Myanmar natural skin care recipes handed down against international cosmetics

Burmese girls and women smear golden circle on the cheek, the raw material is crushed yellow fragrant chinaberry wood bark.

Myanmar Mandalay - street hawkers Dandan Ai (Than ThanAye) already fifty years old, but her skin was almost no wrinkles. What is her secret? One kind of yellow batter, raw material is milled bark. She bathed after morning,Cheap sneakers before going to bed at night, on his cheek, nose and neck smear this slip.

This slip is called Tan Naka (thanakha), because a sunscreen and cosmetic results but by people of all ages. Burmese painted in the face of such a slip, and they are wrapped around his waist, colorful sarong (sarong), which is the same everywhere loincloth.

Dandan Ai curled up in her little carts side said, "Every day of my life Tu Tan Naka, I would have been painted to death." Here is a bustling open-air markets, and her stroller filled with nail polish and comb. Tan Naka has not only a habit, but also become a kind of therapy. Many Burmese people say that taking painkillers when Tan Tan Naka Naka fever also can keep the skin cool and prevent sunburn, clear acne, fever and headache.

Use Tan Naka habits across Myanmar numerous dynasties, the British colonial rule and military dictatorship, has been rolling ever since. However, this ancient practice is being challenged by a new force in the newly invaded Burma, it is tempting ad break Myanmar, the country's desire for moisturizing, Cafen, hand lotion international cosmetics company.

Dandan Ai admits she sells colorful beauty products caused part of the problem. "Young girls should now go make-up," she said, "These brand cosmetics changed their thinking."

In the decades between 1988 junta seized power after Myanmar has been isolated from the international community, and until three years ago, began to try to promote democracy in Myanmar. Past three years, new ideas and consumer trends are changing the daily lives of people in Myanmar's ancient heritage aspects.

Here's skyline, past the decadent building Shwedagon Pagoda and the composition of the colonial era, there has never been a billboard. Now, along with the recent frenzy of construction projects, billboards are everywhere up. Many billboards show are fair-skinned models, selling cosmetics to ensure that people immediately have a pale complexion nobility.

Cosmetics company's marketing message seems to have an effect.

"A lot of girls think, wipe Tan Naka will make people look like people in the village," 24-year-old Miss Sandy (SandiOo) said. She stood in the local department store Ocean (Ocean) in a sale of cosmetics behind the glass counter, painted the foundation, pink lip gloss, also brush the glitter mascara. She herself is like a living advertisement, showing the surrounding shelves stocked cosmetics. She said the store's cosmetics salesman if Tu Tan Naka will be fine. However, Miss Sandy said she returned home later, or will, and the sales team where everyone else painted. She said, "To be honest, Tan Naka than I sell things a lot better."

Although Tan Naka swept across Burma, but particularly in favor of this slurry is Mandalay and surrounding areas. In 1857, the last king of Myanmar Mandalay capital, and now here became variety of ethnic and religious settlements. Although the recent outbreak among local Buddhists and Muslim communities of the riots, however, people of different faiths will wipe Tan Naka, it is extremely compelling Myanmar cultural pride in a symbol.

Demand for Tan Naka almost has spawned an industry, which in Sagaing City (Sagaing) is particularly evident around. A center to teach the practice of real Jie Shifo from Mandalay 12 miles (about 19 km), located raging across the Irrawaddy River. Sagaing covered with gilded Buddhist temples and pagodas, while those looking for making sandalwood bark used Naka people will come here.

Women recent day, a team went to the radiant 贡慕 are stupas (KaungmudawPagoda) pilgrimage, in one place making Tan Naka open booth front in a team. A pilgrim sitting on the ground, on a wet stone grinding with some short yellow fragrant chinaberry wood, sandalwood rolling her hand, the action seems to be in making pizza. After she wiped the resulting slurry on the cheek, then give her position under a woman.

In the middle of the yard with a circle of towering trees, dozens of stalls in the periphery of the tree, each stood piled bundles of fragrant yellow pillars have been good chop wood. 35-year-old Ding Dingniu (ThinThinNew) of the face, neck, arms and ears are painted Tan Naka. She said that she can rely on this kind of business a month to earn about $ 100 (about 617 yuan).

Burmese generations passed on to their children this beauty methods. 22-year-old hawker nuts Biao Biao (PyoePyoe) holding his son said the child's mother in his seven days old, give him painted Tan Naka. Love for Tan Naka has been institutionalized, some elementary students as part of the Tu Tan Naka uniforms, in order to display that they have had a bath.

Mandalay is the planting of drought Huang Xiang chinaberry wood ideal zone, the local boys and girls face almost always see traces of rubbing sandalwood Naka. But many teenage boys because fear of being seen as a sissy, Tu Tan Naka no longer a. However, not all men have abandoned the tradition. 37-year-old labor Gan care (KanHtoo) said, "I will be a little painted a little, make yourself look more handsome." His eyes and cheekbones a little sandalwood Naka marks. His wife will decorate their own with sandalwood Naka, practices her husband agrees. She said, "this dress and the other men are not the same, but I like it."

Here drive from far away, 33-year-old secret diagram (MyatThu) and a large family room next to the humble teak trees planted more than 100 trees Tan Naka. Although these trees around the tree barely reached 6 inches (about 15 cm), but more than 20 years old, planted sandalwood tree is a long-term investment Naka, Naka Meike mature sandalwood trees priced at only $ 50. "We have to wait quite a long time." Secret map that he is full of shining a Road Tan Naka sweat marks on the cheek, when speaking near a cow is grazing. Meanwhile, his family and a living, is to buy wood from Tan Naka ranch, and then in the vicinity of these wooden pagoda 贡慕 both hands down to sell.

Perhaps in order to compete with the latest skin care trends, some manufacturers have begun pre-packaged sales Tan Naka powder. However, many Burmese people fear doing so would produce harmful side effects. Last year, a large number of Burmese refugees inhabited Kansas City, Missouri, has two young children were diagnosed with lead poisoning, health officials to trace the contaminated Tan Naka. 2012, Sydney, Australia, officials recommend avoiding the use of the city's ethnic groups in Myanmar Tan Naka products because these products were found to contain high concentrations of heavy metals, is quite dangerous. Medical researchers have yet to find any scientific evidence that can prove beneficial as indeed Tan Naka Burmese said.

Despite such concerns, Tan Naka seems to still be here to continue to exist. In fact, many young Burmese women using the Tan Naka into the Western concept of personalization. 25-year-old tour guide 钦米米 sleep (KhinMi MiKyaw) at work like their little cheeks and forehead smeared sandalwood Naka. This Tan Naka and her eyebrow nails, streaked blond hair and delicate flowers left wrist tattoo with Chang Yi too, looks very modern.

"Myanmar woman, while protecting the skin's beauty is both a tradition." She said, "So, why should we give up Tan Naka it?"