Value of Cleansing Cream

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 653, 3 May 1929, Page 5

Value of Cleansing Cream

i If you would keep your skin soft and free from lines, don't cleanse it; with hard water. There may be skins , that will stand such drastic treatment) and emerge triumphant, but they are ! very few; the majority are ruined by j it, often past repair. Two creams should be found on every woman’s dressing table, and used regularly. One for cleansing the skin, and the other for feeding the tissues and so preventing wrinkles. It is the dry skin that wrinkles most: easily. Plump people seldom have as j many wrinkles as very thin ones, and j this is due to the fact that the skin! of a plump person is never very dry.! If your skin is dry, feed it liberally i night, and morning, and never cleanse ! it with anything but cream. How to Apply it Provide yourself with a few small pieces, about four inches square, of butter muslin. With one of these wipe the face and throat over to remove powder, day cream, etc;. Spread a layer of the cleansing cream thinly over the skin and, with the tips of the fingers, "work it well in. Remember never to rub the face downwards. All movements should be upwards and outwards, from the chin to the forehead, and from the corners of the mouth toward the ears. This up-

BEAUTY BLEMISH ! | Puffiness around the eyes is generj ally due either to severe eyestrain or j lack of sufficient sleep, in young women, and, in the case of older ones, to excess of uric acid in the blood, i An astringent lotion, applied with a | small pad of cotton wool, night and morning, will help to reduce the pufliI ness. Care must be taken never to rub thq. skin around the eyes, as it is 1 extremely delicate and very easily stretched. Always pat in whatever 1 preparation is used around the eyes, ' whether it be a cream or a lotion, . using the tip of the middle linger for creams and a pad of cotton wool for applying a lotion. J Sponging the eyes and surrounding J skin with very cold water will also 1 help in reducing the swollen appear- { ance. : When the trouble is only slight, a J lotion of tannic acid dissolved in spirit, painted with a fine camel’s-hair brush over the skin, will often reduce t the puffiness. , When the trouble is due to excess of 1 uric acid, a suitable diet is of great < importance. The amount of sugar taken should be reduced to the minimum, and very acid foods avoided, j Oranges may, however, be taken with ( advantage. 1

ward movemeut prevents sagging of • the muscles. Don’t be in a hurry to [ remove the cream. Allow it to soak | into the skin before wiping it off. The Feeding Cream ! This cream should contain oil aud it I should be applied in the same way as ! the cleansing cream, but when working it into the skin follow the muscles of the face. Use the first and second fingers and lift, them from the face after each pressure, so as to avoid stretching the skin. Wipe off with a square of the butter muslin and apply a tonic to brace the skin and the muscles. There are various preparations for this purpose, and having chosen the one that suits > your type of skin best, make a pad of | cotton-wool, dip it iu cold water, 1 squeeze lightly, moisten with the tonic and apply to the skin of the face and neck, giving little dabs over the whole I surface. j Before treating the face with cream, j the hair around the face, the forehead and ears should always be protected, j for grease darkens the hair roots, i A waterproof bathing cap can be slipped on (this is the plan adopted by ! many actresses when applying their stage make-up), or a light bandage can be swathed round the head. An ordinary two-inch bandage is quite satisfactory, and it can be used again and again.

SUNBURN THE LATEST SHADE IN COMPLEXIONS The lily-petal complexion is no longer chic—it has been superseded by the new sunburn shade. For women who do not burn easily to the healthy clear brown colour, the beauty specialists are now placing ou the market a variety of face powders which make the natural skin several shades darker. Of course, the alabaster effect is still more desirable for evening time, and it may be obtained by covering the sunburned complexion with lavender powder which makes the skin appear very white under artificial lighting. After cooking corned breast of mutton. allow tine water to stand overnight. and in the morning a thick layer of good dripping may be skimmed If you have a corniced wardrobe, paste over the top a strong piece of brown paper. This can easily be dusted, and there will be no “well” to hold the dust.

THAT EXTRA INCH MEANS MILLIONS OF YARDS The new fashions for the English spring and summer will mean the manufacture of 50,000.000 yards more material thau were required last year. Even an. inch ou to women’s. skirts necessitates the employment of thousands of additional workers. You cannot escape with three yards this year. Dressmakers are demanding 4.\ and 5 yards for each dress. So frilly fashions may do more to solve Britain’s industrial problems, thau the brittle promises of politicians.

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