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In old days, Indians would use a herbal concoction to wash their scalp and hair, also for overall hair health. The different types of herbs used are found as key ingredients in shampoo manufactured in current times. (Evolution of shampoo)
Dangerous beauty trends throughout the 1800s and early 1900s! 😱😱
In an attempt to surrender to the beauty standards of their time, the folks in the 1800s and early 1900s were exposing themselves to harmful beauty regimes. (Keep reading here)
Copper alloy statue inlaid with precious metals of the princess-priestess Takushit. It dates from 670 BC. and it is preserved without rusting or changing color, it demonstrates the great mastery in the treatment of mineral alloys.
Elizabethan beauty ritual! The more harm it caused, the more they layered.
If you have been wondering what is it that they exactly used that was so harmful? It is the ceruse that was used. Ceruse was this popular white foundation that gave them that whitewashed skin.
During this era, a common belief was that the one who has alabaster skin was a representative of nobility and wealth. This means they didn’t have to labor out in the sun to earn a livelihood, so the women went to a great extent to achieve such a pale look. (We have definitely come a long way from this thinking ).
Despite being at the height of prosperity, as strange as it sounds, Elizabeth’s slow demise was probably due to her makeup and beauty choices. (Read more on blog )
In old days, Indians would use a herbal concoction to wash their scalp and hair. Early days shampoo in India was made by boiling Sapindus and dried amla (Indian gooseberry) .