Most Bizarre And Deadly Victorian Era Beauty Trends

Bizarre Beauty Trends That Women Followed During The Victorian Era.
From contracting tuberculosis on purpose to eating tapeworms to lose weight. Most Victorian women constantly put their lives in danger because they wanted to look good.
In this episode, we are going to look at some of the most bizarre and deadly Victorian era beauty standards.

1. The Tuberculosis beauty trend.

2. Lemon or belladonna juice to dilate their pupils.

3. They ate tapeworms whenever they needed to lose weight.

4. The use of toilet masks was popular.

5. Through the use of corsets, the women wanted the hourglass figure.

6. They used arsenic to bleach their skin.

7. Corsets Impaired Breathing And Moved Around Vital Organs.

8. Hoop Skirts Caused Deadly Falls And Other Problems.

9. The women hide blemishes with lead-based cosmetics.

MUSIC USED….

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Medieval Dream by Frank Schroeter
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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Medieval 2 by Frank Schroeter
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9147-medieval-2
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Superepic by Alexander Nakarada
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5732-superepic
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Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

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