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jasmine-blu:

Elizabeth Báthory is one of the most prolific serial killers in all of history.

She was born into nobility and was highly educated but also very vain.

One day, infuriated, Elizabeth struck one of her servant girls so hard that some blood dripped from her face onto Elizabeth’s hand and she immediately thought that her skin took on a glowing freshness of her young maid.

Elizabeth believed she had found the secret of eternal youth. After this, women were abducted and hung upside down, while they were still alive and their throats were slit to prepare Elizabeth’s bath.

The Countess of Transylvania and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls, with one witness attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80. Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted.

The pH of a healthy skin surface is usually somewhere between 4 and 5; staying slightly acidic ng slightly acidic to combat bactial growth . Healthy blood stays strictly between 7.35 and 7.45; slightly alkaline in order to prevent acidosis and irreversible cellular damage. The Countess was repeatedly raising the pH of her skin, which generally leads to irritated skin and the possibility of infection, NOT the pretty luminous skin she was aiming for.

Science saves lives people.

(via harlequinndellarte)