This girl who always wears Hanfu on the screen of her mobile phone, with a wide robe, light sleeves, and a vigorous posture is called "Master Sheng". In Kuaishou, she is called "Master Sheng who knows how to make rouge". She is good at restoring ancient Chinese cosmetics. A "Luo Shen ointment" has won her thousands of praises and "Fengshen" in seconds.
restores the millennium "Luoshen's cream"
a generation of talented scholar Cao Zhi The Luoshen "Pan Ruo Jinghong, graceful like a dragon. Rong Yao Qiuju, Huamao Chun pine. It seems like a cover of light clouds. The moon, fluttering as if the wind is returning to the snow..." Such an outstanding posture makes people fascinated.
When Cao Zhi's " Luoshen Fu " was published, later generations loved beauty, and under the name of "Luo Shen", he produced a variety of cosmetics with delicate looks on the outside and body posture inside. The list is endless. Only a thousand years have passed, and now few people know how to make it.
And "Sheng Ye" specializes in this. Mix the roselle, comfrey, lily, and rose, add the powdered angelica, soak it in oil for half a year, then add the soil beeswax, and finally get a small pot of red grease called "Luoshen ointment" .
This is an ancient method of mouth fat. Use it to apply the flower yellow to the mirror, and you will have Luoshen's "red lips outside, bright teeth inside, bright eyes, good eyes, and righteousness".
The raw materials are not complicated and the preparation method is not difficult, but it is not easy to succeed. The ratio of various raw materials and the timing of each step will affect the quality of the finished product. More importantly, it will take half a year to know whether it is successful or not.
The trial production was successful, and "Sheng Ye" appeared in Hanfu, using his own restored ancient Chinese makeup to apply makeup to himself. The hem of the skirt is layered, and the robe is fluttering with wind, and the classical beauty of oriental women comes out through the screen.
"Luo Shen Gao" became famous since then, since then almost every blogger who made cosmetics on the Internet,The production of "Luo Shen Gao" must be indispensable in his works, and some are renamed "Luo Shen Hua Oil", but the production method is derived from "Sheng Ye".
The obsession of a post-90s girl
"Sheng Ye" is a post-90s girl who was born in the village of Cenxi, Guangxi. Both parents are authentic farmers. Her nickname is "Li Shengsheng" and she considers herself a "straight man", so she calls herself "Master Sheng".
"Sheng Ye" is a kindergarten in the university. At that time, the history of makeup was hotly discussed on the Internet and in the shops, and the discussions were almost all about the history of Western cosmetics. "Everyone has the love of beauty, don't ancient Chinese beauties don't need makeup?" At that time, "Sheng Ye" began to pay attention to ancient Chinese makeup.
However, there are very few records about ancient Chinese makeup products on the Internet or in books. If you want to restore it, it is easier said than done.
What makes "Sheng Ye" the most harvested is the series of works by Professor Li Ya on Chinese makeup, combined with ancient books such as "Qi Min Elements", " Compendium of Materia Medica", " Shilin Guangji" and "Starting Work". Beginning in 2015, "Sheng Ye" started her journey of restoring ancient Chinese makeup.
The first to be restored is cinnabar mouth grease, which is also one of the earliest cosmetics in ancient my country. Cinnabar is a natural red mineral that has been used by people to apply red makeup since ancient times. However, natural minerals have no adhesion. If you want it to adhere to the skin to form a makeup, you must supplement it with other raw materials. For example, add proper amount of butter or beef bone marrow .
In a few simple steps, he won the first battle, which made "Shengye" ecstatic.
vows to restore ancient makeup
However, cinnabar is a toxic substance after all. Therefore, the restored cinnabar is a product that is not suitable for use after all. Restoring its production process is just to satisfy everyone. curiosity.
Poisonous ancient makeup is more than cinnabar,Many beauty products that were once intrigued are all made with toxic materials. For example, in ancient times, lead powder and lead white were used to conceal skin blemishes. The term "washing out lead bloom" is related to this. But lead itself is a heavy metal. Although "Sound Master" has successfully restored these makeup products, it still can only make people "watch the fun" and cannot use it.
It seems that not all ancient methods are valuable, and not all natural ones are harmless. To restore ancient makeup, we must remove the dross and choose the essence.
"Master Sheng" has started a new recovery attempt. This time she wants to restore the powder used in ancient makeup. In ancient times, lead powder was the most common powder, but in terms of health and naturalness, rice noodles were needed.
big yellow rice goes through a series of complicated processes such as selection, grinding, soaking, and fermentation. After another six months of waiting, a few small pieces of flour embryos are finally peeled off from the gauze, and after grinding again, the final product is obtained. A small box of rice noodles.
pulls the little girl to try on makeup, while using the current loose powder , while using the ancient method of "rice noodles", there is no difference in the close-up shot.
With the success of "Mifen", there are more and more attempts at "Shengye". The ancient Chinese rouge is divided into several categories, such as cotton rouge golden flower, flower dew rouge, rose rouge, etc. Among them, there are 16 kinds of mouth grease, including pomegranate monster, Dahongchun, Xiaohongchun, Nenwuxiang, etc. Each category and each category has a different detailed list.
To this day, she has restored several major types of rouge and a dozen kinds of mouth grease. She said that she wants to do all the categories.
"Guofeng" prefers to return to the pastoral
successfully restored a series of ancient Chinese cosmetics, and tried makeup again and again. "Sheng Ye" naturally matched makeup with Hanfu. From then on, "Guo Feng" "Become a big label for her. Since 2018, she has started to update videos in Kuaishou, recording her daily restoration of ancient Chinese makeup.
After graduating from university,"Master Sheng" returned to her hometown in the countryside because she felt that she was more needed there and more suitable for her. "Hiding in seclusion" in the village brings a lot of convenience to the restoration of ancient cosmetics. Not only can all kinds of plant materials be easily found, but some materials that require a lot of effort in the city are just handy in the countryside.
For example, plant ash, which is a commonly used alkali in ancient times. When making cosmetics, it is used in processes such as neutralization of acidity, extraction and purification, and saponification of oils. , There will be subtle differences in function. In the city, if you want to get different plant ash, you can imagine the price to pay, but in the village, it only takes a few minutes.
In the summer, mosquitoes are rampant. Relatives and friends want some natural and harmless mosquito repellent. My mother knows that "Master Sheng" will do it, provided that a lot of mint is needed, so she planted a depression in the ground; she did it Rouge needs beeswax , and my dad will give her a large piece of "shun" from an old friend of beekeeping; she finds good fat to make mouth fat, and grandma can find it for her in a while The best tea oil...These are all the conveniences of "recluse".
is just for more cultural confidence
The Internet is developed today, and it does not affect the communication between the "hermit" "sound masters" and friends. Every time you try, every success or failure, someone celebrates with forehead and hands, or sighs.
In Kuaishou, "Sound Master" is always the playful, funny but dignified and elegant girl. Every time she makes a shot, she surprises four people. Every time she makes a product, she is ingenious. But behind the scenes, "Sound Master" actually often "turns over".
Since most of the raw materials and preparation methods of ancient cosmetics are not recorded in detail, only a few words in the literature are used to restore the whole process. The only way is to keep trying, summing up the experience in the "rollovers" again and again, and start all over again.
For example, in the restoration of rose rouge, the key step is to prevent oxidation and fix the color. The ratio and time must be extremely accurate to get that gorgeous rose red. "Shengye" has "turned over" countless times for this, and the color of the cream made is too light or even colorless.
On the way to recovery, a lot of investment is needed.For example, to restore red and blue flower rouge, saffron is needed. This precious medicinal material, high-quality saffron costs several hundred yuan per gram. To make a bottle of red and blue flower rouge, the amount required can be imagined. Although saffron can be replaced with , the quality of the product is much worse.
has to invest more than money, time and energy are equally unspeakable. For example, the previously restored "Luoshen Gao" and "Rice Noodles" require half a year of production and waiting. One of the steps is slightly different, and the production is completely abandoned.
"To be honest, compared to the cosmetics made by our modern technology, many ancient cosmetics are not very practical, and even some ancient cosmetics are not usable, such as lead powder. Using it will cause lead poisoning."" Shengye" said, despite this, she still enjoys it. In addition to restoring ancient Chinese makeup, she will also restore some ancient jewelry. She said that she would like to stand in a corner of traditional culture and try to restore the tradition with everyone, just want more young people to see this traditional culture and have more cultural confidence.
In some time, the land of Bagui will enter the season of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance. "Shengye" intends to pick more osmanthus, restore an ancient osmanthus hair cream that has been widely spread, and make some osmanthus balm. Make a few sweet-scented osmanthus sachets, or save them as a boudoir, or give them to a loved one.
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