Harmful Dental Care
In the “Ugly Girl Newspaper”, S.D. Powers recommends drinking a cup of water mixed with a spoonful of toxic ammonia, which can improve breathing, prevent tooth decay and stomach acid in some people. We now call it “gastric acid reflux”. She recommends using charred bread or charcoal as a toothpaste and brushing the teeth twice a day. In the Personal Beauty Guide, the authors suggest that if someone’s teeth start to rot, they should use mouthwash made from brandy, camphor, and myrrh. Although the ingestion of camphor may cause death, it has a good effect on infectious diseases and steam massage treatment. To treat a toothache, it is easy to buy cocaine tablets at a local pharmacy. They also believe that it can treat coughs and colds. Obviously, these drugs are very popular because people are addicted to them unconsciously.
Chemical To Depilate
In the “Ugly Girl Newspaper,” S.D. Powers published an article that unplugs a hair and grows three rough black hairs in its original place. In fact, this content is wrong, and people will still tell the young girl to this point. In addition to the use of tweezers and razors, Powers also recommends a number of methods, including a seemingly harmless practice, applying a mushy wood ash on the skin so that the hair can be easily removed. However, her method of hair removal is not all harmless. She also gave a way to both whiten the forearm and remove the hair. To achieve this, she advises readers to use bleach, a chemical used to bleach cotton, followed by rinsing with vinegar. At the very least, she told women about the dangers of doing so and even admitted that if not cleaned up in time, the chemicals would erode your skin.
Eyeshadow Containing Mercury And Lead
Victorian women did not draw eyeshadow. Because women want to make themselves look natural and don’t want to be seen as slutty women, they will work hard on their skin color. They will draw the eye makeup, and more modify and complement their eyebrows. However, they use the homemade ointment on top of their eyes just to make themselves stand out. Some women use a cream and a crushed carmine to paint a light brown eyeshadow. Few people use eyeshadows purchased from stores, which is the “eye makeup” of the Victorian. However, when a prostitute or a bold Victorian woman uses eye makeup on a special occasion, she must apply makeup made from deadly chemicals. These cosmetics contain red and white lead pigments and mercury sulfide. It also contains strontium, cinnabar, and cinnabar. These chemicals poison the body, and mercury can even be people insane.
Arsenic Bath (Geothermal Water)
Lola Montez, a famous Victorian actor, gave a more practical beauty method than the “Ugly Girl Newspaper.” She wrote a book: “The Arts of Beauty” or “Secrets of A Lady’s Toilet”. According to her book, when she traveled in Bohemia, she learned that it is common for women to use arsenic spring in bathing and drinking water. She admits that this is extremely dangerous, but at the same time, she also envied the women’s skin looks so perfect. She also explained that if these women do not continue to do this regular habit, then they will die. Arsenic is a poison that is commonly used to kill rats. It is easy to buy at Victorian pharmacies.