Empress Sisi - Tutorial | Beauty Beacons

Today we're zooming in on the beauty rituals and looks of Empress Elizabeth of Austria. I'm going to show you how to recreate one of her iconic looks; hair, makeup and accessories. Enjoy, and don't forget to leave your requests for Beauty Beacons in the comments!

[Sushi]

I don't think Sissi used hairpieces... Her hair was notoriously of an exceptional thickness and gave her major headaches. That style is really beautiful ! I'm sad I don't have extensions do recreate it.

[marypraught]

The German musical "Elisabeth" is one of my favorites!! I was so excited to see you did a video about her!

[mariabranco]

Eleanor of Aquitaine - a wonderful woman from the middle ages, notorious not only for her outstanding beauty, but also for her courage. She was the mother of Richard the Lionheart :)

[MarinaKaFai]

Anne Boleyn, Marie-Antoinette, Lucrezia Borgia :)

[fromargentinawithate]

My goodness! I have been binge-watching some of her videos, and she really does "the work of five people" with her historical hairstyles! One can see that she really loved what she is doing, or else, she wouldn't spend so much time recreating the looks of Empress Elisabeth or the Queen Marie Antoinette. I admire her for that.

[summerloverica]

Hi, I know she was not real but maybe one day you could make Scarlett O´Hara from Gone with the wind? But anything that youll make will be great so Im excited to see more.

[LadySkippy]

Grace Kelly! I always loved her style and thought she looked so classy.

[adelailies]

She is my favourite empress.Because of her i visited Vienna twice in a year.

[dajgirl]

Sissi was my favourite Royal Diary to read. I absolutely loved the 1950s film series as well. Love the hair style, you are one of my new favourite youtubers!

[simplycrystal]

I realize this video is a couple years old but your Beauty Beacons series is so good, I’ve found myself having to watch every single one of them. Your transformations, and history lessons, are fantastic!

[Lamaspucke]

I think Anne Boleyn and Cleopatra would be perfect for this series :)

[LilianaCroush]

Nice video, I'm really interested in Elisabeth as a historical person. Have you seen the SIssi films with Romy Shcneider from the 50's? They have really nice hairstyles and costume, though the plot is not exactly historically accurate.. There is also a musical named "Elizabeth" which is very good!

[aapolona]

Amazing! You nailed it! Sisi was and still is an inspiring and quite interesting figure. Not your usual empress :) I loved to watch the animated series about her when I was small. Even when I got older and visited Vienna, I was so amazed by an exhibition dedicated just to her. But I had no idea about how she would make herself look so beautiful. And it's also pretty amazing that her grave in the Habsburg family tomb is one of the rarest that has lots of flowers on it. People still adore her, even after a 100 years after she died!
For the next Beauty Beacon I nominate Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of England, Joan of Arc and saint Helena, empress of the Roman empire. They were all quite influental in terms of politics and war, but I believe they too had to maintain a certain image (:

LOVE all your beauty history series! Keep up the good work :D

[AbintraValerius]

Ooh this is gorgeous! I'd love to see you do a look for Lily Elsie! She was an edwardian actress/model/singer and her looks were so stunning

[Aannan]

Vivien Leigh wore a very similar hairstyle to this in Gone with the Wind (the scene where she watches Ashley and Melanie go upstairs). I always wondered how she achieved that wall of braids at the back - now I know!

[prkygth]

I participate in medieval reenactment and love your Beauty Beacons hair and makeup. I am not sure if I missed it or you haven't done her yet, I would love to see some hairstyles from Queen Elizabeth I. Keep doing what you do- you are beautiful and inspiring!

[MadalinaS]

This is a lovely new series!
As usually, I like the fact that you combine beauty-related subjects with historical facts.

[kirstenpaff]

When you announced you were doing a beauty icons series, Sissy was the first person I thought of. Great video!

[Elemiriel]

love your videos! I would really enjoy seeing how Queen Elizabeth the First made her hair look so fabulous!

[erzbet]

Miss Loepsie, I think you've done a marvelous job at recreating the famous signature coiffure of Empress Elizabeth of Austria.  I'll bet you dollars to donuts that her hairdresser, Frau Fanny Angerer, might have sewn those braided loops together rather than rely on hairpins.  I've watched the "Sissi" trilogy with Romy Schneider so many times, oogling the few braided loop hairstyle scenes.  Of course it was a wig Romy used, but Elizabeth had fabulous, thick hair so I don't think she resorted to extensions.  Sissi's sisters also adopted the famous style.  Thanks for a lovely video.