Beauty Bytes: November 14, 2014

Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann’s “Havfrue”(Mermaid), 1873.

Mermaids: they’re so glamorous, right? They can live in the sea, away from society with its annoying bills and bosses, and they always have great hair! At least that’s what we want to think about them, but mermaids have a long and tangled history, and most of it is quite gruesome. After all, the sea was a terrifying place – even the bravest of sailors had fears about what lies beneath in the depths. Explore …