The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-28

u Is pISuldIuIcly WIluhlcu. IlcdSe
suggest some simple remedies for my
great misfortune.
"A Woman of Thirty"
To be wrinkled at thirty is indeed a
misfortune, and if the skin is very thin
1t must be admitted that it has less
promise from identifying treatments
than the thicker ones Thin-skinned
taces are at disadvantage with every
wind that blows, with sunburn, fire
heat, indigestion, worry, etc.
Thin skins need much more grease
than others, for as rule they are
very dry and sensitive to all external
influences, and sometimes it is neces-
sary to cleanse such faces with grease
Instead of with soap and water. This
formula will achieve very good pur-
pose if it is carefully made from pure
substances:
Almond oil .........4 ounces
,Spermaceti .........l ounce
White wax .........1 ounce
Cucumber juice .....2 ounces
Select cucumbers ripe enough for
table use; cut and chop them fine;
then extract the juice by squeezing
through jelly bag. Then measure
the juice and carry the required two
ounces to a druggist, asking him to
supply the rest of the ingredients; and
make up the formula.
When cleansing the face with the
cream work the grease into the skin
with the fingers and then wipe of the
residue with very soft cloths. The
soil from the skin will be very visible
on these, and the face can be mas
saged and worked over with the cloths
until 1t feels as fresh as If washed in
the ordinary way. If 1t seems to shine
a little too much sometimes, heat a
tablespoonful of some delicate toilet
water and go over the face with this
and fresh soft rag.
A lotion especially for strengthening
relaxed muscles, and which is there
fore extremely good for wrinkles, is
made of the following simple things:
Fresh rosemary tops pounds
Sage (also freshly
gathered) .........A pound
Rectified spirit. .....3 quarts
Water ..............1 quart
Digest for ten days, then throw the
whole in still, add pound and a
half of common salt and draw off six
pints. To this distilled portion put
one ounce of bruised Jamaica ginger,
and after the liquid has stood a few
days longer either decant or filter 1t.
This is regarded as a fine skin tonic,
and it can also be used upon the hair
10 advantage.
Barley water was used in our grand
mothers times for wrinkles, and there
is no reason why it should not be en-
ployed today and made up in the same
Dld-fashioned manner. Ancient direc-
tons for this simple beautifier call
Tor three ounces of pearl barley boiled
In pint of rain water until the glu-
ten is extracted; then the liquid is
strained and is applied directly to the
lace, after it has been washed, on go
ing to bed. Some of the beauty people
of the present day make up this wash
with the addition of Is drops OF
tincture of benzoin to quart. The
barley water so prepared is declared
absolutely proof again wrinkles, but
one can only know the truth of this
statement by testing it. Strained
honey and sour buttermilk are other
simple remedies against these subtle
enemies of woman's youth, and these
modest indictments are available to
all.
The thin-skinned face must always
be protected against strong winds,
grinding dust, deep sunburn and much
burning over the cook stove If its
owner wishes to avoid the bane Of
leep-seated wrinkles.