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Personal Beauty and Care


Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
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    The Art of Beauty By Anon
    • Physical Beauty
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        I
        Physical Beauty
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        II
        The Art of Dress
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        III
        Exercise
    • Toilet Hygienics
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        I
        The Cure of Stoutness
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        II
        The Cure of Leanness
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        III
        Baths
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        IV
        The Figure
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        V
        Bad Complexions, and How to Cure Them
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        VI
        The Complexion
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        VII
        The Hair in Health
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        VIII
        The Hair in Ill-Health
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        IX
        Hair Dyes and Bleaching Fluids
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        X
        The Art of “Making Up”
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        XI
        The Arms, Hands, and Nails
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        XII
        The Teeth and Feet
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        XIII
        Moles, Warts, and Superfluous Hair
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        XIV
        The Eyes, Eyebrows, Eyelashes, and Nose
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        XV
        Underclothing and Health
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        XVI
        About Perfumes
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        XVII
        The Beauty and Health of Children
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    Beauty Adorned By Mrs. Humphry
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      I
      A Few Introductory Remarks
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      II
      The Crowning Glory
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      III
      How Shall I Do My Hair?
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      IV
      The Complexion
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      V
      Defeating Nature's Kindness
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      VI
      Care of the Complexion
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      VII
      Beauty—Blonde and Brune
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      VIII
      Simplicity a Charm
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      IX
      What are Her Eyes Like?
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      X
      ‘What Lovely Eyes!’
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      XI
      Eyebrows and Eyelashes
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      XII
      About Noses
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      XIII
      The Teeth
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      XIV
      The Chin, the Lips, and What They Say
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      XV
      The Middle-Aged Woman
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      XVI
      The Figure
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      XVII
      Beauty in Middle Age
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      XVIII
      The Poet's Ideal Beauty
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      XIX
      Footgear
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      XX
      Dress in Hot Weather
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      XXI
      Beauty by the Sea—the Summer Girl
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      XXII
      What Care Can Do
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      XXIII
      Perfumes and Other Things
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      XXIV
      In Praise of Freshness
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      XXV
      On Looking-Glasses—Their Use and Abuse
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    Back Matter