1.   Cream has a high fat content.

2.   And what does the face cream have to do with diet?

3.   Actually, the cream does have an unorthodox history for a beauty product.

4.   Heavy cream has enough fat to coat the proteins, keeping them separate and flowing in a smooth, creamy liquid, but skim milk does not.

5.   The cream has mercurous chloride as an ingredient, though in the United States mercury compounds are banned in cosmetics by the Food and Drug Administration.

6.   This cream has a pleasant, nonoffensive odor, and women swear it makes their skin look younger.

7.   An informal survey of vendors on the grounds showed berries and cream had the early edge on its new rival.