How Peter the Great reformed Russian beauty standards

In 1689, the French diplomat Foy de la Neuville recorded that the Englishwoman Eudocia Hamilton, who was living in Russia, was "the only woman in this country who does not use whitewash and never blushes, so she is quite good looking".

While other noble Russian women continued to grease their eyebrows and whitewash their faces, Lady Hamilton shone with natural beauty.

Nataliya Naryshkina, mother of Peter