#UnfairAndLovely

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to be pretty. What “pretty” meant was a mystery to me. In some ways it still remains a mystery to me. In the eyes of many African and Asian girls, “pretty” entails Eurocentric features: lighter pigmentation, lighter eye colour, a narrow nose—everything that has […]

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100 Years of Beauty: Philippines

This 6th installment of Cut Video’s 100 Years of Beauty does not disappoint! They also made another video (posted below) that explains the research and inspirations for the styles they chose to display. Pay close attention to how the skin tone changes colors in the 1930s and how it finally returns to a more natural tone once the 2010s […]

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