Never Neglect Your Beauty...

A woman's capital is her beauty. She must therefore give it every care and preserve it. Some women believe that beauty demands a great deal of time. But the truth is otherwise: an hour and a half each week is enough to care for beauty and preserve it:

In the morning

15 minutes: the bath
15 minutes: care of the nails
25 minutes: dressing the hair

9:30: The bath

Rub your body with a special brush to remove the dead skin, especially at the elbows and the lower leg. Then massage the elbows twice with a little cream. Finally, dust your body with talcum powder, which takes the place of the oily substance that protects the body from outside friction.

9:45: Hands and feet

Cutting the nails is very easy after a hot bath, so begin with the fingernails, shaping them like an "almond"; as for the toenails, it is best to cut them at the corners, lest they grow into the skin afterward.

As for corns, they must be treated at once with a special remedy from the doctor.

Then take care to massage the heel and the lower leg with a rich cream, so that dry skin does not form there and tear the stockings.

10:00: The hair

The hair must be washed well once or twice every week. Then rinse away the soap with water mixed with vinegar, which gives the hair softness and luster.

As for setting the hair, you can carry out this operation yourself. It is enough to use the following mixture:

1 part: a special gum for the hair, of the following components —
Gomme adragante

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5: water
1: glycerin

The gum is dissolved in cold water for 48 hours, and then the glycerin is added to it.

In the evening

7:00: The face

Nothing is more beneficial to the skin of the face than a steam bath. For this, half a liter of boiling water is enough, with a little fennel (Fenouil) and a little linden (Tilleul). Expose your face to the steam of this mixture for ten minutes. Then dry your face and lay upon it a cold compress taken from the following infusion: half a liter of water with a little verbena (Verveine) and a soup-spoonful of borate of soda. Then repeat the compresses two or three times. This will have a lovely effect on the skin of the face.

7:20: The legs

Twenty centimeters of warm water in which to place your legs is enough. Then add to the water the following:

250 grams of bicarbonate of soda.

50 grams of perborate of soda.

250 grams of tartaric acid.

This bath must not last more than ten minutes.