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A Transient History of Piercings9 Images
Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on.
When growing up within the 90s and 00s, giving parents a piercing scare was somewhat of a rite of passage. Whether insisting on a lip piercing after the discharge of Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty” or coming home with a pierced navel to recreate Britney’s My Prerogative album cover; popular culture was awash with teen-influencing piercing inspiration. While that era is now often known as the golden age of contemporary piercing, today’s trends show that bodily bars, rings, and studs are removed from...
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Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on.
We’ve come a great distance since those sexist toothpaste ads from the 1950s. Or have we? While the blatant sexism may need gone, you’ll still see ads with impossibly unattainable beauty standards. Picture a model with chiselled movie star looks and a set of blindingly white teeth as symmetrical as a butterfly. Ah, that Colgate smile! The dominant image of perfect pearly whites hasn’t modified all that much in 70 years. Yet while you peer behind that façade you’ll observe an entire recent beauty landscape. Dental...
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Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on.
When Priyanka Chopra married Nick Jonas in 2018, you'll have noticed she was wearing vermillion red dye in a skinny line along her centre parting. Since then, Chopra has been seen sporting the style on various different occasions, something which she has been each ridiculed and praised for on social media.
To grasp this polarised response, it is advisable look back into the history of the practice. Referred to as sindoor, this red dye has been utilized by Indian women for hundreds of years and holds historic,...
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