In Chad, male members of the Wodaabe wear eyeliner to dance in front of potential brides. In Los Angeles, Mexican American women paint dramatic wings in homage to their mothers. In India, Hindus smear ...

The Wodaabe tribesmen in Niger, take beauty so seriously that the very first toy they are given as a child is a mirror. The young men compete in a beauty pageant wearing extraordinary make up and ...

It covers vast ground, from Queen Nefertiti in Egypt to geishas in Japan, from the Wodaabe people in Chad to Amy Winehouse.