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The Look: Eyebrows
By Royal Decree
Neck ruffs and curly orange wigs weren't the only eccentricities Queen Elizabeth popularized. In an effort to mimic Her Majesty, women of the court plucked their hairlines to accentuate their foreheads and removed, dyed, or concealed their brows with white powder. When fuller styles came back into vogue during Baroque times, mouse skins were used to replace brows that could no longer grow due to the culture of over-plucking.
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth
Neck ruffs and curly orange wigs weren't the only eccentricities Queen Elizabeth popularized. In an effort to mimic Her Majesty, women of the court plucked their hairlines to accentuate their foreheads and removed, dyed, or concealed their brows with white powder. When fuller styles came back into vogue during Baroque times, mouse skins were used to replace brows that could no longer grow due to the culture of over-plucking.
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth