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Show FOR CHAPPED SKINS. R-ougih, chapped hands and lips are common at thus- season. Thousands of dollars' worth of jerfumed and expensive ex-pensive cosmetics are f?old every day to t'hoee who could just as well, if nK better, make their own cold creaim, at the cost-of a few pennies, and t'-ie home-made article would contain nothing injurious to the skin. Much j has been said a.bout the virtuey of mut- i ton fat, which cannot be too highly j praised. Softened with the addition of ! an oil and ke:-t upon the toilet stand j for constant use, it prevents and cures ' al'l roughness. In the first place, hands and face, after being washed with soap ! and warm water (never, in winter, with cold water), should be thoroughly dried. To leave them damn insures further chapping. Improved soap is a necessity to those whoae skin readily roughens. Cut one-half one-half pound of castile soap into smali pieces. Moisten with water and set in a granite saucepan on the range, where it will gradually melt. When it sim-meiis, sim-meiis, and there are no Itrmos, otir with Indian meal until chick, take from the. fire, scent with a few drops of some favorite oil or essence, and beat with a silver fork until cold. Use freei; on the face and hands whenever thev are wailied. Nothing cleanses, softens or whitens better than ihls easilv made mixture. Hold the hands to the heat after every washing. Oatmeal is used by some in place of Indian meal, but many think it less effective. Finish with a gentle rubbing of cold cream. An admirable cold cream is made by taking miutton fat from the kidney and trying it out alowly on the range. As it cools, pour into a jar, and stir in a few drons of essence of bergamot, of rofjenvary, rose or lavender, and mix we!!. Where glycerine agrees with the skin, two teaspoonfuls of it beaten into a cup cf mutton suet will yoften the fat and assist in restoring- the oil of the ekin. Another good soan is made by shaving shav-ing aptile soap and melting as before. Thicken with two tablespo-onfuls of In-dj.in In-dj.in meal or oatmeal to the cupful, and mix with it one teaspoonM of benzoin. Beat until cold. Benzoin as a tincture should be used in every toilet. This fragrant, resinous resin-ous substance soothes, heals, stimulates stimu-lates and whitens the skin. Three or four crops in a basin of water for a ! face rinse will give a smothness other- j wise hard to obtain. Where the skin needs cleansing, add a little pinch of refined borax to the benzoin water, dry well, and, if needed, rub the face, especially at night, with the cold cream made as described. It should be washed off in the morning. An excellent cleansing method, when the hands are exposed to much coal or other dust, is to wash them with hot soapsuds and fine white sand. Sapolio will do for coarse skins, but a finer soap, with very fine sand, is less severe. se-vere. In all cases the hands should be rinsed, well dried and finished with an application of cold cream. Where glyserine agrees with the cuticle, cu-ticle, a good application is that made of equal parts of alcohol, rose water and glycerine. This is for the face, and should be rubbed in gently with soft old linen. In fact, to rub the face gently but persistently with a soft linen cloth after laving it, or with a camel's hair brush, will insure a good circulation and a healthy glow that is better than any cosmetic. A piece of soft white flannel is the next best thine to a ! j samel's hair brush for manipulating the j face. The rubbing closes the pores and prevents roughness caused by the winter win-ter winds. Almond oil or meal, olive oil, and lemon juice all have value for the toilet. toi-let. A trifle of almond meal moistened with water and applied to the face after bathing with soapsuds and rinsing rins-ing with warm water, applied at night and washed off in the morning, will smooth the roughest skin. Again, equal quantities of lemon juice and glycerine glyce-rine or olive oil or almond oil, applied at night, are cleansing, healing and beautifying. For cracked lips, where the skin is otherwise smooth, there is healing in a lotion -made by shaking together a small amount of glycerine and one-fourth one-fourth as much, by measure, of compound com-pound benzoin. Apply in small quantities quan-tities before exposure to the cold winds of this season. Mutton fat is also excellent, but there are those Who object to the use of animal oils. |
