210 THE TOILET 



COMPLEXION. 



2.60. Certain Methods to improve the 

 Complexion, 



Brown ladies mould frequently bathe 

 themfelves, and wafh their faces with a few 

 drops of Spirit of Wine, fometimes with 

 Virgin's Milk, and the dillilled Waters of 

 Pimpernel, White Tanfy, Bean Flowers, 

 &c. Thefe deterfive penetrating appli- 

 cations, by degrees remove the kind of 

 varnifh that covers the fkin, and thus ren- 

 der more free the perfpiration, which is 

 the only real cofmetic. 



261. The Montpellier Toilet. 



For this purpofe a new light-woven 

 linen cloth mull: be procured, and cut of 

 a proper fize to make a toilet. The firft 



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