However, we all laughed at Aunt May this year, when it came to suspecting Carrie of stealing Regina's face powder!
That is not billiard chalk, he said, "it is face powder."
The use of a pure face powder is absolutely necessary.
This is the best face powder made, particularly as it does not discolor from emanation of the skin or impure atmosphere.
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Increasingly, anyfacepowderwas considered incompatible with normative masculinities - risking considerable suspicion and attention.
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The penal system prevents crime in exactly the same way as an umbrella prevents rain, orfacepowderwould prevent smallpox.
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He was charged with supplyingfacepowdermade by himself without having applied for registration.
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It is as useless as applyingfacepowderto the pustules in a case of smallpox.
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Its cosmetic effect is as effective as puttingfacepowderon a pox-ridden harlot.
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It is the present law that any package of talcum orfacepowderweighing 12 grammes or more must be marked with the net weight.
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It would immediately lead to evasion into the field of ordinaryfacepowderand talcum powder for adults.
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I doubt whether any woman in the country would subscribe to the view that her lipstick or herfacepowderis a luxury.
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The next group which is charged at this rate comprises various toilet preparations, including lipstick,facepowderand rouge.
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On such a sensitive and serious food safety issue, it is not acceptable just to dab on a touch offacepowderto look good to the consumers.
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Material passing a 60 mesh screen will have the appearance offacepowder.
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The ore is run through a concentrator, where huge grinding mills reduce it to the consistency offacepowder.
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Among her exaggerated and often fraudulent claims, she offered customers at least sixty preparations, including a personal mixture offacepowder.
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A slightly darkerfacepowderor bronzer creates this illusion with much subtlety when applied correctly.
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After finishing the offerings, half of thefacepowderis thrown on the roof and the other half divided among the young women.
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