The
powders usually sold by druggists are injurious to the complexion, owing to
harmful ingredients. If a powder is perfectly pure, a moderate use of it will
not harm the complexion, but if it is impure it soon causes the face to turn
sallow and yellow. The following is perfectly pure, and is a splendid article,
giving a lovely, refined complexion-
Boston Burnet Powder
for the Face:
Five
cents' worth of bay rum, five cents' worth of magnesia snowflake, five cents'
worth of bergamot, five cents' worth oil of lemon; mix in a pint bottle and
fill up with rain water. Perfectly harm and splendid.
Queen Bess Complexion
Wash:
Put
in a vial one dram of benzoin gum in powder, one dram nutmeg oil, six drops of
orange-blossom tea or apple blossoms; put in half a pint of rain water, and
boiled down to a spoonful, and strained; one-pint of sherry wine. Bathe the
face morning and night; it will remove all flesh-worms and freckles, and give a
beautiful complexion. Or, put one ounce of powdered gum benzoin in a pint of
whisky. To use: Put in water in washbowl till it is milky.
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