The arts of beauty. By Lola Montez |
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Page 21 - ... ACQUIRE A BRIGHT AND SMOOTH SKIN. Distill two handfuls of jessamine flowers in a quart of rose-water and a quart of orange-water. Strain through porous paper, and add a scruple of musk and a scruple of ambergris. Tepid bath and harsh towel. Air and exercise, Tepid water and bran. Infuse wheat-bran, well sifted, for four hours in white wine vinegar; add to it five yolks of eggs and two grains of ambergris, and distill the whole. It should be carefully corked for twelve or fifteen days. Constant...
Page 19 - ... of female charms, it is not in the power of Esculapius himself to refit the shattered bark, or of the Syrens, with all their songs and wiles, to save its battered sides from the rocks, and make it ride the sea in gallant trim again.
Page 73 - HOW TO SOFTEN AND BEAUTIFY THE HAIR. THERE is no greater mistake than the profuse use of greases for the purpose of softening the hair. They obstruct the pores, the free action of which is so necessary for the health of the hair. No substance should be employed which cannot be readily absorbed by the vessels. These preparations make the hair dry and harsh, unless perpetually loaded with an offensive and disgusting amount of grease. There was a celebrated beauty at Munich who had one of the handsomest...
Page 39 - Good sense must so preside over its application, that its tint on the cheek may always be fainter than what nature's pallet would have painted. A violently rouged woman is one of the most disgusting objects to the eye. The excessive red on the face gives a coarseness to every feature, and a general fierceness to the countenance, which transforms the elegant lady of fashion into a vulgar harridan.
Page 21 - ... wax and spermaceti, flour of benzoin fifteen grains, and half an ounce of oil of almonds. Stir till the mixture is cool. Color red with a little alkanet root. To ACQUIRE A BRIGHT AND SMOOTH SKIN. Distill two handfuls of jessamine flowers in a quart of rose-water and a quart of orange-water. Strain through porous paper, and add a scruple of musk and a scruple of ambergris.
Page 82 - ... and are occasioned by coagulated lymph that obstructs the pores of the skin. They may be squeezed out by pressing the skin, and ignorant people suppose them to be little worms. They are permanently removed by washing with warm water, and severe friction with a towel, and then applying a little of the following preparation : Liquor of potassa 1 oz. Cologne 2 oz. White brandy 4 oz. The warm water and friction alone are sometimes sufficient.
Page 18 - The firm texture of the form gives way to a flabby softness, the delicate porportion yields to scraggy leanness or shapeless fat. The once fair skin assumes a pallid rigidity or a bloated redness, which the vain...
Page 65 - ... gratify an innocent love of finery. From the sketch here given it will be seen that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day.
Page 74 - known to fashionable ladies all over Europe, which is made as follows: Essence of Ambergris 1 dr. " Musk 1 dr. " Bergamot 2 drs. Oil of Cloves 15 drops. Orange-flower water 4 oz. Spirits of wine 5 oz. Distilled water 4 oz. All these ingredients should be mixed together, and left about fourteen days, then the whole to be filtered through porous paper, and bottled for use. This is a good hair-wash and an excellent perfume.
Page 71 - Her ornaments can rarely exceed the natural or artificial flowers of the most, delicate kind—such as the violet, the snow-drop, the myrtle, the primrose, or the lily of the valley. The garments of a young beauty of this style should be of white, or of the most tender shades of green, pink, blue and lilac. These, when judiciously selected, or mingled, array the graceful wearer like another Iris, " breathing youth and loveliness.