Many cultures in Africa used sunblock just like the Himba tribe (the women w the red clay "dredds") that he showed in the beginning. The red clay he showed was the most popular but there was also a yellow clay that was used for the same purpose so a lot of the time it wasn't just for beauty but also protection. A lot of tribes actually still use that clay here in southern africa today and it's not so uncommon to see women walking around w red-painted (or yellow painted) faces tho it's become less fashionable as sunblock has become more accessible.
Pity, I'm envious that there is this clay around that actually works well as sunblock. And you can just get it yourself. Not needing to support global economic chains that destroy the planet
I wish the history of makeup was more widely taught. If it were, maybe modern day misconceptions about it wouldn't be as prevalent (like the idea that makeup is only for a specific gender).
Well its definatley cultural. In Korea men literally have their own section of makeup in stores. It's more around how makeup is used. In asian countries, men use it subtly, to improve their features and feel more confident. When a guy says he uses makeup in tjr western world, ur thought automatically turns to drag queens or someone like James Charles.
I don't know if it's related to the topic of this channel, but I think a video about dissonance between personal style and face/figure would be very interesting. For example, there are women with strong, angular faces who look amazing in punk rock or athleisure, yet totally lose and look unpleasant with feminine, soft clothes and hair. Other women (eastern europeans for example) with soft features and big eyes do not look good in unisex punk clothing. So basically an idea how a face has to be properly framed to achieve the biggest success. For example, I notice that most top female models and fashion icons look bad in exaggeratedly feminine clothes and good in more masculine fashion, and less "polished" hair and makeup. I could never imagine Caroline de Maigret being a model for Vogue if she had wavy blonde hair and Kardashian style. So basically a video about how one's style influences their appearance, which includes haircut and hair color.
Yeah if you're clever you can make a version of your desired look suit your features if it's dramatically contrasting. For example I'm a Kibbe romantic and favoured a very romantic goth style growing up. Still fairly goth inspired now too but even more romantic.
It bothers me when people say that makeup is bad, it's just mimicry and plenty of species decorate themselves to look more attractive. Makeup should be embraced, not shamed.
To add on, many people express themselves through makeup, just like how many of us express ourselves through fashion. Applying makeup does not necessarily mean one's insecure of their true selves(while that might be the case for some and I don't support that) but rather they might feel more comfortable or more like "themselves" when they're in certain attires or wearing makeup. And it's just to enhance the features right? Do whatever makes you comfortable.
@@cookieeees Exactly, I applaud people who are confident enough to wear artistic makeup because I'm way too insecure to do so but also that sort of makeup takes *skill.*
Many cultures in Africa used sunblock including the Himba tribe (the women w the red clay "dredds") that he showed in the beginning. The red clay he showed was the most popular but there was also a yellow clay that was used for the same purpose so a lot of the time it wasn't just for beauty but also protection. A lot of tribes actually still use that clay here in southern africa today and it's not so uncommon to see women walking around w red-painted faces tho it's become less fashionable as sunblock has become more accessible.
N Bucwa my greatgrandma used to rub white clay and camwood. Camwood protects, but also gives this really beautiful reddish undertone to the skin. She was very light skinned, and it looked fantastic on her.
@@mabd7340 Anytime, but when the sun is the higher it's more damaging. Though, Vitamin D production via sun light is limited to strong sun times in summer since the other times tend to have too few UVB rays to stimulate production
Light skin has always seemingly been a symbol of wealth, not having to work in fields or do labour and get darker or more tanned in the sun, so I can imagine that's why it was so desirable in so many cultures that didn't have much or any contact with each other (let alone contact with white European people at the time)
Not light skin. A clear, even complexion is a sign of good breeding and nutrition. The concepts of "light and dark" are very colonial, and weren't so polarizing until recently. I'm a dark skinned african girl, and I'll tell you this; people would rather I have clear unblemished skin, than for me to be light but have a face full of imperfections. Humans prefer a clear and radiant complexion above all else.
SCENR 2 no, she’s right. The racial divide in humanity only occurred after we began to war over things (religion, land, etc. before that religion didn’t exist, and there was enough space for everyone. After that, race became a signifier of status, and now, it’s also a signifier of ethnicity (early humans varied in colour in Africa, so it’s not necessarily that one skin tone belongs to one continent, that’s just how we evolved and moves around.
@SCENR 2 I'm african doll. We come in the darkest shades. And I'm telling you categorically that "light skin" wasn't valued then the way it is now(the concept of "light skin" differs across cultures. That should tell you something significant). It's literally different for us. The sun doesn't make us darker, we come out our mothers womb that way. The paradigms are much different, and it's a fallacy to think that everyone in the world thinks of skin color the exact same way.
SCENR 2 not every culture valued light skin. In many African countries albino people experience discrimination, it light skin was so desired, why would they be discriminated.
The part about red lipstick.. I read somewhere that humans have been attracted to red lips because red colour symbolizes ripeness/maturity in nature, e.g. of fruits. It also symbolizes fertility and youthfulness (blushing) so red lips literally communicate sexual maturity.
Eye problems were common in the Middle East due to sand storms which is also why kohl was worn by both men and women for Both medicinal and beautification purposes
Yes please. Latinas, all sorts of them (not just the white passing ones...the indigenous descended ones too (yes there’s some of them left)). I get it that the beauty standard is super white washed but believe it or not there’s a lot of us that don’t find that becoming (no offense as I’m not shutting down that beauty standard). Sure, white beauty and Asian beauty dominate, but some of us do find darker beauty extremely enchanting. Just like many white people could be looking at a POC and think “meh”, any POC aren’t inspired by white beauty and that’s ok. Just because it is the “standard” doesn’t mean it speaks to many of us or that many care. If anything being shoved that standard down our throats so much has rendered white beauty as “boring” for many. Which isn’t fair either. So please. More “color”.
10:45 Vietnamese women also painted their teeth black like my great-grandma did. I read it was to keep yourself from getting sick. My mom thought it was weird.
Just want to point out that it's actually "Homo heidelbergensis" (as opposed to heidelbergenesis) as the remains were first discovered in Heidelberg Germany!
You are correct. One is an Iron Oxide (Hematite) and the other is an Iron Sulfide (Pyrite). Hematite was used to imitate Silver whereas Pyrite was used to imitate Gold. They are often found in clusters together as Pyrite can convert into Hematite in certain conditions.
It would be interesting if you discussed why people find video game characters attractive despite them being fictional. (e.g. Samus Aran, tifa lockheart, Lara Croft, Ana Williams, Morrigan aensland, bayonetta)
I think its because 1. since these faces are created , we can create the perfect face with the the perfect features (colored eyes, hour glass shape, facial harmony, etc) 2. these characters don't have skin pores (because its harder to create/render) which is what makeup tries to emulate 3. (this one applies mostly to animations ,2d cartoons and anime) cartoon faces are ... well cartoony so our brain doesn't treat them as real faces. Characters with huge eyes and tiny mouth look cute in anime but those proportions in actual human would look horrifying. Comically huge bust with an extremely small waist would make any human look like an alien but in animations they look fine. Cartoony characters can get away with things that look ridiculous irl (there's a reason why weebs like ahegao faces but it looks weird in real life) But thats just my theory
here are some video ideas what makes a person pretty boys or masculine ( and which is preferred by women ) the nose its affect on harmony and the different types of noses ( you only talked about nose bridge ) also a video on what the hell is harmony that we hear about a lot your content is fire btw
@@well-knownsnoozer3385 the video about the nose he only talked about nose bridges and also noses are the hardest to change since they can affect harmony of the face in a bad way he also didnt talk about what makes a pretty boy face or harmony
@@max8784 I remember he talked about masculinity in noses, maybe he did in analyzing celeb's face series or other series since he uses scientific journals as his sources, maybe it's hard for him to get appropriate material cause it's expensive or something
That was a really interesting take, a bit of history lesson on make up ! It could even be turn into a new series of videos. Always love to watch your videos. If I can make a suggestion, I'd really love to see you analyze Sade (the singer). Maybe it could serve as a way to analyze mixed people nut I'm just really intrigued by your thoughts on her she has that je-ne-sais-quoi.
Could you please do a video on Alex Turner? He has a pretty interesting face with both very masculine and feminine features. He has a very sharp jawline into a pointy chin and very big round eyes, but also a rather large nose. I feel like people are pretty divided on his attractiveness. I'd love to see your analysis! :)
Ayo, in the next analyzing celebrity faces, could you do young Sylvester Stallone? How it would be cool to see how his facial paralysis affects his aesthetic.
Then again I’ve never really been turned off by some degree of asymmetry in faces. I’m bi and I’ve always thought the actress Kara Hayward was extremely attractive, and she has extremely asymmetric eyes. Honestly I even theorize that symmetry is overstated in what makes someone attractive I think other things like facial harmony, ratios, dimorphism, and contrast are much, much more important. More examples include timothee chalamet whose jaw and eyes are pretty asymmetric yet he is heralded as such a beauty online, and Natalie dormers signature smile
. This is probably my favourite channel on youtube now. The content is unrivalled!!! thank you for the videos!! (P.S Ozymandias from the Fate series looks smoking with eyeliner haha)
I'm curious about the ancient Japanese practice using black dyes on their teeth. Does anyone know the background behind that is, and why it then shifted to white? Were there other groups which did that too?! That's really fascinating to me. Otherwise, great video and content, love this channel! Cheers
This video is really interesting, but I wish this channel would do more to talk about the cultural norms (and situate the channel's prescriptive language about "fixing" things in that context) instead of retroactively attributing things to deep-set preferences. Just because contemporary college students brought in for a survey express some sort of preference as an average, that doesn't mean it is authoritative, and it's damaging to suggest otherwise.
@Stained Glass Window they are indeed good looking guys but I am sticking with Alain Delon being the "prettiest". those two are more masculine looking.
Nice video! But next time can we see the other pharaohs and queens who weren't just Greek for reference? They came in mass later on in Egypt's history.
@@abdullahm.el-ashraf145 those photos were of greek and roman invaders. They aren't sketches of egyptians. The egyptians are those like nefertiti and akhenaten who look way different and actually look egyptian
Hey! Just stumbled on your channel and I absolutely love the content :) I was also wondering if you can tackle topics such as mewing, voice pitch and their effects on attractiveness.
I’m not Egyptian, I’m Somali but our two ancient cultures are very closely intertwined and cosmetic use is the most apparent of these cultural similarities!
To me beauty is still in the eye of the beholder. It's a mix of things that can make one person hot. I have thought some people are beautiful who fit none of these golden ratios of beauty 🤷🏼 but this series is fascinating 🤔💕💖🧡💚💛💜
I agree to a certain extent. It’s not for everyone. So few people look good in red lipstick, and makeup in general, but people want to “eXpReSs ThEmSeLvEs” or whatever so.
I see you have changed the title from "Why the Ancient Egyptians loved Eyeshadow" to this... I don't know the background of Leila but she does not sound native african so I don't understand why a foreigner should be specialist about black Egyptian culture...WHY DONT YOU TAKE AFRICAN SOURCES? There are many anthropologists in sub saharian africa, who would teach you much better than those archeologists who dont even understand our culture. Ex Zaire, Senegal, Cameroon and Nigerian historians have a much better knowledge of those things. and if it can be hard to get in touch with them, you could contact RUNOKO RASHIDI, HE HAS A BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND HAS A LOT OF ANCIENT PICTURES TO HELP YOU. The reddish pigment that were primaly used to PAINT US ancient Egyptians (before they "RENOVATE" to make us look lighter , with more keen features as if a white skin could walk around bare chested in the sun of Africa) was simply because it was the closest color of our skin, in ancient Greek they use to call us the copper people. That copper pigment was used as a foundation but has the property to protect from the sun. It has nothing to do with ovulation signal nonsense. Yes WE believe UP TO THIS DAY, BECAUSE IT IS OUR CULTURE that some precious mineral can heal us. That is also the reason, we love wearing gold...in the USA, people call black people tacky or bling bling but it is a part of our culture. Wearing precious metal keep us healthy and strong. Our culture DID NOT DIE because we lost our land, it is well and alive, our languages keep strong bonds with our ancesters, our beauty standards DID NOT CHANGE. We still love cat eyes, whether with or without kohl, we love SHORT NOSE, full lips, good behind, red lips, we still love our incense AND PERFUME, CONCAVE FACES, our beautiful skull like the REAL NEFERTITI, high chick bones, perfect white teeth, athletic body pear or hourglass, delicate fingers, LONG LEGS....PLEASE DONT LIE ABOUT US AND PUT OUR FACE IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO
This video is a brief history of beauty around the world, not just Egypt. The red pigment on thighs was from a Neolithic time period. Nefertiti's mummy has not been discovered for DNA analysis yet according to the latest research but members of the 18th Dynasty of which she belonged belong to haplogroup K (West Asia=Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon etc) which has less than 8% genetic match to Sub-Saharan African haplogroup mtDNA type A. The Kushite Queens era dates to the 25th Dynasty (Roman Period). A great influx of Sub-Saharan Africans came into Egypt in this era, also again with Islamic expansion in the Byzantine era and with the trans-Saharan slave trade. 150 mummies including Queen Tiye and her parents, Akhenaton, Hatshepsut were all analysed in 2017 by geneticists and show little Sub-Saharan ancestry genetic markers. There are many peer-reviewed articles written by many scientists, archaeologists, historians and other academics from around the world to support this. I can send you links to these studies which goes into great scientific detail if you would like :)
I should add the caveat being that DNA research was only conducted on 150 mummies from one period/area, 3 years ago. The full genome mapping was only done on 3 mummies in full so far. Also, in the Predynastic (before the first Pharoah) period Kushites/Nubians immigrated for generations into Egypt and there were even some Royal marriages between Egyptians and many other foreign Royals from different ancient lands as 'Peace Treaties'. However from this specific research the royal mummies were proven to be from a prehistoric ancient dna haplogroup originating in the Levant region of the Middle East. Many mummies from different eras/locations have yet to be tested one day which may give the full picture as to the Ancient Egyptian full genome sequencing history. This is only one small research contribution but many brilliant scientists collaborated on this research. Egyptologists can be of any nationality also, as long as we strive to balance an emic and etic perspective.
Egyptian History and culture is *NOT* black. Your black history is slavery. Leave Egyptians alone and stop culture appropriating others cuz you’re so insecure of your ancestors and your identity. you’re so embarrassing. Get yourself checked at the mental institution if you think ancient Egyptians were black. There is absolutely 0 evidence of that and THOUSANDS of evidence that Ancient Egyptians were not black. Go cry about it.
I love history and I love makeup, but your monotonous, bored narration made me not want to watch the video past the first 45 seconds. Put some life into the narration.
Ahhh, fair skin again. The disappointment when you realize your skin have never been the beauty standard, literally for thousands of years around the world. Burn.
