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Concepts
WorldTheatrical makeup
Makeup used to create character appearances for theater productions.Makeup
🇨🇳 ChinaPeking opera makeup
Symbolic face paint for Chinese opera roles.Makeup · 1790
🇮🇳 IndiaKathakali makeup
Elaborate face paint for Kerala dance drama charactersMakeup
WorldContouring
A makeup method using darker and lighter shades to sculpt facial features.Makeup
🇨🇳 ChinaSichuan opera
A Chinese theatre form from Sichuan known for mask changing and distinct makeup.Makeup · 1700
🇯🇵 JapanKumadori
Theatrical makeup for kabuki actors using coloured stripes to show character traits.Makeup
WorldFake moustache
A prosthetic facial hair piece used for disguise, performance, or style.Moustache
🇯🇵 JapanOshiroi
Traditional Japanese white face makeup for kabuki actors and geisha.Makeup · 1934
🇲🇲 MyanmarThanaka
Ground bark paste used as face makeup and sun protection in Myanmar.Makeup · Most faces
WorldGroucho glasses
Novelty frames with fake nose and moustache mimicking Groucho MarxFrame
WorldSoft-angled eyebrows
An eyebrow shape with a rounded peak that softens facial angles.Brows · Square faces
WorldStraight eyebrows
A brow shape with no lifted arch.Brows · Oblong faces
WorldThin lips
A lip shape with less volume and definition.Lips · Most faces
WorldAlmond eyes
Oval eyes with tapered corners and a natural lift.Eyes · Most faces
WorldRound eyes
An eye shape where the width equals the length, creating a circular appearance.Eyes
WorldFull lips
A lip shape with equal volume on top and bottom.Lips · Most faces
🇲🇽 MexicoDía de los Muertos face paint
Skull-style makeup worn during Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations to honour ancestors.Makeup · Most faces · 1913
🇨🇳 ChinaPeking opera face paint
Symbolic oil-based makeup for Chinese opera characters.Makeup · Most faces
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Theatrical makeup: Mrgarden 2342, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kumadori: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Peking opera makeup: Art Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fake moustache: ABC Photo, Public domain, source
- Contouring: Tobias ToMar Maier, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sichuan opera: No machine-readable author provided. Dice~commonswiki assumed (based o, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oshiroi: Conveyor Belt Sushi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Thanaka: Garonzi Stefania, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Groucho glasses: Mykl Roventine, CC BY 2.0, source