Evening star., 1908-01-22
COMPLEXION SOAPS.
Those Made at Home Are Excellent
for the Skin.

No question is asked me more frequent
~ than, rs it a good thing to use soap
on the face?' With reservations, an
swer emphatically, YES" but the reser-
vations are strict, if few. One Is that the
soap shall be of the kind one knows from
experience agrees with the skin. Inc
other is that the cleansing agent shall De
thoroughly removed from the pores ana
an application of a simple skin food I'M
mediately rubbed into the flesh.
Soap is essential. / believe, because no
part of the body is SO constantly exposed
to dirt as is the face. and if impurities are
allowed to work into the pores blackheads
are inevitable. At the same time, In
spite of constant exposure. perhaps pc
cause of it, the complexion Is particularly
sensitive and easily dried. so thai d soap
containing too much alkaline VIII olteh
be injurious. An excess OF fats IS also 10
be avoided and it is only by patient ex-
perimenting that woman VIII get pre-
cisely the right cleanser.
She is more likely to find 1t IN a soap
powder, if it may be called that, than IN
tablets. This she can make Tor herseH.
insuring it's purity. If compounded from
the best ingredients it not only cleans, out
also softens and bleaches the skin.
None is better. l think. than cleanser
made of four ounces each OF ground d.
monds and wheat flour. an ounce OF pow
dered orris root one dram OF oil of lemon
and half a dram of oil of bitter almonds.
The almonds should be bought whole,
blanched and pounded.
Grind Nuts to Fine Powder.
If there is a meat chopper in the house
it may be carefully cleansed, the finest
strainer put on and the nuts ground
through Failing that, they can be put
into cheesecloth and hammered, taking
care that no holes are made through
which the powder will be lost
When the almonds are reduced to pow
der they should be combined with the
flour and orris and the two oils then
slowly worked in. 1t is best then to put
The whole several times through a coarse
sieve. rejecting none, but trying to get
all through.
Keep in tightly covered jar on the
washStand and rub over the face, as IL IL
were soap, when such a cleanser is nee
ceSSary.
Particularly good at this season, when
the face is apt to be rough and dried by
cold is a honey paste. composed OF
twenty-five grams of strained honey.
twenty grams of powdered CASTLE soap.
five grams each of gum benzoin and
storax and fifteen grams of powdered
spermacetti.
The whole combined and stirred until
quite smooth. lDen put lHiD d pOltCidii
dish and dried over slow heat, such as
radiator or shelf over a range. The
dish should be covered to protect from
dust.
To use this wet the face and smear
with the paste. which should be thor
oughly rubbed into the pores, then rlnsed
clear in warm water.
A skin food to apply after cleansing the
face with either of these has for basis
gum tragacanth. combined with a small
quantity of glycerine. The gum should be
bought from any good druggist and
placed in glass jar with three and
half ounces of soft water that has been
boiled and cooled. The jar is covered
and put away in a warm. but not not,
place for three days. at the end OF which
time il should be shaken and the llqum
stirred through fine strainer. half
ounce of alcohol and small half teaspoon
full of borax are shaken through and the
preparation is ready for use. 1t may be
perfumed in any way desired.
1t is good for the hands as we'll as the
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