Tag: face-wash

INTRODUCTION:

Everyone wants to look beautiful or handsome. People spent a lot and a lot of money just to look attractive. But you would feel surprised to know that this awareness was not there a long back. The face wash had a long history back to be tracked. The history of old skincare had a history to be tracked since ancient Egyptian time.

In old times a person with white skin was regarded as the high class and privileged one. This gave rise to this industry in which people innovate things to look white. Well, this is an old thing. Now, this discrimination had come to an end. But still, people are well aware to care for their skin majorly the face.

People don’t use the charcoal face masks to remove the dirt rather they have something else.

Earlier the face care or care of the body as a whole was associated with the women. But with time, people epically men have also understood the importance of face and complete body care.

Well, all these circumstances have an important role to play while we track the history of the face washes!

HISTORY OF FACEWASH AND THE COSMETICS:

1. IN ANCIENT TIMES:

In ancient times too, people were aware and consistent efforts were made to look beautiful. In terms of skincare, they use to use castor, sesame, and the moringa oil to shield them against wrinkles.

 Also, women in these times mix milk and honey to make a mask to moisturize their skins. Also, the deal sea salts were used to heal the injuries on the face. The charcoal face wash has not even existed.

But in terms of face wash, they generally use simply the water!

2. IN ANCIENT GREEKS:

In this era, the use of the cosmetic like precious oils, perfumes, cosmetics, eye shadows, etc was used on a large scale. These skincare products were made using the local raw material available naturally.

For anti-aging, milk, honey and yogurt were mix to make a mask!

3. IN MEDIEVAL TIMES:

In these times, the fats and the essences of the animals were used to make the skin better. Women were advised to use home remedies or herbal remedies to reduce pimples and to promote a better face.

Aloe-Vera, rosemary are few examples. Seeds and flowers were mixed with the honey to make the masks.

4. RENAISSANCE:

During this era, women used silver mercury, lead, and even chalk to color their faces. The majority of the products used here were similar to the medieval areas. The priority was given to honey and milk.

Some other home remedies like bread soaked in rose water were also used to get soothe puffy eyes.

5. THE BAROQUE ERA:

Here in this era women majorly believe in sweat cleaning. Well, milk baths were also used to make the skin smoother and well-nourished. Make-up in this era was to do much with painting the face.

Here the soaps are made with the ashes of wood and other readily available things like the natural available ingredients.

6. DURING the 1800s:

Now, in this era, people use to experiment with other elements available readily. Zinc oxide was majorly used to lighten the color of the skin. Because people still believed that his light-colored skin is much better.

This came up with the discovery of Vaseline, till now the face wash was a dream of many people. Till now people generally use to use soaps with different ingredients to wash their faces.

7. DURING the 1900s:

This era came up with a variety of skincare products for women. This was also the era when cinema was emerging. People use to fantasies their favorite people and try to look like them.

This gave rise to the emergence of the cosmetic industry, which at one time was all about milk and honey. 

Now there was much soap in the market for face wash. Also, the foundation for the face wash market was laid down.

PROPER WAY OF USING A FACE WASH:

Now, we are living in a modern era where everyone is thinking about which face wash to buy. But people here forget the important aspect of how to use it.

Well, first of the entire makeup needs to be removed from the face. The pores get closed because of this. Due to which the essence of using face wash gets affected. Well, using a herbal face wash is better.

Experts suggest using lukewarm water to clean or wash your skin. This helps to remove the majority of dust and dirt from your face.

One should use the fingers to massage the face to get better results. Because in this way the product will reach different layers of the skin and will help to remove unwanted particles.

One can also invest in sort of machines and brushes for the face washing process. This helps a lot to maintain the skin.

CONCLUSION:

It has been a long wanting of the human being to look beautiful. This can be achieved by taking care of your skin, by using good products and also washing your face properly.