Cannot you think of someone who has a birthday this spring? Do find some excuse for purchasing one of those dear little gold or silver powder boxes at the Maison de Parfumerie. They come in four sizes and they are furnished with fluffy puffs.
The Maison de Parfumerie is the home of possibilities. When we look round at the~ hundreds of beautiful things, we realize that we can appear a little better (most of us) than we do.
Lives there a woman so dead appearance that she does not use creams? No, I am sure there cannot be—especially in Shanghai where it is so sooty that one cannot go out without acquiring little splotches. I once knew a Greek lady who never washed her face. Shocked? But you should have seen her skin. It was creamed at night with heavy grease cream, and it was creamed in the morning, ani several times during the day with lighter creams, occasionally of the "vanishing" variety. Her skin was like the lining of a sea shell. This treatment will not do everyone. We must study our skins and see what agrees with them.
There are Jergens and Lesquendien creams at the Maison, which I like, and I suppose for the vanishing sort nothing can surpass Pond's.
Do you know the Lo Muguet face powder? It is put up by Bourjuis. It "stays on" and has a delightful perfume. We must all use face powder, it "distinguishes the duchess from the dairy-maid," and who can risk a shiny nose? Tf you like rouge, and eyebrow pencils, and lip salve, you can indulge in a perfect orgy at the Maison.
There is a new Prince Noir perfume, recently arrived which is like
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