauty: Ancient Secrets and Modern Solutions, author Rachelle Weisberger, explores the history of hair styling originated by the Assyrians around 1500 BCE. She explains how the Talmud describes Eve, "God adorned her [Eve] before presenting her to Adam by braiding her hair."
- 词汇短语
hued 染色的
vinegar 醋
solution 溶液
bleach 漂白
dye 染料
pomade 润发油
Hellenistic 希腊风格的
wand 魔杖
mourning 悲痛
rock 摇摆
plait 编织
ponytail 马尾辫
adorn 装饰
strand 缕
bead 珠子
ribbon 色带
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