The Transformation of Make Up & What were Tutor Cosmetics

Back in the age of the Tutors when Elizabeth was in her reign and even before the vision and ideologies of what is beautiful is completely different from what it is now.
Pale, Red hair and pink youthful cheeks were what was seen as gorgeous.
Of course this look wasn't easy to achieve especially if you were from a working background and had to be outside all the time to feed yourself and your family. What is seen as attractive now would of been frowned upon then and un-lady-like to many.

Much like women do now to keep themselves to the highest attractiveness they think they can reach, Tutor women also did a lot to stay attractive. Like botox to us the Tutor woman would use strange concussions of white vinegar and lead on to there faces to reach that pale beauty look. Like all of us know now LEAD IS POISONOUS and can kill you. But the price of beauty ey. To be fair to the lovely Tutor bunch they didn't have the brands we have today to make ourselves up like Mac and Kryolan instead they used basic products or for the lucky important dyes and items like cohinel a dye made from crushed Beetles for a lip/cheek stain due to their unique red colouring.

Trendstyle - A popular fall look for AW14

BBC history
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/elizabeth_I/

The difference between our vision of beauty in the 21st century and what was seen as beautiful for the Elizabethan era is a complete juxtapose.

Thick Eyebrows - Shaved/ blocked our eyebrows

Tanned Skin - Pale complexion, Seen as a sign of wealth & nobility 

Loose style Hair - pinned hair (loose hair was seen as virginity) also yellow hair was popular as the queen was seen as this Beauty symbol. 

Of course then sciences and cosmetic mixing and developing wasn't what it is these days, The fact they used lead and vinegar on ones face to make them look pale seems madness to us now.

Elizabeth I in fact in her older age actually had up to 80 wig, having small pox at 29 probably didn't help and actually left her scarred (thick makeup would help conceal her skin problems)

Poor Elizabeth. Well in some ways