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🇯🇵 JapanOshiroi
Traditional Japanese white face makeup for kabuki actors and geisha.Makeup · 1934
🇯🇵 JapanOhaguro
A Japanese tradition of blackening teeth with iron and tannins.Makeup · 1000
WorldBifocals
Eyeglasses with two distinct optical powers for long and short distances.Frame
🇧🇭 Bahrain and 4 moreBattoulah
A metallic fashion mask worn by women in the Persian Gulf region.Adornment
🇯🇵 Japan and 4 moreTeeth blackening
A traditional custom of dyeing teeth black to signify adulthood and beauty.Makeup
WorldLabret
A body piercing placed below the bottom lip and above the chin.Adornment
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreKohl
A traditional eye cosmetic made from crushed minerals or soot, used across Africa and Asia for thousands of years.Makeup
WorldMonolids
An upper eyelid form without a visible crease, common in East Asian populations.Eyes
WorldGoatee
Facial hair focused on the chin, sometimes including a moustache.Beard · 1950
🇮🇳 IndiaRajasthani moustache
A curled upper-lip style linked to Indian heritage.Moustache · Most faces
🇮🇹 ItalyVerdi beard
A full beard paired with a distinct moustache.Beard · Most faces
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ohaguro: Utagawa Kunisada, Public domain, source
- Labret: Metalhead64, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bifocals: Not credited, Public domain, source
- Battoulah: Ibraheem Al-Shiwaish, CC BY 2.0, source
- Teeth blackening: momo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Oshiroi: Conveyor Belt Sushi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Monolids: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Goatee: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, source