HOME-MADE FACE POWDERS.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 5, 26 June 1930, Page 2

HOME-MADE FACE POWDERS.

One of the best of all face powdew ■•will cost but a few coppers a "box, if you blend it yourself, .states a writer in an exchange. , Buy from a cheniits four ounces, of best rice or potato Starch and one ounce" of j>owdere3 orris j-o^t. Bay also a small amount of perfumed oil —rose, violetj or . anything vtbiek pleases yo\x— and rub. this over the insjde of 3*our powder Pour in tft» powder, stir it oecasion&Uy;, and. the powder'will very quickly, take up tie perfume from the oil. Stir it weH to .give it a Uniform, scent, box tightly, and keep it in a dry /place.

•■■■ A cheap and casily-prepaTed powder frr a brunette is made by sifting" four ounces of finely-powdered FrencHi c&alk and adding to it a little vegetable yellow obtained from : the chemist. The colouring must be added gradually, i» the smallest possible quantities, as it is easy to make tfoe mixture too yellow. Try it while mixingj you will have put in enough colour when the powder does not show on the skin.

An ideal powder for the blonde gill may foe made as above, except that carmine intst. be used instead of jrelr low, to make the powder the exact shade of pink tihat suits tie skin.

Another good powder, very pleasant to use, is made by mixing equal parts of oxide of zinc and boraeic powder with, four times the quantity, of powdered starch. Powder will not adhere well to some skins, especially those that are rattier coarse or red. In this. case, it is a good plan to use a little glycerine and rose-water, or cold cream, beforehand. Euib the face well with, a soft handkerchief^ apply the cold cream or glycerine, allow it to remain on for a minttte, remove it with a piece of old silk, and ■finaJJly smooth the -powder JcarefuKiy over the skin. /.. ; . ''*WEy "don^t you try to keep on* •< gaolf'^ ■; : /-"...' .;~ ' ' '": • I/did, ma 'am. And I got tnro montis extra for. Tesisting an officer."