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186 face guides so far, best known first. 24 more are on the list to be written.

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🇯🇵 JapanHikimayu A pre-modern Japanese practice of removing natural eyebrows and painting new ones on the forehead.Makeup WorldMicroblading A semi-permanent technique for enhancing eyebrow shape and colour using fine hand-drawn strokes.Makeup · 2007

🇯🇵 Japan and 4 moreTeeth blackening A traditional custom of dyeing teeth black to signify adulthood and beauty.Makeup

🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreKohl A traditional eye cosmetic made from crushed minerals or soot, used across Africa and Asia for thousands of years.Makeup

WorldUrna A spiral mark on the forehead in Buddhist art.Adornment 🇲🇽 MexicoDía de los Muertos face paint Skull-style makeup worn during Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations to honour ancestors.Makeup · Most faces · 1913

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Hikimayu: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Teeth blackening: momo, CC BY 2.0, source
Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
Urna: Iudexvivorum, CC0, source

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