Watch 100 Years Of Dominican Beauty (And History) Come Alive

In this video, beauty is more than skin deep.

The "100 Years of Beauty" series by Cut.com has taken the Internet by storm for months. Now it's inspired producer Kayla "La La" Rodriguez to show the changing beauty styles of the Dominican Republic.

Rodriguez went beyond the hairdo transitions and make-up changes and gave fans a second "behind the looks" video too, revealing which historical figures inspired each look. She explains, for example, how the 1910's "campesina style" was inspired by rural farmer activist Mama Tingo and the 1940's glamorous look was inspired by Hollywood star María Montez. And, yes, she even explains why Dominican women poured beer on their hair in the 1980s.

Rodriguez didn't shy away from some of the darker moments in Dominican history either, using dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's daughter, Angelita, as the inspiration for the 1930s look.

"It was a very dark time in Dominican history that lasted 30 years," Rodriguez explains in the video. "[Angelita] was a very controversial figure at the time... We didn't want to show in this video only the positive side of history, but also the negative side. And we wanted to show how sometimes politics can influence a lot in pop culture and the media in general."

Watch Rodriguez continue to explain the inspiration behind other looks below:

Clarification: Language has been amended to reflect that the original video that inspired Rodriguez was produced by Cut.com, which is not related to The Cut.

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