7 Ancient Beauty Rituals Women would Follow
5. Cinnamon and casia
These two aromatic spices were often used as an ingredient in anointing oils in ancient Egypt. These spices help improve blood circulation to the skin and were used in conjunction with honey in face masks.
6. Greek beauty rituals
Women in ancient Greece would mix white lead with olive oil to whiten their skin but at that time, they didn’t know that lead is poisonous and constant exposure to lead which was absorbed in their skin subjected them to death by slow lead poisoning. Another unusual ritual was the usage of dark powder to decorate and connect the two eyebrows as Ancient Greeks thought of connected eyebrows (unibrow) as a symbol of beauty.
7. Other natural coloring ingredients
Most beauty rituals of the past were from the Egyptian civilization as it was not only the first, but also the most advanced civilization. They made eye liner out of galena and lead sulfide and eyeshadow from spice saffron. Burnt almonds were used to darken eyebrows while Red Ochre was used to color lips.
