Victorian Beauty the era for me is one of my favourites not only from the books that have inspired generation after generation but the films that have improved our imaginative minds into a era of shadowy city streets full of danger to beautiful stately house soon to be filled with romance and longing. Class's were a extremely big thing back with working and life styles all being rooted by who your family were.
Victorian beauty? I see the photo above and think of this gorgeous young woman with bare skin and long curly hair. sensual and luminous this woman in Victorian times would of been seen as beautiful a heroine almost. I can imagine this girl posing at her parents country house before a summers day filled with activities, young and innocent.
After reading a few articles on the subject of what Victorian Beauty really consisted of I noticed the authors running pattern of MAKEUP = PROSTITUTE. Of course if this was now most of us women would be under that category. Makeup was to look natural, a women was to be a 'delicate' creature.
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| A victorian Beauty |
Theres even a quiz "Would you survive the Victorian Era" where I found the image above
Skin was still seen as showing class so many woman would stay out the sun as it showed a lower class due to out doors work much like the Elizabethan times. Cheeks would be coloured using a mixture of dyes much like red beet juice or carmine.
Some women would go over board and even put drops of belladonna into their eyes to create a doll like effect (also clouded vision over time) they also put lemon and orange drop into their eyes as a alternative. Now to those who don't know what belladonna is it also comes under the name of DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. which is a completely mental thing to put into your eyes not only is the name a hint but the fact its also extremely toxic.
A brilliant article that gives a diverse and large factual understanding of Victorian Beauty is one I found whilst researching
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