h it while you sleep.
2. FOR RED HANDS.--Keep your feet warm by soaking them often in hot water,
and keep your hands out of the water as much as possible. Rub your hands
with the skin of a lemon and it will whiten them. If your skin will bear
glycerine after you have washed, pour into the palm a little glycerine and
lemon juice mixed, and rub over the hands and wipe off.
3. NECK AND FACE.--Do not bathe the neck and face just before or after
being out of doors. It tends to wrinkle the skin.
4. SCOWLS.--Never allow yourself to scowl, even if the sun be in your eyes.
That scowl will soon leave its trace and no beauty will outlive it. {96}
5. WRINKLED FOREHEAD.--If you wrinkle your forehead when you talk or read,
visit an oculist and have your eyes tested, and then wear glasses to fit
them.
6. OLD LOOKS.--Sometimes your face looks old because it is tired. Then
apply the following wash and it will make you look younger: Put three drops
of ammonia, a little borax, a tablespoonful of bay rum, and a few drops of
camphor into warm water and apply to your face. Avoid getting it into your
eyes.
7. THE BEST COSMETIC.--Squeeze the juice of a lemon into a pint of sweet
milk. Wash the face with it every night and in the morning wash off with
warm rain water. This will produce a very beautiful effect upon the skin.
8. SPOTS ON THE FACE.--Moles and many other discolorations may be removed
from the face by a preparation composed of one part chemically pure
carbolic acid and two parts pure glycerine. Touch the spots with a
camel's-hair pencil, being careful that the preparation does not come in
contact with the adjacent skin. Five minutes after touching, bathe with
soft water and apply a little vaseline. It may be necessary to repeat the
operation, but if persisted in, the blemishes will be entirely removed.
9. WRINKLES.--This prescription is said to cure wrinkles: Take one ounce of
white wax and melt it to a gentle heat. Add two ounces of the juice of lily
bulbs, two ounces of honey, two drams of rose water, and a drop or two of
ottar of roses. Apply twice a day, rubbing the wrinkles the wrong way.
Always use tepid water for washing the face.
10. THE HAIR.--The hair must be kept free from dust or it will fall out.
One of the best things for cleaning it, is a raw egg rubbed into the roots
and then washed out in several waters. The egg furnishes material for the
hair to grow on, while keeping the scalp perfectly clean. App
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