RESEARCH

Wanted to relate those historical and cultural events to my personal experience & how it developed in western society compared to the Korean history of skin(lip)care

Time	Events
4000 B.C.	Ancient Egyptian used bee wax, olive oil, and animal fat for skin and lip care. (+ Today, Burt's Bees is popular for using beeswax for their lip balm, even though they do not consider ancient Egypt as their foundership) ← Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip balm Malachite, a copper ore, which provided the green eye makeup color so greatly favored at the time Kohl, used to draw thick, distinctive black lines, giving an almond shape to the eyes Red ochre, which was used as rouge or lip color Henna, which was widely used to stain the fingertips and toes While in ancient Korea, northern inhabitant used pig's oil to protect their skin from cold.
500~900s	One of the countries of ancient Korea, Shinra, had drastic development in cosmetic for their ideology of the 'unity of body and soul'. They believed that fine soul dwells in fine body. They used safflower to make rouge for lip and cheek. They also used lily's red male stamen to produce powders. ← safflower
1500 ~ 1600s	Ancient Koreans used cosmetic oil for their skin, which contains of grain. It had that typical fishy scent of grains, so they mixed various fragrant materials in the oil.
1800s	A woman named Lydia Maria Child wrote in a book, that she recommends using earwax(!!) for cracked lips.
1865	Robert Chesebrough invented a patroleum jelly called Vaseline. ← Vaseline
1880s	Charles Brown Fleet made world's first lip balm. It looked like a candle without a wick and was wrapped in tin foil. The brand was called Chapstick. It was the first lip balm on the market. He made it at home for his patients, and it was described to have looked like a wickless candle wrapped in tin foil. It didn't sell very well due to the lackluster packaging.
Early 1900s	Countries all over the world started developing lip care products. Them containing yuza(citrus fruit), camellia(sort of a tea) oil, and beeswax.
1912	John Morton bought the Chapstick formula for 5$ and it was his wife's idea to melt the ingredients together and pour them into brass tubes to mold the balm into sticks. The new packaging was a hit and Chapstick finally made a profit.
1937	Alfred Woelbing created Carmex lip balm to soothe his cold sores.
1947	Charles Arch founded Blistex lip care products and advertised it as a medicated lip balm. Not only does it prevent your lips from getting dry, but it also includes external analgesic, a numbing agent to relieve pain. (Never knew!)
1973~1975	Bonne Bell introduced Lip Smackers, the world's first flavored lip balm, to the public. Dr. Pepper collaborated with Bonne Bell. They have continued their partnership for over 40 years.
1988	Kiehl's sponsored a Mt. Everest expedition where climbers relied on their products to heal their chapped lips along the way. This clever marketing strategy showed that their balm would shield your lips from the even the coldest weather.
1991	Roxanne Quimby perfected a recipe she found from an old farmer's journal and created Burt's Bees Lip Balm.

Lip Balm I use:

Uriage Eau Thermale Lip Stick

Eau Thermale means thermal water in French.

Ingredients

Borage oil (extracted from the seed)

Borage seed oil is used for skin disorders including eczema (atopic dermatitis), red, itchy rash on the scalp, and a type of skin condition called neurodermatitis.

Shea butter

Shea butter is fat extracted from the nuts of the shea tree. It is great at softening skin, and has a high concentration of vitamins and fatty acids. It ca also help prevent skin issues such as blemishes.

Beeswax

Beeswax is made from a fluid secreted by young bees when they are between the ages of 12 and 18 days. The earliest mentions of beeswax as skin therapy go back to the ancient Egyptians. Beeswax was used in remedies for burns, wounds and joint pain. Beeswax continued to be used in ancient Rome, where physicians would use it in a cream they called "cold cream." This cream contained beeswax along with other soothing ingredients like olive oil and rosewater. It was used to treat cuts, bruises and burns. It can help cure dry skin, eczema, psoriasis, skin irritation or a burn.

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My Thoughts:

It was interesting that we still use beeswax and natural oils that's been used in ancient Egypt. I came to realize that although so many things have changed throughout the history, there are some others that doesn't change. Even if technology has developed and the world is transforming so rapidly, very nature of our body doesn't change. That's why every design is, and should be focused on user themselves. That's one fundamental rule in design that I've learned for myself during this research.

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