The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-06-12
STREET MAKEUP.
IN the First Place Don't Do 1t, but If
You Do Follow These Rules.

1Ou 10 4huiSe'
In the first place don't do it! There is
a legend that it "always shows" If it
does show its object is defeated.
OF course the times it does not show it
passes for real, But | assure you day
light makeup is a difficult thing to &C
complish successfully.
Having thus eased my conscience, l
will say what l can to help you if you
will do it. First, never use ''theater"
rouge-never risk it. At night it is the
c~learest and prettiest red one can get;
by day it is sur to shade toward purple,
and looks like no color that ever was
seen painted by nature on any face. The
safest color is carmine-just plain, sim
pie powdered carmiHe; ten cents worth
from the druggist will last "foreyer,"
and it's as harmless as anything.
Don't powder first; rub lightly into the
skin as much carmine as adheres to the
finger; rub in thoroughly; if there is too
much, rub off thoroughly. Be sure to
spread the color well. Real color seldom
shines in the center of the cheek sur
rounded by lily white; shade the color
off toward the ear, and down under the
ear on the neck. There should be no
abrupt dividing line between red and
white. This is really the secret of a good
makeup.
Now use powder just as you would on
your skin had you put no color on, and
be sure not to use too much; your fore
head must not shine white, and your
nose above all things must not shine
white. People get sharp contrasts of
color, and artiiciality is at once be-
trayed. If the eyebrows are colored
they are colored too dark, and the lips
are made Cherry By this time, on ac-
count of the high co.oring surrounding
the eyes,. They seem dull and small, and
the always evident line is drawn under
the lower lashes.
AS a rule nothing can safely be done
to the eyes for daylight. AT most the
whole upper lid may be Swallowed
slightly, very slightly, but only a really
full eye can stand this, and zach an eye
should need no makeup. AS to color
ing the lashes, SO far as | know, the
scheme is impracticabie; stuff for the
purpose is either harmful or it do>3 not
SUCK; ana the ualurdl mDistufe aDOut
the eye, or the grease of the skin viii
bring down u daub upon the cheek.
1t is even q difficult matter to get a
satisfactory eyelash makeup for stage
use, where of course one a give a
glance in the mirror after a scene and
where an accident to makeup is not a
disgrace to II personally.
A makeup that is fit to stand daylight
and ordinary day yicissitudes should be
$ o well put on and blended that the
hands may be passed over the face thor
oughly without disturbing the coloring,
and so that a clean handkerchief may be
lightly brushed over it without taking to
itself any tinting.
Such a makeup Of course will not last
a long while, though the carmine fades
in a little while, but that is part of the
argument against street or daylight
makeup.
AS to hurting the skin, | really don't
think it does specially. Take it of thor
oughly with grease, and have the face
thoroughly clean with grease and dry
before putting on. Still don't dol it, say |.
You are likely to get caught, and that is
awful, and you are bound to be anxious