BRUSH YOUR WAY TO BEAUTY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 546, 26 December 1928, Page 4

BRUSH YOUR WAY TO BEAUTY

SOME FRENCH IDEAS The Parisian, who devotes more time and thought to her toilet than the woman of any other nation, would never dream of washing her face with either wash-glove or sponge, such as her sister of other lands uses. Instead, she cleanses her face and throat with a special brush, composed of soft fine hairs, well soaped and moistened with lukewarm water, repeating the process again and again with clear lukewarm water, and after that with cold. If you would try this method of cleansing your face, invest in a fairly thick camel’s hair brush. Soak it in soft cold water for a couple of hours before use, and after using always stand it on its handle with the brush portion upwards, to keep the hairs firm. When cleansing the face, dip the brush in warm water and wet the skin. Moisten a cake of good superfatted soap, and work the brush over it to make a thick lather. Work the lather into the skin with the brush, stroking from the chin toward the ears, and from the sides of the mouth toward the ears. Work across the forehead, down the nose, and brush thoroughly around the nostrils and sides of the mouth. Pay special attention to the skin around the eyes, for it is here that the brush treatment is most beneficial. Skin on this part of the face is very fine and delicate, and therefore most easily stretched. The brush not only cleanses the skin, but acts as a light form of massage, stimulating the little muscles into activity, and helping to prevent the formation of those ugly little lines and wrinkles around the eyes which are so ageing. Excellent for Blackheads The woman who suffers with a coarse greasy skin and blackheads will find that the brush method of cleansing her face will be far more beneficial than any other. In such a case the water should be warmer than in ordinary circumstances, and the brush should be worked vigorously around the nose and chin dud wherever else blackheads have forrSld. Cleansing the skin with a wellsoaped brush is also most beneficial in the case of goose-flesh on the arms, legs or neck. For this, the brush chosen should be one wiih firmer bristles, such as the ordinary bath brush, soaped in the same way as for the face, and the goose-flesh parts well scrubbed. If this is done daily for three or four weeks all traces of goose-flesh will disappear. No woman who values her appearance would omit to brush her eyebrows and eyelashes when making her morning toilet to remove any traces of powder which might have settled on them. But, besides this a brush should be used at night. If the eyelashes are too scanty or too light for beauty, smear the brush with a trace of golden ointment before brushing them, using a flue camel’s-hair brush and drawing it carefully along the extreme edges of the lids. For the eyebrows use an ordinary eyebrow brush, to which a drop or two of castor oil has been applied. The castor oil darkens the lashes and gives them a soft, silky appearance. Remember that all brashes used for Lhe face should be washed twice a week in warm water softened with borax instead of soda and dried in the open air. It is best to keep tw r o of each kind and use them alternately.