SUNBURN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2986, 14 January 1926, Page 4

SUNBURN.

Holiday time means an outdoor life for many, and unfortunately the complexion that shows to advantage on the seaside promenade is utterly out of keeping when one returns to town and sheds beach frocks for town garb. Sunburnt faces, reddened arms and necks, do not look attractive in filmy evening frocks. The girls who can allow themselves to become sunburnt without feeling any pangs of regret afterwards are few and far between. The majority of girls become that unsightly brickered colour which too often results in equally unsightly blisters. Only the creamy, opaque skins tan to that much desired deep brown shades which fades very quickly, and is very attractive while it lasts.

It is better, therefore, to expend n little extra care and attention on your skin in order to prevent the sun’s rays doing- any damage rather than to have to submit to the unbecoming and painful process of burning and peeling. The use of good cold cream and lanoline night and morning will successfully prevent the skin from burning. Vanishing cream is of little use for this purpose; a greasy cream is necessary.

At night, rub the cream well into the skin, and allow it to remain on for live or ten minutes before wiping off with a piece of cottonwool. Apply the cream similarly in the morning, and, after wiping oil - , powder thickly with prepared fuller’s earth. Then dust ott lightly, and powder with your usual face powder.

The fuller’s earth will prevent the cream from making the skin look greasy and shiny, and will also help to protect it from the sun. Bathing girls should remembei that salt water allowed to dry on the skin plays havouc with beauty, and face and neck should be well rinsed with fresh water immediately after the dip. If it is impossible to procure fresh water on the beach, it is well worth while taking a small bottleful with one. The usual shades of powder should be discarded by the outdoor girl in favour of basanee or sunburn shades, and rouge happens to be of that particular variety which is affected by the ozone and changes it hue.