On Instagram the hashtag “fox eye” has a little more than 57,000 posts. Popular makeup gurus like Brianna Fox and Sagonia Lazarof on YouTube are demonstrating how to “realize” the look. The models Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid are used as reference points in the celebrity sphere. For a brief period it was even a TikTok challenge, with the hashtags generating over 74 million views. The common denominator is this:…
Yet ancient Egyptians didn’t only apply makeup to boost their appearances. Cosmetics also had practical uses, ritual functions, or symbolic meanings. Still, they took their beauty routines seriously. The hieroglyphic term for makeup artists derives from the root “sesh,” which translates to write or engrave. Plenty of skill was needed to use egyptian makeup The most refined beauty rituals were carried out at the toilettes of wealthy Egyptian women. A…
Eyebrows are among the most valuable features on your face. Paying attention to the form of our brows is vital, just due to how they frame our features and face. The ten years have increased need for intentionally bushy, but somehow still clean looking eyebrows. (If you have seen yourself down a YouTube rabbit hole attempting to perfect the art form, you are not alone.) The secret that most people…
