Elizabethan hair trends became very extreme and women went to great lengths to achieve such styles. I found a paragraph written on a blog to describe what Elizabethan women would go through, and it explains some graphic facts of what 'products' they would use.
"Not only was pale skin fashionable, so was fair hair. Women would use different substances to dye or bleach their hair, like urine! An another way to get blonde hair was to use cumin seeds, saffron, oil and celadine. It was also during this period that people began dying their hair red, which was the hair color of Queen Elizabeth I. Young women would wear their long hair down, and sweep it up once married, usually in a bun so that head coverings could easily be pinned to it. Wigs were also popular. They were used by women whose hair was growing thinner or by those that wanted their hair to be of a certain color. Some women were so desperate to have fashionable hair that they decided to completely shave their hair off and only wear wigs! Both real and fake hair was often adorned with jewels and hair pieces. These were very expensive and so only rich women could afford them."
http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/
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