Loepsie

Loepsie is the channel of Lucy, a Dutch YouTuber devoted to historical and vintage beauty. Her videos recreate period hairstyles and makeup looks step by step, drawing on everything from century-old hairdressing manuals to old magazine tutorials.

Victorian beauty gets special attention: she has worked through authentic nineteenth-century hair tutorials, including Mark Campbell's Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work, a genuine Victorian hairdressing manual. Her research digs into what women actually used — and what the era's toxic shortcuts, like lead-based cosmetics, really cost.

It is a gentler corner of historical YouTube, but no less rigorous for it. For anyone curious how a Victorian woman actually did her hair — pins, padding, pomade and all — this is essential viewing.