One of the first ways they did this was through makeup. “It is believed that makeup was originally practiced to please the gods on religious occasions. As time passed, people realized that it could revive one's spirit and sometimes even reveal one's social status. (Shanghai Xinhong, 2.) Starting with the face, ancient Chinese women strove to have an extremely pale face. To achieve this look they painted their faces with a cosmetic power. This powder was made of rice. To prepare this powder they first put the rice in water. After ten days of sitting they filtered the rice and crushed it until they obtained a "rice slurry". After all the moisture has completely evaporated, the rice mush is scraped off and the cosmetic powder is made. Subsequently, the ancient royals began to produce their own cosmetic powders with more precious ingredients. Some made them with pearls and others with expensive spices. Then there were the eyebrows. Women of this time had very dark defined eyebrows. Some women covered them with cosmetic powders and others shaved them completely and then drew on their eyebrows with pigments. Women typically had very pointed shaped eyebrows and were sometimes drawn diagonally for added emphasis. Finally, the part of the face that was thought to have the most sex appeal was the mouth. Ancient Chinese women strived to have extremely white teeth and red lips. Lipstick was used extensively from the Han Dynasty onwards to achieve this red lip look. Women of this time also adorned their lips in different shapes. There were as many as seventeen different lip shapes and some of these shapes include hearts, flowers and circles. Although red lips were the main desired lip color, there was a short period of time when