"I took my toilette and perfumed, had my blonde curls arrayed in a coiffure and my features embellished. The crone shadowed my eyes, mascaraed my eyelashes, blushed my cheeks, rouged my lips and powdered my face. My servants then donned my chemise, skirt and dress and pulled tight the criss-crossed laces at the back of my corset. I stepped into a pair of black stilettos and pulled on black silk gloves that stretched to my elbows. I then picked my most sparkling and costly jewels from their hidden cabinet.
For the finishing touch I drank the blood of a crying baby, abducted by my servants, to flush my pallor with a seductive tinge."