the hair from falling off, is made as follows : Put two tablespoonfuls
of sulphur into a quart of warm rain water. As it will not readily
dissolve it must be shaken several times daily for a week or so, when
it will settle to the bottom. Pour off this liquid from the sulphur
and add to it three tablespoonfuls of glycerine✪ Dandruff and Hair Loss Wash, when it is ready to
use. Apply to the scglp at least once a day.
To Disperse Freckles. — Take one ounfce of lemon juice, quarter
of a drachm of sugar✪ Freckle Dispersing Solution ; mix and let them stand a few days in a glass
bottle till the liquor is fit for use, then rub it on the hands and face
occasionally.
To Disperse Freckles (2). — Mix a pint of sour milk and a small
quantity of horse-radish✪ Sour Milk and Horse-Radish Wash ; let the mixture stand over-night, and use
as a wash three times a day until the freckles disappear.
Nervous, excitable women can never have good complexions. The
skin is affected by the emotions, as it is by cold or heat, and the
first effort a nervous woman should make is to control herself. Plenty
of sleep is the first requisite and sure panacea.
Pure white Castile soap is the best for toilet purposes. It is odor-
less, and is therefore best suited for bathing pui-poses.
A VERY pleasant perfume may be made of the following ingredi-
ents : Take of cloves, carra way-seed, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and
Tonquin beans, of each one ounce ; then add as much Florentine
orris-root as will equal the other ingredients put together. Grind
the whole well to powder, and then put it in little bags among
clothing.
Buttermilk as a Cosmetic. — Bathe the face in buttermilk, sour,
of course. Take a soft rag, dip into a cup of buttermilk and wash
every part of the face, neck and hands. If there has been a greater
exposure to the sun than usual, after washing the face well squeeze
out the cloth and just wipe the skin off, and let it remain on without
washing till morning. You will be astonished to see how soon the
freckles and tan will disappear. For keeping the hands white and
the skin soft, there is nothing equal to buttermilk. When one gets
•burned with the hot sun. one or two bathincrs in buttermilk will
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cause the smarting to cease, take out the inflammation, and render it
comfortable quicker than any other remedy ever tried. There is
something in the acid contained in the buttermilk that does the work.
When one has stained fingers, with either berries, apples or nuts, it
will remove the stains almost immediately. It is particularly cooling
to the skin.
Oatmeal and buttermilk together possess beautifying qualities
which render them desirable on every toilet-table.
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the hair from falling off, is made as follows : Put two tablespoonfuls of sulphur into a quart of warm rain water. As it will not readily dissolve it must be shaken several times daily for a week or so, when it will settle to the bottom. Pour off this liquid from the sulphur and add to it three tablespoonfuls of glycerine, when it is ready to use. Apply to the scalp at least once a day.
To Disperse Freckles. — Take one ounfce of lemon juice, quarter of a drachm of sugar ; mix and let them stand a few days in a glass bottle till the liquor is fit for use, then rub it on the hands and face occasionally.
To Disperse Freckles (2). — Mix a pint of sour milk and a small quantity of horse-radish ; let the mixture stand over-night, and use as a wash three times a day until the freckles disappear.
Nervous, excitable women can never have good complexions. The skin is affected by the emotions, as it is by cold or heat, and the first effort a nervous woman should make is to control herself. Plenty of sleep is the first requisite and sure panacea.
Pure white Castile soap is the best for toilet purposes. It is odorless, and is therefore best suited for bathing purposes.
A VERY pleasant perfume may be made of the following ingredients : Take of cloves, carra way-seed, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and Tonquin beans, of each one ounce ; then add as much Florentine orris-root as will equal the other ingredients put together. Grind the whole well to powder, and then put it in little bags among clothing.
Buttermilk as a Cosmetic. — Bathe the face in buttermilk, sour, of course. Take a soft rag, dip into a cup of buttermilk and wash every part of the face, neck and hands. If there has been a greater exposure to the sun than usual, after washing the face well squeeze out the cloth and just wipe the skin off, and let it remain on without washing till morning. You will be astonished to see how soon the freckles and tan will disappear. For keeping the hands white and the skin soft, there is nothing equal to buttermilk. When one gets •burned with the hot sun. one or two bathings in buttermilk will
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cause the smarting to cease, take out the inflammation, and render it comfortable quicker than any other remedy ever tried. There is something in the acid contained in the buttermilk that does the work. When one has stained fingers, with either berries, apples or nuts, it will remove the stains almost immediately. It is particularly cooling to the skin.
Oatmeal and buttermilk together possess beautifying qualities which render them desirable on every toilet-table.
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