Lady In Waiting: Anne Vavasour

For our final contemporary make-up look we were given 9 ladies in waiting during the Elizabethan era. 
-Katherine Swynford
-Anne Russell
-Kat Ashley
-Lettice Knollys
-Elizabeth Throckmorton
-Elizabeth Brydges
-Blanche Parry
-Anne Vavasour
-Bess of Hardwick
Each lady in waiting had a story behind them and knew Queen Elizabeth. Our contemporary make-up look would be based on the story and personality of one of these 9 ladies. I researched each of these ladies and wanted to pick one which had something interesting about them that I could incorporate in my final look. I chose Anne Vavasour. 

Anne Vavasour

Anne Vavsour was born in 1560 and died in 1650. She was a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth. Vavasour was known for her love affairs with a range of men. 

Her first love was with Edward de Vere who she had her first son Edward with, however they were not married. She hid the pregnancy for nine months and it came as a shock to fellow members as she gave birth in the maidens chamber. During the Elizabethan era this was not acceptable so they were both sent to the Tower of London. Shortly afterwards she became the mistress of Sir Henry Lee who again she had an illegitimate son with. Next she married a sea captain called John Finch and shortly after married John Richardson. However while married to Richardson her first husband was still alive and they were still married. She had to pay a fine of £2000 for a charge of bigamy. Many would have said that during her life she began to fall apart as she went from husband to husband without any care for them or even possibly for her two children. 

My Make-up Ideas

My initial thoughts and perceptions of Anne Vavasour was that she was quite mischievous. She didn't care about her partners and so when she decided she forgot about them and sneakily moved onto the next. As she was charged for bigamy she obviously did not care about her first marriage. However I also saw this as her falling apart as she wasn't sure what to do with her life so spent her time finding different men. 

I have manipulated the character of Anne and given her specific personality traits and then based my make-up look around these - 
mischievous 
playful
troublesome  
self-conscious
reserved
anxious 

References

Lady in waiting (no date) Available at: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/lady-in-waiting.htm (Accessed: 2 November 2015).

Evelyn, D. (2012) Once upon a time in history. Available at: http://cupboardworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-loves-of-anne-vavasour.html (Accessed: 2 November 2015).