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Title: The Woman Beautiful
or, The Art of Beauty Culture

Author: Helen Follett Stevans

Release Date: December 6, 2007 [EBook #23750]

Language: English

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[Illustration: LADY CURZON]

THE WOMAN BEAUTIFUL

By

MME. QUI VIVE

(HELEN FOLLETT STEVANS)

CHICAGO
JAMIESON-HIGGINS CO.
1901

COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY
STEVANS AND HANDY

PREFACE

The Woman Beautiful is not a radiant creature of gorgeous plumage and
artificial beauty, but a woman of wholesome health, good hard sense,
sparkling vivacity and sweet lovableness. Her beauty-creed hangs not
from rouge pots and bleaches, but suspends like a banner of truth from
the laws of wise, hygienic living. Her cheeks are tinted with the glow
that comes from good, well-circulated blood, her eyes are bright and
lovely because her mind is so, and her complexion is transparent and
soft and velvety for the reason that the true art is known to her. The
Woman Beautiful is all sincerity. She doesn't like to sail under false
colors and so insult old Dame Nature, whose kindnesses and benefits are
so well meant and freely offered.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

THE COMPLEXION 9
Expression 14
Useless Beauty 16
Washing the Face 20
Facial Eruptions and Blackheads 23
Tan, Sunburn and Freckles 27
Complexion Powders 32
Wrinkles 35
Recipes for the Complexion 39

CARE OF THE HAIR 46
Dressing the Hair 56
Superfluous Hair 63
Recipes for the Hair