Royal beauty secrets

Tomorrow, the time has finally come – the Royal Wedding will take place in Windsor. For Meghan Markle, the evening before the big day will also mean the most indulgent pampering programme of her life. In today’s blog post, we reveal the beauty secrets queens have had over the centuries.

Beauty routines of the royal ladies

Ever since the engagement last November, the whole world has been eagerly awaiting the royal wedding, and everyone is excited to see how the bride will look on her big day. But we are already certain that Meghan Markle will make a spectacular appearance! She will spend the evening and night before the wedding with her mother in a stylish London hotel and will no doubt treat herself to an extensive pampering ritual one last time.

The royal ladies of the world have long known how to care for themselves like queens. Take Cleopatra, for example: the seventh queen of ancient Egypt knew exactly how to treat herself and her body well. The milk baths of the last pharaoh are legendary and are still praised in the beauty industry today for their moisturising and skin-firming effects – making them just the thing for Meghan as well. After the soothing bath, she would do best to wrap herself first in one of our pastel-coloured bath towels from the new “MÖVE TARTAN” collection and then slip into the soft shawl-collar robe.
But Cleopatra did not rely on milk baths alone. She also had a special care trick for her hair: even back then, she regularly used masks made from honey and castor oil to keep her dark locks soft and supple. Meghan, too, is admired by many for her voluminous hair, and we are sure that on the evening before her wedding she will pamper it not only with a conditioning treatment, but also with the famous 100 brush strokes.

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was also fond of elaborate beauty care as early as the 18th century and even developed her very own face mask. For a radiant complexion, she mixed cognac, an egg white, milk powder and the juice of a lemon – much simpler than one might expect from a queen, but even today many French women still swear by its clarifying and brightening effect!
After taking care of her skincare, Meghan will also turn her attention to her face next. While the nourishing mask takes effect, a beautiful candle in the background – perhaps from the “MÖVE APOTHECARY” collection – fills the room with its comforting Madagascar vanilla fragrance to create a sense of relaxation.

By now Meghan has almost reached the end of her beauty ritual, but one important detail is still missing: the bride’s defining accessory remains, of course, the ring! In order to show off this splendid piece properly, a manicure and well-groomed hands are essential. Grace Kelly was known for taking particular care of her hands. The Princess of Monaco always paid close attention to keeping her hands creamed and well cared for, as she believed they were the first part of the body to show the early signs of ageing. That is why she never left the house without a tube of hand cream.
Our bride may still be quite some way off from ageing, but she will still treat herself to a nourishing bath for her hands. The hand lotion for moisturising afterwards is elegantly dispensed from one of the dispensers in our new “MÖVE STREAMLINE” collection. With their elegant, streamlined design in pastel tones, they are the perfect match for the “MÖVE TARTAN” collection and are a real eye-catcher not only in a royal bathroom!

With all these secret tips from her royal predecessors, nothing should stand in the way of Meghan’s breathtaking appearance!