The Beauty of the King's Palace

Before a girl's turn came to go into King Xerxes, she had to complete 12 months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women. She would get oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics. Anything she wanted was given to her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. You don't want to end up on the concubine list because that means that you are used up by the king.