EventName: Bleached Blondes
Date: 1650
Country: Venice
Description: Venetian women sought the benefits of "Venetian bleach" to die their hair blonde. They would apply a mixture of Damascus soap, alum, and lead to their hair as they lied in the sun on top of their "altanas", a wooden roof terrace that is present among many of the palaces even today.
Suggested Effect: animated GIF of woman whose hair turns from brunette to blonde, smiles, and blows kisses at jpg of Carolus Rex
Date: 1650
Country: Venice
Description: Venetian women sought the benefits of "Venetian bleach" to die their hair blonde. They would apply a mixture of Damascus soap, alum, and lead to their hair as they lied in the sun on top of their "altanas", a wooden roof terrace that is present among many of the palaces even today.
Suggested Effect: animated GIF of woman whose hair turns from brunette to blonde, smiles, and blows kisses at jpg of Carolus Rex