Here’s The Disturbing Truth Beneath Elizabeth I’s White Makeup

The Classic Beauty Standard

During the Renaissance, there were high beauty standards. Fair skin, light-colored tresses, red lips, and tantalizing eyes were attractive. Someone would be considered flawless if they had these features. As if those classical women needed to acquire those in order to become and seen as desirable.

With all these outrageous beauty standards, if you came down with something, it could lead to your downfall, which is why preserving your beauty was a must. So, in the queen’s case, how was she able to preserve her unrequited beauty? What could she have done to keep her image?