ROYAL RECIPE
FAMOUS QUEEN'S SECRET
The unhappy queen of Louis XVT, Marie Antoinette, whose beauty has become a tradition, was especially famous for her exquisite.complexionHere is one of her beauty" secrets—a famous cucumber wax made as follows:— Cut 3 cucumbers in small- pieces. Press the juice into a pan and boil for !10 minutes. Let it clear. Now melt in 1 a basin over hot water l-2oz of white, wax, 2 tablespoons of almond oil. Next beat in one small teaspoonful of sweet ! almond meal. Whisk to a cream. ! There must be no lumps. Now add the | cucumber juice, beat again, add per- '■ fume. Let this wax stay on while you are taking your bath at night. It has | a miraculous effect on a tired or sal- ! low skin.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 12
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129ROYAL RECIPE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 12
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