Guides beginning with P
11 face guides.
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 morePanto glasses
Rounded-oval frames with a flat top edge.Frame · Most faces · 1932
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 morePayot
Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men as a religious observance.Beard
🇨🇳 ChinaPeking opera face paint
Symbolic oil-based makeup for Chinese opera characters.Makeup · Most faces
🇨🇳 ChinaPeking opera makeup
Symbolic face paint for Chinese opera roles.Makeup · 1790
WorldPencil moustache
A thin, neat line of hair above the lip.Moustache · Most faces
🇮🇱 Israel and 2 morePe'ot
Sideburns left uncut above the cheekbone as required by Jewish law.Beard · Most faces
WorldPhiltrum
A vertical groove in the upper lip found in humans and many mammals.Eyes · Most faces
WorldPhiltrum piercing
A small upper lip ornament placed in the central dip beneath the nose.Adornment
🇫🇷 France and 1 morePince-nez
Eyeglasses that clip onto the nose bridge without earpieces, popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centurieFrame · Most faces · 1840
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePlayoff beard
A superstitious facial hair tradition worn by athletes and fans during postseason competitions.Beard · 1980
WorldPrayer callus
A forehead mark from repeated ritual prostration in prayer.Marking
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Peking opera makeup: Art Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pe'ot: Andrew Dyer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Philtrum piercing: Murúg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pince-nez: Łeba, CC BY 3.0, source
- Panto glasses: Kelmaa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Philtrum: Rick Kimpel, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Prayer callus: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Payot: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pencil moustache: Roland Godefroy, CC BY 2.5, source