From Dangerous to Cringe-Worthy: Historic Beauty Cons That Are Funny, Faddish… and Potentially Fatal
Even before today’s less than comfortable trends - think towering stilettos, waist-trainers, and bee-venom facials (ouch!) - the fashionable among us had long suffered for beauty. From a Renaissance penchant for poisoned eye-drops, through to the sheer grossness of slapping bird poo on our faces,