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Marie's Hair

Yes, Marie Antoinette did say 'let them eat cake', but this may have been a dietary tactic. After all, if everyone else takes the cake — none left for her, right? But it's her hair that's at issue, so here, I turned to Diana Jewell, author of Going Gray, Looking Great:

"OK, Marie — first, stop perming your hair! Frizzy perms make you look like a dandelion gone to seed. Secondly, your hair needs shine. One of these Super Shiners will get your hair gleaming in no time. Also it looks a little dry. Look for protein-based conditioning masks that you can leave in for a few minutes and wash out. Or, for intensive care, try a serum treatment. And finally, a shorter, stylish bob might make you look a little more modern."

Good advice. But I can't help a brief historical note: Back then gray hair was prized, so you paid a lot for gray wigs. If you couldn't afford them, you powdered to make hair look white (plus it helped with bugs and stench. Yum). Marie may have grown out her own gray to avoid a gruesome repeat of Mary Queen of Scots' episode. When that queen lost her head, the executioner held it up, only to have it plop down and roll off to everyone's horror; he was left holding the wig.

Beauty tip: Don't lose your head, or your wig.