User Post---Summer Stickies? Powder Puff!

Being "of a certain age", and from the South, I was taught early how a lady attempts to retain grace and poise in the face of heat and humidity. Its not always easy! And that was before climate change! I well remember an aging southern belle confiding to me when I was a young girl: "Honey, Ive spent all my life trying to avoid sweating!" My favorite refuge from the relentless attack of the stickies is very simple...a refreshing shower, tons of dusting (bath) powder and a huge fluffy powder puff! In my direct experience, I am a third generation southern girl to learn the pleasures of the puff, and I'm sure it goes back several more generations beyond my early teacher...my grandmother. I can still see the huge plumes of dusting powder emanating from her boudoir after we bathed and patted ourselves down liberally and sumptuously with bath powder. In those days, for you younger girls--there was something called a "slip"--a slinky and sensuous undergarment--Oh, you knew that? So sorry. But anyway, what better afternoon than a bath, a puffing, and lounging beneath the ceiling fan in our slips, going through Grandma's jewelry box, talking about which pieces she might bequeath me! My mother, quite a duster herself, was fond of the fragrance line that was then popular called "Chantilly". When ever I now catch a whiff of that old scent, I am transported immediately to those delicious afternoons. Its just hard for humidity to deal with the powder, the puff, the slip and the ceiling fan! You might throw in some sweet tea for good measure!