Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1885 — Cheeks Made Pink and White. [ARTICLE]

Cheeks Made Pink and White.

A lot of masks in the show window of a fashionable millinery store on Fourteenth street attract attention from the fact that a pretty little box is placed by every one. “Those masks,” said the young lady in the store, “are not for balls or carnival occasions at all, but for a decidedly more useful purpose. Have you never heard of the cosmetic toilet mask now worn by New York women who have the prettiest complexion in the world?” The reporter confessed he never had. “Then I must explain it. The eosmetic mask is something entirely hew. in the way of improving and beautifying the complexion. It obviates the necessity for using paints and powders. It heals all eruptions of the skin from whatever cause. It is lined with a finely medicated fleece that softens the skin and clears it from all impurities. If used according to directions, and with the preparations that accompany it in the pretty little box, a new cuticle, soft and clear, will be formed, and slight but repeated friction will carry away the effete article of matter that formed the diseased or discolored skin. Ladies who consider paints and powders objectionable, but wishing to improve their complexion by other means, invariably use the cosmetic mask” “How do you use them?” “First wash the face clean, rub all over with the cream, put on the mask and wear it for at least an hour. Upon removal wijie the face with a soft cloth, and use the powder lightly. The mask may be worn with beneficial effect, without the application of either the creain or cosmetic powder; but its bleaching and healing powders will act more readily if the skin is softened by the cream.” “Does it ever fail to beautify the complexion ?” “If the wearer is patient and persistent it will never fail to make the complexion clear and fine. A great many, masks are sold in the city. The results of wearing a cosmetic mask are very soon discernible in the glow on the cheeks, the healthy pinky look of the skin v pmd the freeness from pimples. But each completion ; ( i»ust use a shade of powder to suit it, white, pink, oream, or any color required. - r “The white should be used by persons with a ruddy or florid complexion; the pink will impart to pale persons the so much desired color; and * tfie cream color is for those with dark complexions and decided brunettes.” “Is it an uncomfortable sensation to wear the mask ?” “Oh, no; not at all. It is rather delightful than otherwise. The inside, being lined with fleece, i'b soft, and the cream and powder spread on it create a not unpleasant feeling to the skim Why, ladies who use them, go about the house as usual, and never lose an hour of the time in domestic affairs. Formerly preparations were made to remain on the face all night, but they •were not found to be so healthy, and for that reason were discontinued.”— New York Mail L ‘ What we need is better examples, more of them and less preaching.