article_snippet.sent: Cleopatra, for one, had some interesting methods and even penned a book documenting Cleopatra most prized beauty secrets.
article_snippet.sent: The famed Egyptian beauty famously bathed in donkey-milk baths.
article_snippet.sent: Cleopatra daily donkey-milk baths, which Cleopatra believed had anti-ageing and skin smoothing properties thanks to the alpha hydroxy acids, apparently required over 700 donkeys to accomplish.
article_snippet.sent: Cleopatra often mixed donkey-milk with crocodile dung to create a face mask and also bathed in rose petals to leave Cleopatra skin smelling sweet.
article_snippet.sent: Egyptian queen Nefertiti, meanwhile, loved to make Cleopatra own cosmetics, including Cleopatra own blend of eyeliner using lead-based kohl, and clay and crushed beetles as blusher.
article_snippet.sent: Cleopatra, left, the famed Egyptian beauty, famously bathed in donkey-milk baths, while Empress Elisabeth of Austria, right, loved to conjure up Cleopatra own face creams in the 19th century .
article_snippet.sent: Over in China, female emperor Wu Zetian mixed Chinese motherwort with cold water to cleanse her face.
article_snippet.sent: Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria loved to conjure up Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria own face creams in the 19th century.
article_snippet.sent: Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria mixed spermaceti (a wax found in the head of sperm whales), rosewater and almond oil and coated Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria face with the substance daily.
article_snippet.sent: Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria was also fond of creating a DIY night mask using raw veal and crushed strawberries.
highlights_snippet.sent: Cleopatra bathed in donkey-milk to achieve smooth skin .