skin food
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The flush suddenly deepened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in bottle-green viscose, lustrous with youth and skin food, plump, benevolently smiling.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
All the ingredients for my skin food came from the country––herbs and attar of flowers and all the rest of it.
From The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres
They did not know whether "Wyoming" was a battleship or some patent skin food.
From Continuous Vaudeville by Hal Merrit
After a warm plunge the pores of the skin are opened and in excellent condition to absorb a good skin food or a pleasant cream.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Helen Follett Stevans
The skin food should be rubbed in all over the face and far down upon the neck with a firm, circular movement.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Helen Follett Stevans
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