The Iola register., 1891-10-23
THE USE OF COSMETICS.
You Can Make Your Own Beautifers That
are Safe to Use.

You Tan MAKE 1Our oWh ncautihcFs NM
are Safe to Use.
The prevalent custom of facial high
art decoration so marked at the present
time, is not only survival of barbar-
ism, but has great antiquity OF origin.
Jezebel, you remember, painted her face
and tired her head, and looked out at a
window: and the frivolous Roman en-
peror Heliogabalus, when he first en-
tered Rome had his eyebrows tinged
black, and his cheeks painted with arti-
fetal red and white;" and the first court
present given to Catharine Ii. of Rus
sia was rouge pot, as we read in her
memoirs, though the great Catharine
was then only 10 years old.
: Now, what woman has done through
the centuries past she will continue to
do through the eras to come, so lot Ter
do it wisely.
Take teaspoonful OF the powder you
use on your face, put it in glass with
the Juice of lemon. If effervescence
follows 1t is an infallible proof that the
powder is dangerous and will injure the
skin. II unsuccessful in obtaining pure
face powder, then make your own after
some of these simple formulas, always
remembering that the very best and
purest~face .powder is merely leyigated
tale passed through sieve.
Violet powder is made Of wheat starch
in the proportion of six pounds to one
pound of powdered orris, one-fourth
ounce altar of lemon, one drachm each
of bergamot and cloves.
Rose face powder consists of rice
starch seven pounds, rose pink half
drachm, altar of roses and sental two
drachms each.
The great actress, Vestris, always
used liquid preparation made of rose
or orange flower water one pint, oxide
of bismuth four ounces. These must
be mixed by long trituration.
A famous rouge called bloom of roses
is made with half an ounce strong liquid
ammonia, quarter ounce purest carmine,
one pint rose water, and half an ounce
of triple spirit of rose. Pour the am
monia on the carmine and allow it to
remain four days, stirring occasionally,
then add the rose water and spirit, and,
after letting it stand week, decant the
bloom of roses.
y rose lip salve may be made OF one
half pound of almond oil, two ounces OF
spermaceti, and of wax and alkanet or
blood root, and one-quarter ounce altar
OF roses. Place the wax, Oil and aka
net root together in warm water, and
when the first three are melted let them
digest four to six hours on the alkanet
root TO extract its color Strain through
muslin and add the perfume just before
the salve sets.
Rusma, a mixture that removes the
undesirable hairs quickly, is make o!
three pounds OF best Stacked lime to
one-half pound Of orpiment in powder:
mix in drum sieve and keep well
corked. To use, mix with water to q
cream: apply to the Objectionable hair
until the ski n smarts, scrape it away
with bone or ivory paper knife. wash
the place carefully and apply cold cream.
For the eyebrows take half an ounce
of India ink, rub down in fine mortar,
rub in half pint OF fine rose water, and
after standing two or three days with
frequent stirring, it is ready to be ap-
piled with fine camels hair brush.
Suiphide of antimony, in which blunt
bodkin of ivory is wetted and drawn
along the edges of the eyes beneath the
eyelashes, adds much to the brilliancy
of the eye and makes it seem larger. 1t
is used in Egypt and Greece to-day, and
is an old custom. Finally the makeup,
however pure, must he washed off at
night with pure soap and hot water,
which may be followed by an applica-
tion of cold cream or glycerine lotion.
Cold cream contains one pound each
of almond oil and of rose water, one
ounce each OF white wax and sperma-
ceti, aud one-half drachm of altar of
roses. Boil the wax and spermaceti and
oil in double boiler of porcelain, and
drop the rose water in. stirring con-
stantly. The lotion contains one gal
Ion orage flower water, eight ounces
plVcerine and one ounce horay