The Gory Details of 'Miracles'

Apparently the face is a wax mask that was added in 1925. Underneath that she ain't going to be looking too pretty.The hands also appear to be a bowl-shaped wax covering....Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.

They placed wax masks over her face and hands, not cosmetics.The face and hands you see in the photo are light wax sculptures, like what you would see at Madame Tussauds.

Obviously, but I still think Anastasia has cosmetics in mind, not full masks...

Just to clear this up, are you talking about a layer of wax cosmetics over the skin, or a fully-sculpted mask?As far as I'm aware St Bernadette's entire "face" as we now see it is a sculpture made in wax.Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.

I don't think the mask is applied directly to the skin. I think it's a fully shaped sculpture that just sits over it like the egyptians used to use. Underneath she will likely have a face not unlike that of other mummified bodies - blackened skin, shrunken eye sockets and nose.If cosmetic was applied directly to the skin only she would look like a mummy with blusher on!