Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-19
COMPLEXION IN SUMMER.
During the Days Of Persistent Sun,
Face Often Needs TO Have Oils
Rubbed In Thoroughly.


leather does with each successive ex-
posrre to the sun unless something is
done at once TO counteract it. The SIN
and wind will dry out every particle
OF oil from the surface OF the skin,
and tanned skin is ore that needs
nourishment first Of all, declares Mar
garet Hubbard Aver, in the New York
World.
IL the girl who spends her days On
the beach would rub into her skin an
extra supply Of soothing cream in the
morning the sun VIII have less effect
on it and she viii suffer 10 burning
sensation.
Cola cream can be usad for this
purpose. or even better this one made
of cucumbers:
Almond oil, four ounces.
Spermacet, one ounce.
White wax, one ounce.
Cucumber juice, two ounces
The cucumbers should be quite ripe,
cut and pounded TO a paste and then
strained
A little of this is rubbed well into
the skin and what is not absorbed is
wiped of with soft linen II the face
is then lightly powdered il viii not be
noticeable to the eye and yet Will keep
/ the skin from burning After the
cream is washed of ia the evening the
washing should always be done with
warm water. II the face is sunburntI
apply. the following cooling lotion:
Tincture Of benzosn. one-haIf ounce.
Tincture Of vanilla. two drains
Rose water, triple, one and one-half
pints.
Mix the tinetures and add the rose
water very slowly. 70 prevent curdhng
Il should be milky white
Where one does not wish to use
lotion cucumber juice viii be found
I soothing Dip a piece of linen in tne
Juice and leave il on the face as long
as possible The natural arsenic IN
, the cucumber gives it wonderful
bleaching powers.
The above is all for cases OF slight
, sunhurn. Where the summer girl has
tanned herself TO a beautiful but sell
: dom becoming golden brown and wish
i es 10 change her color she has to resort
to much more heroic methods The
strong bleaches all contain certain
proportion OF corrosive sublimate (bi-
chloride OF mercury. When the bleach
is properly made and used as directed
IL is perfectly harmless and viii keep
the most sensitive skin fair and white
IL constantly used. Il is always best 20
pour out a little of the fiuid-just
enough for use-into a china or glass
dish and use Il out OF this Never iet
IL touch metal OF any kind and keep Il
away from the finger nails as II is like
ly to discolor them If frequently used
A good lotion OF this kind which will
remove tan and yellow discolorations
is composed OF ten grains corrosive
sublimate. two ounces distilled witch
hazel and two ounces OF rose water.
This should be kept out of the reach
OF ignorant persons and children. a
little OF tails bleach mopped over The
face whenever the summer girl is at
her dressing table viii keep her COM
pieNion white. and a compress wet with
IL and put on the neck ar night will 90
away With the wonderful tan decora-
tons the sun burns on her skin
through the laces of her lingerie
waists
What the summer girl breads most
of ali are freclxles-for. do what she
may, once she has allowed she dark
little spots 10 form on her pretty nose
and forehead, IL is the most oiflcult
thing in the world TO get rid OF them.
| know several young women who have
resorted TO the face-skinning process
merely TO rid themselves OF their too
affectionate freckles. AS everyone
knows, these discolOrations can ne
slightly bieached by external agencies
and the slight summer freckles made
TO fade away, but the cold weather
freckles-alas! that is another story.
The longer a freckle has been allowed
TO stay on the face the harder IL is 10
get OF, and a good way 20 show them
how unweleome they are is as follows:
Go through some calisthenics or any
exercise that will induce free prespira.
ton; then massage the spots briskly
with an ointment composed of oleatt
Of copper, ten grains; ointment of OK
ide OF zinc, half an ounce. Leave this
on all night
The summer girl suffers often from
an irritation or chapping OF the Skin
due often TO the materiaTs OF mel
clothing. For this light rash nothing
is more soothing than the application
of the following pr paration
Elder flower wa r. seven ounc,s.
glycerin, one ounce; borax. ouc-hal
dram. Apply whenever necessary.
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