Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-08
MASKS ON VELVET CHEEKS.
How Beautiful Faces May Be Made
More Beautiful.
The:Only Cosmetics Which Should be
Used During the Summer-Cold
Cream For Sunburn-Detri.
ments TO Beauty.
Now York JonInal.

eyes" said a fashionable lady to a
Journal reporter the other day, "women
often ruin their compilations by the use
of the wrong cosmetics, especially during
the warm weather. Now, if you know
anything about the skin and the actions
of various preparations upon it you can
see how easily this may be done. Why,
/ know women who would other wise be
handsome if they knew how to do up
their compilations or If they had pa
thence and perseverance, enough to let
natural aids help them.
"What do / mean by natural aids
Well, / will tell you" Even the coarsest
and toughest complexion may be made
fine and smooth if the owner has pa
thence, and it requires a good deal. First,
of course, the blood should be purified
by q couple of doses of charcoal, magne.
STA or sulphur, and it is best to get the
help of a physician on this point. Then
the diet must be plain and the meals
eaten regularly, and at 10 o'clock the pa
tent must be in bed, for beauty's hours
for sleep are before midnight.
But all this will not make the skin
fine, you say. Truly no; but wait a lit.
tie. Every night the lady above men
toned must put On a mask of some white
stuff that has been soaked in water and
it must remain on night after night for at
least six weeks, then the skin will be nice
You see, the wet cloth or mask excludes
the air, and the outer layers of the cuticle
come off by degrees. The face should be
washed during this period with rain wa
ter, or water that has been boiled and al
lowed to cool, and must be dried with a
soft cloth.
"Never rub the face with a coarse
towel, and do not rub mp and down at all
because such a process toughens the skin
and brings out red blotches upon it:
when bathing however always rub the
body vigorously. Now, 1t is often the
case that blotches and pimples come out
on the face and nowhere else on the
body. This is because the face is washed
more frequently and the pores are opened
for the impurities of the body to es escape"
"Have you any good cosmetics for sun
burn and freckles2 You know this is the
season for them, and the bellies will want
to remove them before the opening of
the winter season." asked the journal
reporter, as he sat, pencil in hand, try
ing to aid all the beautiful readers of the
Journal.
"Oh, yes" said the lady; nothing is
easier to remove than tan. If that is all
the trouble a girl should be happy; besides
it is the fashion to DO much tanned this
summer, you know, and it wears off of
itself after awhile.
'Cold Cream-genuine cream, | mean
is one of the best remedies for sunburn
and is also excellent for a heated skin. 1t
should be put on before retiring and not
disturbed until morning. Then for freck-
les, which are not so pretty or 30 easy to
remove, a cosmetic of one cucumber cut
in thin slices and soaked for a few hours
in sweet milk is excellent. 1t should be
applied the same as the cream until the
freckles disappear. Vinegar and milk,
lemon Juice and cream are excellent for
removing freckles or for whitening the
complex on.
"Over.heating and chilliness are both
detrimental to the beauty of the skin,"
continued the little lady. "Also great
excitement or overwork of any kind.
Soap should not be used on to face at all
and rain water is much better that that
from Croton Lake."
But suppose ladies want to use paint
and powder, which are the best kinds for
this season2" queried the reporter.
"Well, replied the little lady as she
smoothed her pretty white cheek with a
milk white hand, ''such cosmetics will
ruin the skin, and it requires an artist to
put them on, especially in the daytime,
80 they will not be detected. There's no
objection to ones using baby powder, es-
p~ecially after a bath. 1t takes the IN
pleasant gloss from the face and is also
cooling. But the skin should be thor
oughly dry before applying, and then it
should be put on with u little piece OF
channels skin.
"Now, if the ladies will powder and
rouge, they should do it very carefully at
this season. A light cream powder should
be put on for the daylight, and the very
~faintest tinge of rose on the cheeks, but
not in one round spot. 1t is well to put
more powder over the rouge, and not
both together. The neck and ears should
be powdered, and the latter slightly
tinged with carmine. The eyebrows and
hair about the forehead should be well
brushed 80 as to prevent any of the pow
der showing. For evening a white pow
der may be used and a little deeper tint
on the cheeks. Ladies who are stout
and easily heated, should take care, how
ever, , said the little lady in conclusion,
"that they do not overhead themselves, or
the rouge may come off in big tears"
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