Beauty Made At Home

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 181, 18 August 1937, Page 14

Beauty Made At Home

Simple treatments TF . your hands have become rough through gardening, make a special ointment for them. Ijfuy an ounce of best yellow bees-wax, finely scrape as much as will lie lightly in a srpall cold cream pot. Do not press it down. Pour gently in enough olive oil to fill the pot, and place it in a cool oven until the wax is dissolved. Let it remain untouched until quite cold. This. cream is a certain cure for rough hands in one night. . White wax may be used instead, but the results will not be so quick and certain. For a wholesome lip-salve take tliree ounces of oil of almonds and jnix in half an ounce of alkanet to coloyr it. Leave until the oil is suflficiently deep in colour, then strain. Melt one and a-half ounces of white wax and half an ounce of spermaceti with the oiL Stir until the ingredients begin to thicken, then add 12 drops of otto of roses. An alternative recipe . . . buy two ounces of almond oil, one ouhce of white wax and one drachm of alkanet. Slowly melt the ingredients, srirring until sufficiently coloured. Strain, and stir in six drops of oil of lavender. A good hair wash. Add to a wineglassful of cold water half a teaspoonful of sal-volatile, and, using a small sponge, well wash the hair, dividing it so that every part of the scalp is cleansed. This wash cleanses quickly, and it has been proved that it preserves the colour of the hair. Spirits of hartshorn may be used instead of sal-volatile, if preferred six drops to the wineglass— and applied in the same manner. To clean hair brushes quickly and easily put a dessertspoonful of hartshorn into a quart of cold water. Dip in the bristles of the brushes, rub them together until clean, rinse well with cold water, rub with a towel, and leave upright at an open window until quite dry. Toilet Preparations. There are several important points to remember when making toilet preparations at home. Spotless cleanliness must be observed, and china or glass vessels should be used. Do not use a steel lcnife or spoon. A glass rod, a white bone paper-knife, or a bone spoon is best. Tap water is suitable unless the recipe says distilled water. The latter may be obtained from any chemist. As to measures, an ordinary tumbler holds half a pint, a tablespoon half an ounce, a teaspoon one drachm, a dessertspoon two drachms. To make a cream, do not apply heat unless it is necessary to melt a solid such as .white wax. Never heat the ingredients directly over a flame but place them in a vessel of hot water. A saucer standing over a small saucepan of boiling water is convenient for melting wax. When fats have once been melted, stir the cream until it is cold, to prevent the ingredients from separating. Do not cover up the cream till cold and take time over the mixing. It is impossible to get good results if the process is hurried. Buy the best ingredients. To make a really good face cream: Take one ounce of white wax, one ounce spermaceti, two ounces rose water and half an ounce of almond oil. ' Melt the spermaceti and white wax. Beat well together. Take off the fire, stirring all the time and add the almond oil. Beat well again. Add the rose water, drop by dron, and beat till the cream is cold, Fut iat© jsra §ss«w dagno, k

r This skin food also is excellent; Take two ounces of almond oil, three ounces of lanolin, one ounce extract of roses, 12 drops simple tincture of benzoin. Melt the lanolin and add the almond oiL Beat well, gradually adding the rose extract and benzoin, drop by drop. Beat till cold and store in porcelain or glass pots. The "Acid" Skin. . Does a red lipstick turn blue when it has been dh your lips for a few moments? Does the rouge which the make-iip chart says is specially yours acquire the same bluish tint when applied to your cheeks? If so you have an acid skin. Beauty specialists say that acid skins are on the increase and that this will soon become a major beauty problem. The cure ls in our own hands, however, and this treatment given for a month will make an enormous difference to the skin. A teaspoonful of milk of magnesia night and morning will soon help matters considerably. A preparation can now be had in tablet form, and a tablet each night and morning is an easy and pleasant way of taking the necessary dose. Water drinking must be increased, at least six pints being taken during the day. If cold water is repugnant, drink barley water, diluted fruit juice, or very weak tea, but never let a day go by without taking the necessary amount of fluid. The juice of half a lepion should also be taken regularly each day. The acids in the lemon juice act beneficially on the deposits of acid in the system, and have an alkaline effect upon the skin.