Victorian beauty standards

Focusing on women and celebrating what makes them so unique, Evie Magazine helps women seek truth and find beauty...the kind that really matters.

The deadly disease—and later efforts to control it—influenced trends for decades

It's simple to classify the past as an era of prudish and proper behavior; full of religious zealots and patriarchal power grabs even though ...

The Young Victoria.

Beauty secrets of the Edwardian era. Find out the skincare and makeup products women used, and the beauty trends of the era.

Fashions come and go, but in Victorian times one item of apparel that was considered ‘de rigeur’ by women of all classes was the corset. So much so that even women in prison or the workhouse, were supplied with corsets. Part of the reason was that 19th century medicine held that women’s internal organs needed support. It was said that a woman’s midriff was weak and not up to the job of supporting her womb. Ironically, this was a self-fulfilling prophecy because the constant use of corsets…

The history of Victorian makeup plus a Victorian makeup guide for women. Where to buy makeup, brushes and vanity cases for a beautiful Victorian vanity.