Elizabethan Book Research

Book 1- 'Encyclopedia of hair, A cultural history'
Pages 115-117, 118, 122

As the Elizabethan Era had such a powerful impact on society and developed Englands use of cosmetics and beauty products I wanted to look at little further into researching the history of the Elizabethan times. 

While the internet is good for finding out information another source of finding facts and in depth research is from the library. Me and a few of my peers went down to Solent Universities library which had an extremely large collection of books for students to take out. 

How I found this particular book 'Encyclopedia of hair' was in the section of fashion and styling which had many books about different eras. We couldn't find a book which was just about the Elizabethan times however we found a few which spoke about different fashion eras including the Elizabethan era. In this book it speaks about the era itself and its influences and what sort of products and chemicals they put on their hair and skin. The book of hair includes head hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, beards and moustaches. I found this book very interesting and explains how they created their look, inspiration, remedies, washing their hair, fashionable colours, wigs and jewellery. I found all of these factors very important and interesting to read because it gives me various knowledge of the era which can really help my further development and creating an Elizabethan look and what there particular style was. Their remedies are very interesting to read about as they used very harmful products which can cause damage and long term body effects however as long as they were in fashion and and look relatively similar to the queen I don't think they minded the damage they were causing them selves.
Overall I feel this book research on the Elizabethan era has really helped me recieve knowledge on there particular style and how they achieved their look in the 1500's. This information can help me achieve and design Elizabethan looks with the range of in depth detail of there style. 

The photo on the right is the picture that is presented on the book page in the 'Encyclopedia of hair'.