在非洲和大洋洲的某些原始部落,至今仍保留着描绘身体和面孔的特殊习俗。人类最早进行化妆的是男人而非女人,考古发现,早在旧石器时代男人就有在自己身上描绘图案的风俗,他们使用的化妆品是天然颜料。那些男人化妆是为了使自己看上去更漂亮。他们当时并没有太多种颜料可供使用,也就是些赭石、锰(黑色)、石灰石(白色)等。 Some of the original tribes in Africa and Oceania still retain a special custom of body and face. Men were the earliest make-up of men rather than women, archeology found that as early as the Paleolithic men have pictorial custom on their own body, they use cosmetics is a natural pigment. The makeup of men is to make themselves look more beautiful. They did not have too many pigments available at the time, namely ocher, manganese (black), limestone (white) and so on.