The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-10-17
SUGGESTIONS FOR . !.
SUN-BROWNED@WOME
Practical Hints for Restoration Of Com
ple4ion- Treatment Of the
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Practical Hints for Restoration Of Com
plexion- Treatment Of the
Nails ~%* <
1t is to the Homecoming woman who
is sorely troubled over her little sun
Drowned hands that n would make a
few practical suggestions. -. ri
Sunburn and freckles will wear off in
time, but if time be too slow a healer,
there are other remedies. Nothing is
better to Danish sunburn than a lotion of
rose water and glycerine, using Of each
two ounces, and half the quantity of
citric acid; apply when washing the
hands.
.t'reckles yield to daily applications of
violet water, one ounce; glycerine one
dram; tincture of benzoan, one-half dram,-
and powdered borax. ~one-quarter dram.
Rub the borax with tn, glycerien, grad
ually add the violet water; last the tine
ture Of benzoin, slowly stirring. Rub
some of this on the hands at night and
then draw on a pair Of big. but very
clean, sweet-scen1eu white suede gloves.
that are slit open in the palm and
cropped off at the tips OF every finger.
After the hands have been whitened by
this process they may be mades soft and
satiny and pink-palmed by massaginS
them night and morning with a cold
cream. Gently pinch and rub tire emol-
lient into the palms with thumb and fore
finger, and into the back Of the hands
with the forefinger.
Very fine white sand, if used judicious-
ly, is one of the best things in the world
to make the flesh white and firm. Take
about a pint of sand and put it In 4
w%ashbasin nearly filed with hot, soaDy
water.
Wash the hands in this, rubbing thor
oughly with the sand. Then rinse in tepid
oatmeal water, and afterward thoroughly
pinching the tips of the fingers to keep
them tapering and the nails Of good
shape.
The washing in oatmeal water can be
! repeated now and again during the day:
For moist hands, use a little powdered
borax in the bath water, busting after
ward with boracic acid powder: BoraX
too frequently. A little powdered borax
or 4 few drops Of ammonia added to the
| water will cleanse the hands if they are
! stained or much soiled.
! CallOus spots on the hands may be
removed by rubbing them With pumice
lightly oncc a day with a solution of lac
tic ACID and salicylic acid, of each one
half dram, and four drains CT collodion.
This is applied with a small brush.
To keep the finger nails in perfect con-
dition is the easiest thing in the world, if
just a little care is taken each day.
In the first place, the nail brush must
that the hands are washed. Then, in
| drying the hands, always work the towel
from the point Of the nail pack toward
Cut the nails often; don't let them get
too long. BY cutting the nails close at
S1,o cS1oe 0n1 EooninO fho nOrnors frono
adhering to the skin hang nails can be
avoided and the shape Of the nails
changed.
Brittle nails should never be cut unless
the fingers have first been soaked in
| warm water or rubbed with almond oil.
!, when an oil is used besides the powder.
This makes the nails more pliable.
Don't polish your nails too roughly or
rub them until they become heated.
Touch them lightly with the polisher. If
nails are stained nothing will whiten
with lemon juice. A little put on a cloth
and rubbed over the nails occasionally
should keep them perfectly clean and
make them easy to care for.
All acids except lemon juice should be
avoided, as they do more harm than
good, it being necessary to use all strong
acids with the greatest care. In using
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| cloth which has been dipped in water.
If one prefers to do her own manicur-
ing $3.50 will purchase all the instru-
ments and supplies necessary; these will
easily last a year or two, so no great ex-
pense is involved. A manicure set in
| cludes a pair Of clippers or safety scis-
sors, Il file, a large wood-backed polisher;;
n box Of nail paste and one of powder
and an orange-wood stick.
After the nails have been brushed in
warm, soapy water and dried, use the
orange-wood stick to clean them, having
used the nail brush while washing the
hands. The flesh about the nail is also
pushed gently back with this stick.
With the safety scissors the nail is cut
in the desired shape, the file being used
to bevel the edges. Rub a little of the
rose-tinted paste on each nail, dust on
some of the powder and then use the pol
Usher, with an even stroke, a few times.
Don't let either paste or powder work
into the skin around the nails. Don't
have very long nails or glittering ones.
Be satisfied if they take on a pink,
healthy glow, have white. rounded tips
and grow as strong, yet flexible, as the
best whalebone.