Hair removal was born in Greece

Hair removal

Hair removal is a custom that comes from cavemen, there is evidence that men used a sharp stone to remove their beards.
The Greeks who worshiped her body, they considered very important to eliminate the hair of the whole body. A shaved body was the ideal of beauty, youth and innocence.
They needed to be liked and liked. Total body waxing was more common in the upper classes.
Men liked women without beauty. The women can be seen in the fully waxed sculptures, and no pubic hair. The men in the statues can be seen with pubic hair.
For women it was a real ordeal to wax as the methods were painful, they used different materials such as the flame of a candle, waxes made with animal blood, pumice stone, resins, hot ashes and minerals.
The finest women were already beginning to use a tweezers. They also had a razor as a dressing table. They were always looking in other cultures for something that could shave them off and wouldn't be so painful.

The courtesans waxed with other materials called dropax made with vinegar and Cyprus earth.
The Greeks were the forerunners of beauty salons and also created to the official in charge of maintaining the beauty of the ladies the kosmetes, who were professionals, often slaves who took care of the body of their masters and masters.
Both hair removal and beauty in general were complemented by Greek perfumes or those brought by merchants.
The word cosmetic is originally from the Hellenic language which means, what is used for the hygiene and beauty of the body, especially the face.


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