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Goldilocks is a site dedicated to women, hair, bodies and beauty in the early modern period. A space to share beauty secrets from Renaissance and Baroque Europe, uncovering the ingredients, tips and tricks employed by women and men of the early modern era in their quest for ideal beauty. And, of course, there’ll be artworks.

 
Unknown, School of Fontainebleau, Venus at her Toilet, c.1500  Musée du Louvre, Paris

Unknown, School of Fontainebleau, Venus at her Toilet, c.1500
Musée du Louvre, Paris