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🇺🇸 United StatesGrill
Removable dental jewelry worn over teeth for fashion and status.Adornment · 1980
WorldNose jewellery
Ornaments worn through nostril or septum piercings.Adornment · Most faces
WorldNose piercing
A facial adornment involving jewelry inserted into the nose skin or cartilage.Adornment
WorldFake moustache
A prosthetic facial hair piece used for disguise, performance, or style.Moustache
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreGodna
Traditional tribal face and body tattooing from IndiaMarking
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreKohl
A traditional eye cosmetic made from crushed minerals or soot, used across Africa and Asia for thousands of years.Makeup
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreEye shadow
Cosmetic pigment applied to eyelids to define and accentuate the eyes.Makeup · Most faces · 1910
WorldEyeliner
Cosmetic applied around the eye contours to define shape.Makeup · Most faces
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreLipstick
A pigmented cosmetic applied to the lips for colour and texture.Makeup · 1884
WorldCupid's bow
The double curve of the upper lip resembling an ancient bow.Lips
WorldMoustache
Facial hair grown above the upper lip and under the nose.Moustache · Most faces
WorldGoatee
Facial hair focused on the chin, sometimes including a moustache.Beard · 1950
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreKajal
Traditional eye darkener used across cultures for adornment and protection.Makeup · Most faces
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMaang tikka
A traditional South Asian forehead ornament worn along the hair parting.Adornment
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nose jewellery: Etan Doronne @ www.myindiaexperience.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nose piercing: Marie Richie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fake moustache: ABC Photo, Public domain, source
- Godna: Shivangi Lokras, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Eye shadow: courtney murray rhodes, CC BY 2.0, source
- Eyeliner: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Lipstick: Sjr, Public domain, source
- Cupid's bow: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Moustache: VAZHAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Goatee: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, source
- Grill: Bradley G., CC BY 2.0, source