As L’Oréal’s epoch-spanning compendium 100,000 Years of Beauty proves, pulchritude has always been a priority—it’s just our methods that have changed.
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BODY PAINT

100,000 B.C.Early Homo sapiens femme fatales paint their bodies head to toe with red ocher to advertise fertility.

8th Century A.D.Mehndi, the art of decorating hands and feet with [...]