Makeup in History: 17th Century Elizabethan - Brows

In 17th Century England, Queen Elizabeth I totally removed her brows, and to create a more enhanced white skin she also removed a strip of hair above her forehead.  To create perfect translucent white skin, she painted artificial veins on her brow space.  She also whitened her face with 'ceruse', a paste of white lead compounds applied with a damp cloth.  This was the fashion of the day, white lead powders were popular and many deaths occurred in the name of beauty. 

  

Queen Elizabeth I 

   

 

  Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I