Chinese Makeup Routines Through the Dynasties 

dude just do it

Cerealkiller5ever I agree do it it would be cute

I'll skip every other step and paint flowers on my face.

I hope people don’t take it as cultural appropriation. As long as it keeps the meaning it once had, I’m fine with it.

Oh it does, in china u would see some hans Chinese during tradition festive they would do that

really?? hahahahhahaaa..definitely fun fact 👍

i have dimples and everyone keeps on saying I am cute and wished they also had dimples... sometimes it gets annoying

Chara Storyshift Ok, to make you feel less annoyed, I can tell you that you are not cute.

Sonia Choy I don't even know that although I'm a Chinese😂😂😂😂BTW: '笑靥如花' is a Chinese idiom describing the dimples of a beauty that look like the blossom on her face

Sonia Choy So the king would what? Im confused

SirAgravaine Yes. Seriously I wouldn't date a guy who doesn't take care of himself.

True

This comment aged well, sorts.

My god I'm dying from your comment 😂😂😂

bwahahahahahaha #ROTFLDMS

lol you made my day

"not now mom I'm drawing flower petals" (tbh that sounds really cool)

Lmaooooooo I was gonna say that

They put murcury on their lips...

Lmao milennia ahead

haha

Cassandra Helia Haine per day

It is pronounced "roo-geeng" not "ruff-ing"

I like smaller dots

yes i heard that too haha

+ArtGirl Yep. After hearing that, my initially thought was they rubbed abrasive items on their cheeks to make them red.

I thought he meant pinching them, because people used to do that to make their cheeks red xD He says rouge later on tho

Praise Yahweh Yeah, Chinese ancient make up was usually made from plants, less toxic.

sgcl10658 except for that good ol' vermilion that for some reason everyone in history used yet no one realized it was dangerous in the long run

didn't egyptians use mercury as eyeliner? that sounds pretty toxic

they used something called kohl which I don't know much about

Mercury or lead on my face?…Decisions, decisions. Meh, I'll stick with mushrooms that just permanently bleach my skin…I'm sure there are no consequences with that ever.

Jessy Nedelchev bec you fancy him

U forgot brow pencil

U forgot brow pencil

Isn't bronzer and contouring powder sort of the same thing? I just really want to know

Renee Hendreson Yeah brow pencil & brow gel and last but not least the Makeup Setting Spray!!!

YoSeriousLee oh okay thanks.

no one would regard it as beautiful，we only like“ natural pale”. I think “pale” is not precise.

+Wen Z hang But Albinism is natural.

I guess albinism must have been viewed negatively since to them it may seem like some supernatural stuff.....I mean they had no idea about albinism back then and people have the tendency to avoid/be scared of things they don't see as normal

No. You don't understand . White means clean and pure. It's more pleasing when you look at someone who has clear face and fresh. But it's different for albinism. They would be cast out or viewed weirdly. As certain chinese people who are whiter naturally is different from albinism people. So for chinese female who has tanner skin than naturally white chinese female, they wanted to look like the white chinese female.

because in Asia, when you had dark skin, that was means you are a worker, like farmers who ar working all day on the sun. if you had pale skin, that was means you are an aristocrat. (sorry for my english)

hahaahah no we don't. OUr class system now just exists of : How much money do you have and earn. If you're poor you can't wear whatever you want cause you don't have the money xD

+Nila Kall Yea.. but now many poor people buy nearly same cosmetic products (lipstick, mascara, nail polish) just like middle class and some of high class do...

SOso Chanel u dnt understand dear... Price of make up in for example asia is not the same as in a western country. In western you have affordable make up for every price. In asia all the make up have a certain price which is STILL expensive to afford for poor people. So this system is still continuing there like if you wear make up your rich and if you don't wear make up or can't afford it you're poor...

+J Niss You know what... You're right. Before 2 days I came out of a cosmetic store with 1 lipstick, 1 nail polish, 1 perfume all for about $300, the other day I returned them cuz I really needed that money.. and I was thinking 'how poor ppl can buy those things while they hardly buy the essential needs'.

London .CHANEL Make up is not a need. It is a want.

phoenixthecookiemonster is it because they're Chinese? ._.

In an episode, he did say that he looked a little bit like Jacky Chan 😁

Yes! I see it, too.

He looks nothing like Jackie Chan

They both do racist

I thouqht that was cute too!! XD

i wish they did lol

Same lmao

+Sydney Kurszewski yeah!! I thought it looked cute on her

Oh yeah poké-brow😂

Haha yeah

The_AwesomeOverlord HAHAHAHA

Omg what episode are yo on? I'm watching it right now

loading1345 what is it about? is it a period drama?

Lauren Wh it's a historical drama based in the Tang Dynasty. Its basically about the life of a girl called Wu Ruyi, and how she becomes close to the emperor and the troubles she goes through to get there.

I tried to find it online with english subs but none of the sites i've found work, can you send me a good link please? (if it's no trouble)

Humaad Raja lol im on episode 40 right now! getting more dramatic as it goes on!

not "roughing." rouging, the gerund form of "to rouge"

well, maybe you pinch them 'roughly' so they turn red??? i'm reachin'.

^he was making a joke about how the man pronounced them roughly 2 minutes in dude... he knows that

Petra Tran i think that rouge? Is that how you spell it? Anyway it's basically blush but was used a while back

Kate Call ^??? Did you miss the joke? He's pointing out they pronounced it wrong in the video. I've literally already pointed this out to someone else lol

I also immediately remembered Pokemons :D

I get the feeling Mia, was like "No! We're modern now, I'm never going back!"

YES

KBeauty I feel like Mia wouldn't commit to shaving her brows

YES, PLEASE!

causes skin cancer...

Zainab Limbada It's made from cinnabar; the ore from with mercury is derived.

This is what happened when you don't study to be a doctor! Signed, their mom

boo too hard on your kid. PS I'm white I don't beat my kids

........you do know that the stereotype of strict parents are of Asians right?

I thought the same.

What? How does the horse come in? I don't get it

jenllyfish they boil the connective tissues of the horse for a long time, and the substance that results is like a collagen that is used to form glue (all hail google for answering that question :))

Rychele Kalilikane I know I thought the same thing!! Like he read Animal Farm and was totally OK with the horse being taken to the glue factory.

yeah, I noticed that too. because mercury poisoning is better than modern makeup poisoning? Oh yes. (insert sarcasm here)

That is what I thought! Modern lipstick doesn't have mercury in it.

RIGHT! Some of the mercuric compounds are worse than others, the sulfur based one is SOMEWHAT less toxic than mercuric oxide for example-but nothing to put on your face! Another better natural red color is cochineal, but you might not like its source! It is from the little bug Dactylopius coccus! But when it is purified and dried it makes a beautiful carmine color that is much better than mercury sulfide.

Lmao

Razear Was totally on fleek. Fleek was just different then.

Well for Chines women in those times they were quite on fleek

Just don't shave your eyebrows.

My friend shaved her eyebrows to make her seem like a doll

Our faces are basically canvases which we can use to enhance our beauty.

Horse hooves.

lol

Kinda stinky process! Odd scraps of keratin: hooves, hide and other trimmings are boiled and BOILED until a thick GLUEY stuff is left. Really is a good natural substance since it makes use of a discard, and has been used in carpentry for many centuries.

whoa! I never knew!

+momkatmax wow I didn't know this either

It didn't help them much intil XX century.

kiwigal1965 There were already complex civilizations in a European racist. Open a history book.

Most make up nowadays contain chemicals known for causing cancer or stuff :/

Xafir, sost makeup before WERE chemicals known for causing cancer and stuff. Just look at the Victorian era, they used lead!

Yes I know But look at the packaging of eg your foundation. You can't tell me these things grow on trees. They are made out of several chemicals that you don't even know about. Do you think things like Alkyl Benzoate are harmless. :D

Yes, certainly cinnabar/vermillion, while gorgeous, isn't safe! That stuff is mercury ore and will give you permanent neurological damage while it slowly kills you. If you put it on your face as make-up (as they did in Europe as well; mercury powder was used for whitening the skin there, as well as lead powder) then it will cause a surprising amount of damage to your skin as well. Poor Queen Elizabeth I who used it all her life was apparently quite horrific without her make-up by the end. Ochre is perfectly fine, though. It's just a type of mud; you create different colours with it from how long you heat it for.

makeup from the US is not.

Yeah!!! Lets change channel. This Two look impressed with themselves, and have a quaint way of informing, many because they are so American!

Nope

it's cute

i do see

agree. Some women put fake tan to look tanner, so why not look whiter?

+SiraGem yes , the double standard , get tan is cool, sexy, but fair skin is not bcs that mean "u not proud with your skin" like srsly let ppl be what they want ,

I tanned a lot yet no one cared but the moment I start getting more lighter people asked me if I've done something to my skin. smh

The only thing wrong with it is that a lot of people used lead and other dangerous stuff to lighten their skin back in the day.

it should be梅花妆