Elizabeth I’s Iconic White Makeup: The Underlying Dark Truth

Published on 08/26/2021
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The Ideal Beauty

During the Renaissance, a pale appearance, light hair, scarlet lips, and glittering eyes were all thought beautiful. This was a difficult ideal to achieve in a time when sicknesses and diseases were common and could rapidly disfigure a woman. So, how did Elizabeth and her contemporaries maintain such immaculate looks?

The Ideal Beauty

The Ideal Beauty

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