YOUR GOOD LOOKS

NZ Truth, Issue 1238, 22 August 1929, Page 10

YOUR GOOD LOOKS

Some Simple Aids To Enhance Beauty Milkmaids have been famed m poetry and legend for their wonderful complexions, and at last we , know the reason why. Cosmetic;.* • research chemists have analysed^ v butter-milk and found lactic acid, :- which is a valuable beauty aid. JT has an antiseptic action on the' 'S skin, and is one of the best remedies S for spots and blotches. It also , smoothes and bleaches skin which has been roughened by exposure to sun and * Wind. >■)...-.-- .'.•> It should be dabbed on the face with? '; a soft pad of muslin after washingy-"-and allowed to dry on the skin. Milkmaids of long ago undoubtedly discovered this for themselves— hence their lovely complexions. Another very old remedy which is still found useful is a weak toilet < vinegar. It is excellent for a skin wv which needs stimulating, andis -' very simple to make. It is very 'fragrant, and may be applied- to - ■ the skin or added, to the washing ■> water. Take a quart of distilled wine, vinegar, loz. lavender flowers, %-, ; drachm powdered camphor, .%6z-,~' bruised cloves. Put into a bottfe for *; a week, shaking, occasionally; .then '.f^ strain off and rebottle. AH the ingredients are easily 6b-.'' tamed at the chemist's, and the preparation will cleanse the pores and stimulate the skin to healthy action.