Я ужасно люблю всякие баночки, склянки, шкатулки и коробочки, тени, пудру, кремы и прочую подобную дребедень, правда, вместо того чтобы пользоваться всем этим, я предпочитаю рассматривать и вертеть в руках. В фильме "Мемуары гейши" меня особенно заворожили кадры в которых Саюри наносит макияж и укладывает волосы.
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Hatsumomo turned back to face the mirror and sang quietly to hersekf as she opened a jar of pale yellow cream. You may not believe me when I tell you that this cream was made from nightingale droppings, but it's true. Nany geisha used it as a face cream in those days, because it was believed to be very good for the skin; but it was so expensive that Hatsumomo put only a few dots around her eyes and mouth. Then she tore a small piece of wax from one of the bars and, after softening it in her fingertips, rubbed it into the skin of her face, and afterward of the neck and chest. She took some time to wipe her hands clean on a rag, and then moistened one of her flat makeup brushes in a dish of water and rubbed it in the makeup until she had a chalky white paste. She used it to paint her face and neck, but left her eyes bare, as well as the area around her lips and nose. If you've ever a child cut holes in paper to make a mask, this was how Hatsumomo looked, until she dampened some smaller brushes and used them to fill in the cutouts. After this she looked as if she'd fallen face-first into a bin of rice flour, for her whole face was ghastly white.
Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha