The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-05
FOR THE COMPLEXION
Isabel A. MallOn Tells How to
Treat the Skin.
THE FACE LIKE DELICATE CHINA
1t Must be Taken Excellent Care Of If You
Would Keep 1t in the Best of
Condition.

HOI nave DeSu IOSy VI ldlI, II l1dy nave
been that most exquisite of tints clear
olive. But it was at least free from
spots and imperfections and sufficiently
fine to show the veins under it. She
may not tell it, but every woman whose
skin keeps good takes care of it. A per-
feet complexion is like fine bit of china;
it needs continual consideration, aud
though it is not kept under glass it must
be treated all the more carefully because
of that fact
The blonde with a pure. clear skin is
undoubtedly a joy forever. If it needs
softening she will be wise to use upon it
the wash known as "virginal milk"
This, by the bye, is cosmetic known to
Cleopatra, favored by Marie Stuart and
most popular among all English women
today. 1t is made in this way: To
quart of rose water add, drop by drop,
an ounce of simple tincture of benzoin,
stirring constantly. This creamy look
ing liquid is put in the water used to
battle the face, just enough being used
to make the water the color of skim
milk, and it is really deliciously fragrant
and softening to the skin. Next to hav-
ing little black spots all over ones face,
the blonde most breads a greasy looking
skin, which is apt to come after her thir-
tieth birthday. Bathing the face night
and morning with ordinary Rhine wine is
said to tone down this Objectionable feat
ure, but a remedy given by physician
consists OF
Sulphate of zinc Observation-Disclosures grains.
Com tincture of lavender. S minims.
DISTILLED wafer. Il ounce.
This lotion may be applied one or two
times day, and should be dabbled on
the skin with soft rag.
For acne, steam the face over bowl
full of very hot water When the pores
are perfectly open press out few of the
blackheads, and anoint the place where
they have been with a little sweet oil.
Do this at night, and do not attempt to
clear your face all at once; instead, de-
vote three or four weeks to it. If the
skin is harsh and dry, then take a warm
bath in which you have put a wineglass-
full of glycerine. Take this bath at least
three times week, and you will find that
you are then ready to take the one said
to have been fayorite with Marie An
toinette and highly esteemed by beauties
of bygone days. This is very simple,
consisting of tepid water into which
has been put half pint of pure vinegar.
1t is bath that acts like tonic on the
skin, giving it life.
The spring and the early summer
months are essentially the time to get
ones complexion in good order, the dan
ger of catching cold from various simple
medicines not being so great as during
the cooler days. There is nothing SO
good for the skin as what the English
| people call "brimstone and treacle," but
which Anericanized becomes sulphur
and molasses." Five cents worth of sui
phur, with enough molasses mixed with
it to make it of the consistency of custard,
| is the prescription; take a teaspoonful
every morning three days in the week
and then stop three. 1t is just possible
that for while you may be spotted
like the leopard, " but these spots will soon
disappear and your skin will be as white,
smooth and delicate looking as that of a
new born baby. DR.. Erastus Wilson, the
great authority on the care of the skin,
evidently believed in the advantages to
be derived in the liberal use of lemons.
As a beverage, and also, diluted with
rain water, as a cooling wash for the
face, he places them before everything
else; therefore, if used with liberal dis
cretion, lemons may be cited as a valua-
BILE medicine and aid to the woman who
wishes to make her complexion clearer.
A wash for the face, recommended
alike for freckles and tan, is composed OF
two parts Of lemon juice and one of Ja-
maica rum. This should be dabbled on
the face with a piece of soft linen, and
may be SO applied several times during
the day and just before retiring at night
! If the skin eVinces a tendency to look
dull tonic should be applied, and little
gin in the water used for bathing the face
is about the best that can be procured
it teammates the skin, and in addition il
very cleansing. A box of powdered DO
rax should be kept on the washstand
and will be found of great service. L
the water is hard it will soften it, and i
the soap does not readily lather a little
borax will hasten the operation.
The writer of this has frequently found
when it was necessary for her to keeI
awake, and she felt as if her skin wa
drawing together in her effort to keeI
her eyes open, that little alcohol pu
on with small sponge and left to dry
gave new life to the face and made i
possible for the eyes to stay wide open
Where there is an inclination to spot
on the lips wash of tepid milk ant
water applied many times during tn
day is efficacious. 1t should be dabblet
on with the bit of linen which ever,
wise woman keeps for such purposes
''Dabbling," by the by, is exactly wha
the word expresses, and is the right wa.
to apply any cosmetic intended to b
healing. The average woman treats he
face as she might the kitchen foor-sh
rubs it with coarse towel, she's not a
all particular about the kind of waite
she uses, and a hard scrubbing is he
idea of making it clean.
Now the trouble with the averag
woman is that she don't know how
wash her face. She's horribly insulte
when she is told this, but it is true, never
theless. How shall she do it? She want
a big bowl full nearly to the top wit
water that has had the chill taken off
then plunging both hands down in thi
she should battle her face again and agai
until the water is dripping from all part
of it; then it must be gently dried in
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