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Historical note on the popularity of highlighters.

Highlighter is a decorative cosmetic product that can be used to lighten parts of the face, hide wrinkles and give the skin a healthy glow.

How were highlighters created?

The first mineral highlighter was used in traditional Chinese medicine back in 320 BC.

It was a shimmering powder of crushed pearls. It was applied all over the face to whiten the skin and treat various diseases.

During the middle ages a sign of the high class was considered light - "shiny" skin. The highlighter included white lead, flour and arsenic.

Such cosmetics were very dangerous.

Later, the composition was revised. Dangerous ingredients were replaced with natural ones (wheat, peas, barley, chickpeas, almonds, milk and horseradish seeds).

The first attempts to lighten areas of the face in terms of expressiveness and aesthetics are attributed to theater actors in the mid-16th century. In those days, they used chalk.

The highlighter achieved real popularity in the early years of cinema, when Max Factor invented contouring.

With the help of contouring the faces of the actors no longer seemed flat, they acquired additional volume and expressiveness.

In the 70s of the 20th century natural makeup came into fashion. Famous models have been on magazine covers with glowing skin and perfect facial contours. The secrets of contouring have become popular not only in movies.

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