YOU AND BEAUTY

New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 131, 26 December 1941, Page 42

YOU AND BEAUTY

TREAT ‘EM ROUGH MERICAN women have gone mad A over rough-house beauty treatments. Fifth Avenue beauties are being stood on their elegant coiffures, for standing on the head is said to clear the complexion. They are being slapped with coarse hair mitts, to make the skin fine, and pummelled till the tears start to their eyes, to pep up sluggish circulation. But you don’t need a beauty parlour to treat you rough. Here are some ideas for doing it yourself, at home, SCALP AND HAIR: Hair-tugging is good for sluggish glands. For a few minutes at night, and before you get up in the» morning, have a good tug-of-war with your hair. Grasp strands of hair close to the scalp and tug. At any odd moment practise scalp drill. It will halve your brushing time. Dig your fingers deep into the roots of the hair and work your scalp round and round with small rotary movements. When you do brush, give your hair a real rough-house. Toss the hair over the face and brush upwards from the nape of the neck, FACE AND NECK: A rough and tumble with your face once a week will stimulate circulation, — tighten slackening muscles, and help get rid of blemishes. For a normal or greasy skin, cleanse in the usual way. Lather the face freely with a good facial soap and warm water, then brush vigorously with a fairly hard nail-brush, Rinse the face first in warm, then in cold, water, with a wash of eau de cologne. Slap the water on with the hands till the skin tingles. Dry with a rough towel and finish by massaging in a little almond oil or skin food. For a dry skin, cleanse by your usual method. Mix almond oil with your skin food, or use almond oil alone, and apply lavishly to face and neck, using a rubber brush to work the mixture into the pores. Rinse off with warm water, and then splash the face with cold water, slapping vigorously with the finger tips. Finish by massaging in a little almond or olive oil.’ When applying creams, put a punch and a pinch into it, as deep pinching stimulates the blood-flow to face and neck, Apply cream thickly, and with finger and thumb pinch the skin firmly. TORSO: To keep it smooth and to assist it in throwing off impurities, the skin of the body should be given a thorough trouncing every day of your life. If you want to keep your body fine-skinned, taut and youthful, use only rough towels, body brushes, tape or hair gloves, cold water after hot, and stinging frictions. A salt rub can take the place of expensive treatments. Damp your loofah or bath gloves, apply the salt to them and rub in all over the body. Rinse off in cold water and dry with a rough towel. ; '