Who looks looks like the Romanovs?

[Alice_Karadjordjavic]

I found I look more like Alexei then Tania!

[Countess of Monte Cristo]

People say I look like Alix when I smile... But idk.  They also turn around to say I look like Elisabeth of Austria when I'm NOT smiling.  So I just say I look like a mix...  Too bad neither of them were natural (or unnatural) gingers.

[amartin71718]

Alexandra was too a ginger.

[Alice_Karadjordjavic]

Alexandra was too a ginger.

Really? Did she have the freckles?

[amartin71718]

No, it was considered improper for a woman with high social status to anything other than a fair, pale complexion. They were supposed to look delicate.

[Countess of Monte Cristo]

Meh freckles schmeckles.

[Alice_Karadjordjavic]

Not much you can do with personal traits back then, huh? Maybe try Talcum Powder to cover it up, huh?

[Countess of Monte Cristo]

Staying out of the sun helps, but I suppose if that doesn't work there was always some crazy remedy for them....

[Alice_Karadjordjavic]

Ah yes, the crazy remedies. There's one for everything.

[GrandDuchessAndrea]

Ha! Speaking of crazy remidies, in a (modern) Farmer's Almanac, I saw a list of old headache remidies, one was to wear an (unlit) match in your hair, another was put raw potatoes on your forehead, another was put cobwebs on your nose, or take a knife, cut a X in the air in front of you and drop the knife on the floor.    How crazy is that?! I say put an ice cube on your forehead. 

[Alice_Karadjordjavic]

I think that there's nothing a good night's sleep can't do!

[Countess of Monte Cristo]

Plenty of liquids and a good nap help my headaches...