In a separate drawer you should keep your brushes and combs. Your hair-brushes and combs should be kept clean by frequently washing in warm water to which has been added a little ammonia.
Powder puffs can be kept clean by dipping in and out of hot water in which has been dissolved a tiny piece of soda. This will remove grease and dust and if a few drops of glycerine are added to the rinsing water the puffs will keep soft.
Your toothbrushes should be sterilized by soaking occasionally in hot water, afterwards rinsing in cold water. It is a good plan to have two brushes, and use them on alternate days. This will allow the bristles to keep hard and will prolong the life of the brush.
So do not forget that your dressing table plays a much more important part in your beauty programme than you may have realized, and it should be treated and used as a valuable aid in your search for good looks, Eucalyptus oil will remove oil or tar from children's legs, or the unsightly rim left after adhesive plaster has been taken off.
On washing materials the best way to get rid of oil and tar stains is to soak the parts of the clothes affected in olive oil overnight and then wash in the ordinary way. hygienic.
On the top of the table you will have only those things which are used and are still ornamental. In the drawers you will carry your lip-sticks,
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