The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14
STRAWBERRIES THE CHEEKS
COMPLExIONS you CAN BUY AT
A FRUIT STAND.

Iotions That Give . Pink and Cream Tint
10 the Rkln-LettuOe, CucumbeTs and
BeetS Also Aids 90 the Beauty In
spFing-A Vienna Bellies Secrets
sWhst u the use Of going to the drug
store for your cosmedos2 asked NO
man whose complexion IL Just the night
shade OF pink Il believe In gathering
your lotions as you 90 along
Il am picking mine now In the open
6eld-or at least do when am near held.
When | am not / pick them at the frut
stand.
when am shopping for the table Il
| buy a few extras for my own personal
use These extras include the tart spring
foods which make excellent beauty preserV-
atives.
THE strawberry Ia about the best cos
metio know, II was a French beauty
who told me Ave years ago that she oon-
sidered II by far the most perfect thing
| that was ever applied to the complexion.
THE idea is TO take strawberry Juice
and use Il on the face in such way as 70
clear the complexion OF its imperfecdons
and impart TO It the right tint and tone
| Il is natures own tint, but you do not often
| sec IL in the man made town.
Strawberries with sugar, II they agree
| with YOU are good for the complexion taken
| internally. But Strawberries and cream
! should be avoided by most persons.
III want to get the full benefit from
| a Quart OF strawberries used externally,
| / take the berries and put them on the
stove covered with a pint OF water !
let them simmer fifteen minutes and then
| put them through a sieve.
Il then wash my face in this Juice. II
there are frecdes and yellow spots and
/ HHWNfNA
| ] let the strawberry Juice remain on my
face long enough 70 get perfectly dry.
| Il then wash II OF with hot water and
borax. The result Is a skin that 10 80 pink
and pretty that even my own mother ac-
| cuses me Of paintng my face.
1T was in Dresden, two years ago, that
ran across a beauty Of Vienna. She was
creating n sensation, and when had the good
fortune to meet her she was holding court
In a corner Of an old veranda.
Her gown was strawberry pink and 20
were her cheeks. Her complexion abe owed
TO strawberries, she frankly admitted.
The next morning she told me how she
owed her beauty to the natural acids OF fruit
and flowers.
81 even,' said abe, go into the nut king
4 dom and obtain oils from walnuts, cocoa
nuts and beechnuts. Many OF these
import when | cannot obtain them in my
| own country
Here are some Of her recipes just as she
| gave them to me:
For a face wash, take one quart Of ripe
| strawberries and extract all the juice.
Put on the stove and add an equal amount
| Of pure water.
TO this add one Tablespoonful Of pow
dered boraX. Let il heat thoroughly, take
OF and COOL Use clear upon the face and
hands every morning Do not 90 out for an
hour after using.
ripe berry and cut 1t in two; rub II on the
spots and let the juice dry. Wash on with
very hot water and apply some strawberry
cream.
ITO make strawberry cream, take two
ounces OF almond oil and put into II the
ripe berries. Let II simmer, strain, cool
and pour on any water that may still be on
them. Now add lump Of mutton tallow
twice as big as walnut, beat until cold,
and use on the face for sunburn and wind
burn.
For a strawberry lotion take an ounce
| Of rosewater and two berries and heat
| N q double boiler. Thicker with white
wax, using a lump about the size Of a wal
nut, and scent with half a dozen drops Of
oil Of geranium.
I'm straining be sure TO get out all the
| strawberry seeds and also see that tn e
cream IL beaten smooth before you set II
away to cool. A little egg beater IL Of great
assistance in making lotions and creams OF
all kinds.
-The Juice Of the strawberry, the water Of
| the cucumber, the acid which can be eX-
tracted from lettuce and the red juice Of
the beet are all good as beauty specifics.
of course, a little judgment must be used
| along with strawberry juice. The blonde
| whose complexion Is 30 white thqt il Ia
silver, and the redhaired girl whose skin
| Ia 40 pale that she looks green, should both
use moderation in liberal doses.
A very fair blonde might stain her face
| beyond repair with fruit acids, and the girl
/ whose skin IL already a peaches and cream
! tint might, II she were to apply clear straw
berry juice make her skin strawberry
color instead Of healthy red. Be careful
Of your skin and experiment before rush.
ing 10.
| sun have little ways OF keeping the skin
nice which are unknown In the North.
| Twenty-Five years ago the women Of the
/ South were actually compelled by feminine
| etiuuette 20 show a skin az white az milk.
! and the redoheeked girl was vulgar and
unclessed. The fashionable girl was quite
! pallid
sTo keep the skin white there are various
homemade cosmetics which would be as
effective to-day as they were then. None
Is very expensive,
sTobleach the spring skin, which is always
worse than the summer skin, go to market
| and get a big head Of lettuce. Separate
| its leaves and put them in a chatting dish
| and cover with a pint OF water. Let IL
come not quite 10 boil
sPut through a strainer and let cool.
| OF benzoin and a teaspoonful Of powdered
! borax. Shake and keep for daily use on
| the skin When the bottle IL not doing
| service let IL rest upon its neck. Or take
! the juice and add one-fourth the quantity
| Of spirits Of cologne.
| sCuoumbers are used IN 90 many ways
| as aids 70 the complexion that the wind
| blown girl need be at no loss for some
| thing to heal her skin. A quick and good
way 10 use a cucumber is 10 cut II length
wise in slices.
sIAy the slices on your face, bind them
| In place and let the Juice dry. Then wash
| yoir face with very hot water. You will
| find that one layer Of tan has been re-
! moved.
sHere IL a cucumber lotion which never
fails the woman whose skin feels rough
| with eccentric spots. Take the cucumber
! but do not peel II, cut II In bits cover with
| a pint Of water and let It simmer for fifteen
| minutes.
sStrain. make milky with benzoln and add
an equal quantity Of the spirits Of cologne.
! Soften with boraX and use on the skin once
| a day.
There are certain hardy skins that like
| Rlyoerin, and for those that can bear IL
| here IL a mixture which will not fail Take
! OF glyoerin, almond oil and mutton tallow
! equal parts and heat all together In a
chatting dish.
sAa II u heating, slice a cucumber into Il.