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Concepts
WorldBeauty mark
A dark facial mark, natural or applied, worn for adornment.Skin · Most faces
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 2 moreYoruba tribal marks
Scarification patterns used by the Yoruba people for identity and beauty.Marking
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreKohl
A traditional eye cosmetic made from crushed minerals or soot, used across Africa and Asia for thousands of years.Makeup
WorldNose piercing
A facial adornment involving jewelry inserted into the nose skin or cartilage.Adornment
WorldMonroe piercing
Off-centre lip stud mimicking a beauty spotAdornment · Most faces
🇺🇸 United StatesTavlugun
A traditional chin tattoo worn by Indigenous Iñupiaq women.Marking
🇯🇵 Japan and 4 moreTeeth blackening
A traditional custom of dyeing teeth black to signify adulthood and beauty.Makeup
WorldContouring
A makeup method using darker and lighter shades to sculpt facial features.Makeup
🇯🇵 JapanHikimayu
A pre-modern Japanese practice of removing natural eyebrows and painting new ones on the forehead.Makeup
WorldMonolids
An upper eyelid form without a visible crease, common in East Asian populations.Eyes
WorldUnibrow
A single eyebrow formed by hair meeting above the nose bridge.Brows · Most faces
🇲🇲 MyanmarChin facial tattoos
Traditional facial ink patterns worn by Chin women in Myanmar.Marking
WorldRounded eyebrows
An eyebrow shape with a curved peak that follows the eye's contour.Brows · Heart-shaped faces
🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreAmazigh facial tattoos
Traditional geometric skin markings of North African Amazigh women.Marking
🇯🇵 JapanAinu lip tattoos
Traditional facial markings worn by Ainu women to mark maturity and protect the spirit.Marking
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Beauty mark: Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hikimayu: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Nose piercing: Marie Richie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Yoruba tribal marks: User:FA2010, Public domain, source
- Teeth blackening: momo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Contouring: Tobias ToMar Maier, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Monroe piercing: Sara Marx, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Monolids: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Unibrow: Z11o22, CC BY-SA 3.0, source