Toilet Water For Tan'And Freckles

This will also whiten the face. Take ½ pint of rain water, 1 small cupful of real cider vinegar, 1 cupful of milk. Mix and bottle. Apply to the face at night. Let dry on. In the morning wash off with warm water. It will remove tan.

Lettuce is useful to refine the skin. Break the stems and stalks of coarse garden lettuce and rub the milky juice over the face at night. In the morning wash off with warm water containing a few drops of ammonia. The opium is the refining medium.

Lemon juice will usually remove any transient stains on the hands.

Washes For Pimples

The wash given for an Oily Skin is also good for pimples. Apply several times a day and allow it to dry on.

Wash For Pimples (No. II)

Glycerine half and half with water. Stir into this powdered sulphur (flower of sulphur). Rub this on the face at night and wash off in the morning with soap and water, adding a few drops of ammonia. This will also whiten the skin, remove the oiliness that troubles some complexions, and has the commendation of a celebrated physician.

Cucumber Pomade

The French recommend this for refining and purifying the skin. Prepare as follows: Express the juice of fresh cucumbers, bring to the boiling point, skim and bottle. Take 1 teaspoonful of the juice to 2 teaspoonfuls of water, and apply to the face night and morning, letting dry on.

How To Remove Wrinkles

2½ drachms of essence of turpentine, 1 drachm of gum-mastic, pulverized; 2 ounces fresh unsalted butter. Mix; apply at night and let dry on the face. Wash off in the morning with a little warm soap and water.

How To Remove Wrinkles (No. II)

Bathe the face every night in water as hot as can be borne, with a little bi-carbonate of soda dissolved therein. Dry the face carefully and anoint it with cold cream, sweet cream or sweet oil. This has the recommendation of a well-known physician.

Wash For Black Heads

36 grains of sub-carbonate of soda, 8 ounces of distilled water, 6 drachms of essence of roses. Mix and apply with a small sponge after each ablution, using gentle friction, always upward.

Wash For Black Heads (No. II)

A physician may effectually destroy them by touching each one with acetic acid. A hair pencil must be used and the acid only allowed to touch the black spot.

How To Remove Freckles

Apply a saturated solution of borax in rose-water five or six times a day and allow to dry upon the face. This will be successful in mild cases.

How To Remove (No. II) Freckles

Moisten the finger tips and dip in finely powdered saltpeter and apply to the freckles. Repeat until freckles are gone.

How To Remove (No. III) Freckles

Poultice the face lightly, or soften with almond paste and rub a freshly cut lemon over the surface.

Tan

Make a thick mixture of magnesia and soft rain water. Spread all over the face. Let remain on three or four minutes, then wash off with Castile soap and tepid water. Rinse the face and dry thoroughly. The face should always be dried thoroughly.

Domestic suggestions, such as bathing hands and face in buttermilk, or using vinegar in which grated horse-radish has been soaked, or lemon juice, any and all of them frequently prove successful after several applications.