The Ugly Truth About the '100 Years of Korean Beauty' Video

Last week, Cut.com released its latest "100 Years of Beauty" video series, which features the beauty trends of Korea in less than two minutes. It shows the aesthetic differences between North and South starting at the 1950s mark (when the Korean War started and divided the country) and pointedly illustrates the heavy influence Western beauty standards has had on a democratized South Korea. My honest to god first reaction to the video was simply, "Whoa, that was pretty cool." My second reaction? ...