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Victorian Beauty Recipes

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:33 pm
by Pixie
While we're not at all Victorian, some of these reminded me of TI and were pretty tickling.

Who knew that taking the hulls of butternuts, infusing in a quart of water, and adding half an ounce of copperas would stop gray hair? Resolve baldness with castor oil and bay rum!

So much Herbalism and Chandlery. >.>

Favorite: In how to remove wrinkles, "If it produces headache, discontinue its use."

Re: Victorian Beauty Recipes

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:04 am
by Voxumo
We really need a upvote or something system, because I love this post, but I can't think of anything meaningful to really say about it.

Re: Victorian Beauty Recipes

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:07 am
by Azi
did you know that it's advised you wash your hair eight times per year to maintain its health?