March 04, 2026
Japanese geisha and Kabuki actors would remove heavy makeup from their faces using the powdered droppings of nightingales. The urea from the droppings had the beneficial side effect of moisturizing their skin. Some high-end spas offer “geisha facials” that use the same key ingredient, sterilized with ultraviolet light.
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Why Did We Start Wearing Makeup?
Here’s a question for makeup users and nonusers alike: Would you believe that philosophers once determined makeup trends? What about poets? To understand the origin of makeup, we must travel back in time about 6,000 years. We get our first glimpse of cosmetics in ancient Egypt, where makeup served
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