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SKIN LIKE VELVET.

Beauty is every woman’4 problem, because every woman knows that ’it crystallises her quality of, feminine attractiveness, and .without attrae-. tiveness life is hardly worth living. Having a clear, smooth s.ki,n is a large part, of that problem of beauty. In the first place, there is no magic, no medicine, no cream or lotion which by merely rubbing into thp skin will give it the texture of velvet. One will not deny that often there is help to be found in creams, and lotieais, softening too dry skills and counteracting the effect of harsh soaps, winter winds, or even of cheap powders and. paints ai:plie|d without a protective underlying, c.oating of a wholesome grease cream. In short, .what one really needs is not simply to r.ub cn something that may be bought in a drug store, helpful as it, may be, but rather to build up and improve the quality of. the skin itself. It is one tif the live tissues bf the body. It is subject to various influences. So why not approach it accordingly ? Wake up your skin, make it alive, improve its quality by betteT circulation, greater cleanliness, gyeateg 1 activity on its own part, and' it will become beautiful.

There aie two phases of. “physical culture of the skin,” the inside and the i.iut:.ide factors. The inside factor r.ealjy amounts to the gepier.al health problem, in its relation to diet, exercise, and Hie other, things that i.nlliiene.e functional and organic strength. Clean blttod means clear skin, and better health with better circulation produces an improvement in the; quality and smoothness of the skin. All our habits of living, and especially of eating, have much to do with complexion. It is not, the direct effect erf indulgence in chocolates, and candies, but the fact that exc.ess of sweets deranges digestion and upsqts the system generally, it j s not true that children who are permitted to indulge freely in candy, and who fhe.efot;6 have capricious appetites and weak digestions, invariably have sallow faces and bad’ skins, as. both the direc,t and indirect result of an excess of. sweets. I know a. person who confines her consumption of sweets to the natural sugars found in fruits, and honey, etc., and her skin is liß<v velvet. Women generally are learning the value of an abundance of green foods, fruits, ami vegetables, together with milk a,nd wholemeal bread ■with a minimum of sweets, as a beautybuilding diet. This anjl regular exor-. rise provide the internal requirements of. a clear, smooth skin.

And neiw for the outside “physical

culture of the skin.” This includes cleanliness, air, sunshine, and 1 that form of exercise of the skin that can only be accomplished through friction or surface massage. Together, these mean skin activity, and this in turn means cutaneous, health and beauty. Sunshine is a vital requirement. Brunettes need more sunshine than blondes, because of their more pigmented skin. Blondes absbrb light more quickly, and so can get along, with less. Midday sunshine is, so powerful in summer time that onq can easily get too much. Lastly, skin cleanliness is a matter of bathing and massage, skin cleanliness is not merely soap and water, but it is accomplished by the right kind of friction to stimulate to activity the poresand remove the wast‘d Literally thousands of, dead' cells may be rubbed off the skin every day, along with its secretions, and the benefit arises not only fi.om the lemwal of this waste but from that improvement of. thq circulation that naturally goes with it. Skin friction with the bare hands is excellent, but the right, kind of, Turkish towel may be found more convenient. Flesh brushes no doubt are go l -d, but I favour a clean towel. It is important that the towel should be; dm’ for friction, therefore two towels may be used; but I find .that the excess of water may be absorbed by the wash cloth (wrung PJut) more quickly than by a dry towel. If one can make a sort of hobby of towels they will do much for one’s skin. But at the same time don’t forget the blessings of sunshine and of a natural wholesome diet, and with pure blood and healthy, active cutaneous it will necessarily and inevitably become a wjvety skin.

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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5397, 8 March 1929, Page 4

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SKIN LIKE VELVET. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5397, 8 March 1929, Page 4

SKIN LIKE VELVET. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5397, 8 March 1929, Page 4

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