A beauty ideal: luscious locks, luminous skin and a tinted pout
Creating natural products inspired by the Renaissance beauties of the Stuart court.
Here is a belated write up of my morning workshop in August at Hampton Court Palace, as part of the events to run alongside their 'The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned' exhibition.
So, if you have read my other Renaissance Beauty posts on some of the gruesome ingredients women applied in the name of beauty, and want to find a less dangerous and more pleasant option for natural cosmetics, then channel that lily-white complexion and read up on some simple recipes here
(pic: Veronica Veronese - DG Rossetti, a favourite painting of mine)