Category Archives: Home and Hearth

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Regency Cold Cream: Preserve a Pristine Complexion

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“How very ill Eliza Bennet looks this morning, Mr. Darcy,” she cried; “I never in my life saw any one so much altered as she is since the winter. She is grown so brown and coarse! Louisa and I were agreeing that we should not have known her again.” However little Mr. Darcy might have [...]

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A Good Salve for Sore Lips

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Make your own chapstick for these cold winter days

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Avoiding the Tan: Regency Skin Creams

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A variety of recipes for combatting burns, tans and freckles

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Spring Cleaning: Recipes from Martha Lloyd’s Household Book

A variety of recipes for getting your home spic and span

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Regency Head Colds and Care

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A Recipe for easing the aches, pains and stuffiness

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Steps to a Brilliant Complexion

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How to maintain a Healthy Glow: Regency Style!

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After Dinner Mints & Candies

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To Freshen the Breath and Ease the Stomacke

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Georgian Cosmentics: The Face of Beauty

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The recipes behind the Rouge

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An Easy but Certain Cure for Consumption

Another great recipe from Martha Lloyd

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A Wash for the Hair

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This is a cleanser and brightener of the head and hair, and should be applied in the morning…

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