Here's one for you October enthusiasts who've yet to pick your costume: Why not try one of history's most notorious queens? After all, anyone should be so lucky to have an excuse to run around a Halloween party screaming "let them eat cake!"
In her short but excessively lavish life, Marie Antoinette was at once both cherished and then reviled after the French populace came to blame her for the country's economic hardships. (The notorious Diamond Necklace affair — one of the greatest circus swindles in history, and a heist that cost France an exorbitant amount of money.)
Thus, the infamous queen was sentenced to a guillotine end in 1793, and her legacy (while likely skewed, as history is wont to do) lives on in that four-word phrase (one, it's worth noting, she most likely never actually uttered). However, she's often remembered in the likeness of her exquisite portraits and her massive, enviable hair.
But if you're thinking of attempting to recreate her at once recognizable ensemble, you're going to need a little help. In the video below, YouTube beauty master Julia Graf shows us how to master her up-do for this or any other 18th century costume you may be looking to recreate (this would work fantastically for a a vampire costume, as well).
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