Transforming Women Into Historical Figures

We researched the heritages of three women and gave them makeovers inspired by their backgrounds, exploring diverse traditions of beauty. We then showed these women their new looks to see how they would react. Check out more awesome videos at BuzzFeedVideo! MUSIC Get Face To Face Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc. FEATURING Swati Nair Katelyn Statton Emily Wang STILLS Elizabeth I, Armanda Portrait, c. 1588 (oil on panel) George Gower / Getty Images Goddess Durga destroying the depon Aapthamithra / Getty Images China, Shaanxi Province, Xian, painting of Tang Dynasty dancing girl Karen Su / Getty Images Hindu Goddess, Durga, durga festival yogesh_more / Getty Images Portrait of Elizabeth I / Getty Images Tang Dynasty fresco 4x-image / Getty Images Godness of mercy at China Godwater / Getty Images Face of Goddess Durga KuntalSaha / Getty Images Elizabethan Woman, oil on wood panel David David Gallery / Getty Images Durga idol with Ashura, Hindu religion Partha Pal / Getty Images Queen Elizabeth I Duncan Walker / Getty Images China, Shaanxi Province, Xian, painting of Tang Dynasty emperor with concumbines Keren Su / Getty Images Durga Idol, Durga Puja Celebrations, Delhi Mukul Banerjee Photography / Getty Images Portrait of Elizabeth I / Getty Images Yan Kwei Fei, Chinese historical beauty concubine in Tang Dynasty IMAGEMORE Co, Ltd. / Getty Images SOURCES [ egyptian beauty standards&source=bl&ots=YqXf2AQxST&sig=GR2z1E14iiAWg08kUy0Y94zSjl0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3PBHVPbpEMfoiQLNuYDIDA&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=ancient egyptian&f=false \ elizabethan&source=bl&ots=YqXf2BUxPY&sig=fnuWUIFxhY7oJ43BQewaAJWUg3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cydIVJFJrPaJArLmgaAJ&ved=0CFIQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=ceruse&f=false india eye makeup&source=bl&ots=szga-unaWq&sig=za0Umi6uIWHzM12Df-cY1BV3Ni8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SyhIVILMEuPNiALJsYGQDA&ved=0CGQQ6AEwDQ#v=snippet&q=elizabethan&f=false indian beauty + eyeshadow&source=bl&ots=YqXf2BVpPX&sig=ZOdUvGzRADcOgzTyw4DRPUnD2Ik&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OihIVNKfAoiGigLns4CYDA&ved=0CGkQ6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=ancient indian beauty + eyeshadow&f=false] GET MORE BUZZFEED: BUZZFEED VIDEO BuzzFeed is the world’s first true social news organization. Featuring tasty, short, fun, inspiring, funny, interesting videos from the BuzzFeed. /BuzzFeedVideo is BuzzFeed’s original YouTube Channel, with a focus on producing great short-form BuzzFeed videos for YouTube (and the world!). BuzzFeed Video will entertain, educate, spark conversation, inspire and delight. Subscribe to BuzzFeedVideo today and check us out at