Beauty, Cosmetics
Heritage of the Ancient East: antimony for the eyes
What tricks the beauties of the Ancient East, Egypt, Greece and Rome did not go to emphasize the expressiveness of their eyes, to give a look to depth and magnetism, magical brilliance and expressive velvety! As cosmetics, they used what nature provided: plant juices, wood ash, some minerals. In particular popularity was antimony - it made a paint for eye and eyebrows. As a matter of fact, this was the first e-mail, which began to be used even three thousand years before our era.
Antimony for the eyes was part of a special tool for the care of eyelashes. As components, it also included lamb fat and almond oil, osma and basma, as well as antimony proper. A thin stick of wood was applied on the edge of the eyelashes. Thus, antimony for the eyes performed a decorative and therapeutic role.
And even in Russia, far away in the old days, it was decided to "feed" the dandies; Black eyebrows. This custom adopted Rusich from the Turks, as well as the word itself. After all, it was in the Turkic language that the "surme" also meant "blackening the eyebrows".
And we are painted and treated!
And, finally, we can not fail to mention such a wonderful therapeutic product for the eyes, like antimony with camphor and plant extracts. It is designed to relieve fatigue symptoms and is useful especially to those people whose daily work is associated with a big load on the eyesight: teachers, people of intellectual work, spending a lot of time at the computer, etc. The therapeutic effect of antimony is doubled here thanks to the extract of Indian gooseberry, widely known for its medicinal properties. Almond and camphor oil are soothing to the mucous membrane of the eyes. As a result, edemas are removed, dark circles lighten under the eyes, redness disappears. The sight becomes lively, the sight is clearer.
Truly, an amazing remedy was inherited from our ancestors!
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