HEALTH AND BEAUTY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 August 1941, Page 2

HEALTH AND BEAUTY

SOME USEFUL HINTS. For very dry hair, swathe the head with hot towels, then rub in olive oil which has been warmed. Give the scalp a good massaging and again apply hot towels. If possible, allow oil to remain on an hour or two. Then shampoo head with warm water and soap and rinse thoroughly in cold or tepid water. Continue treatment twice weekly for few weeks. ‘t-ts;. To soften hard skin, soak your feet every night in hot water to which has been added salt or a little soda. Dry the feet well and massage well with olive oil or lanolin; pay particular attention to toenails or hard parts. In morning rub all hard parts with pumice stone which has been well soaped, then powder feet with boracic acid. All corns and bunions should be promptly treated; the simple ones can be treated at home with corn paint or simple remedies, but if they are of long standing, especially bunions, you should seek the advice of a chiropodist. If your feet are otherwise in fairly good condition, but soft and tender, harden them -by massaging every morning, with equal parts of Eau-de-Cologne and lemon juice before powdering. See that toe nails are cut regularly, but straight across, and not curved.