THE CULT OF BEAUTY

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 156, 3 July 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE CULT OF BEAUTY

* Everyone Should Be Lovely. DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO ASSIST NATURE. %

(By A SPECIALIST.)

every day would be a wonderful aid in acquiring, or increasing good look«, and it is such a cheap way of improving one's appearance that to ignore it is * pity. Water taken properly flushes the system, as the pipe is cleaned by pouring down it a large quantity of pur* cleansing fluid, and. as with the pipe, impurities are carried out, leaving only that which is beneficial. To gain this good effect, two facts arw I important. One ie that the liquid ! shall not be taken with meals, and the ! <it her that it shall not be of an icy temperature. In the former case it | dilutes the gastric juices, causing | indigestion, in the latter it stops diges- ! tion. The matter of not taking muck | water with food is not without reason. Manv persons do not masticate tlieir 1 food" properly. In other words, the stomach is made to do the work of the teeth. If liquid is avoided when eating extreme mastication becomes net-eft-sary, or food will choke the person. Beauty Hint*. [ Sitting up late at night will cauw 1 frrey hairs, as nothing else wilL It makes those dark circles about the eyes, 1 and causes them to lose half their lustre and softness and beauty. Whoever saw a pretty woman with dull, lifeless eyes? She would not be pretty, were she so afflicted. By sleeping properly the body is kept stronger and fresher, and thus the complexion is benefited greatly. Wrinklee do not come so soon, the skin does not take on that muddy, yellow hue as it would otherwise, and cheeks are pink and rosy with greatest of all rouges— health.

IlfE should be lovely, but tragically we ff are not! Not because of any fault of Mother Nature, but because much of our present system of civilisation serves to check and defeat the workings which Xature started for us in sucli perfect order. To keep the skin smooth and supple, much can be c.ine. A good skin food should be used every day. This should be a pure cream formulated to supply the elements which the skin needs for its health and youth. There are two foods to answer the needs of different skin types. One, for dry skins, is rich, nourishing, made to feed the tissues of the facial muscles, as well as to supply the wants of the skin. A good facial cream of this kind can be made out of lanoline and almond oil in equal quantities, and. if you like, two or three drops of castor oil can be added, as this is very rejuvenating for tired skins. Put this on the face and neck for several minutes every day, and you will soon see the gratifying results of its use. It fills out hollows and deep lines, and gives the face that look of smoothness and firmness ! which is the mark of a well-cared-for ! skin. | The second skin food is for oily skins and can be made up as Jollows: SpermaI cetti wax should be its component part diluted with almond oil, to which add a ' few drops of spirits of camphor. Xce<l I say, menus must be revised, and constipation avoided at all costs, not only for the complexion's sake, but for the sake of the figure also! Hot lemonade might with advantage replace early 1 morning tea. and fresh fruit take the , place of milk and suet pudding. Eat : plenty of green vegetables, and a salad | should form part of every meaL I What Most Skins Require. But to hark back to complexion. Most ; skins require two doses (one morning, | the other evening) of bracing tonic j mild or strong, depending upon the texi ture of the skin. Tonic of this kino | should always be followed by. vigorous j tapping, either with a little rubbei bristle massage brush or a firm pattei made of several inches of cotton wool Patters alsiyhclp to smooth out wrinkles and bring a most becon-.ing if briel flush to pale cheeks. I In my former letters I have spokei i at great length concerning gymnastic: for beauty; therefore, in following ou the above instructions, don't forpc physical culture, not only of the body but of the face and neck as well. A Simple Secret. , While I am on the subject of facia | gymnastics, a simple secret of face con i trol consists in a determined effort t keep the muscles movin™ upwards. Th upward curve of the mouth, the eye* the brows, the cheeks are happy curves Once the muscles respond automatical!; they leave such tell-tale imprints on th face that, even in repose, the face show good humour and marks a pleasing dis ftosition for its owner. For a womii with a set of paralysed muscles in he face, twisting her face into every pos sible contortion to loosen them is sug gested. The job is to put action there to get every yuscle into some kin< of activity. Water-drinking Beautifies Complexion. To say that drlnVlng at least tlire< lints of water a day would make a pir jeautiful. would be gross exaggeration >ut it is perfectly true that such ar imomit of liquid taken judiciously

Honey. Many people who make cakes and iweeti which contain honey 1 are frequently disappointed because these do not turn out as I successfully as they might. This is in most cases due to the fact that the honey is not weighed correctly. Honey is difficult to weigh and should always be measured in liquid form. If the honey is solid it should be carefully heated until liquid before j measuring.

One danger in the use of cosmetic? i« the neglect of general health. When the skin is muddy or sallow, it im generally a sign that there is some derangement of the blood or stomach, and likewise when pimples appear. Instead of trying to cover these blemishes with cosmetics one should seek out the cause and then go to the root of the trouble. Wise people when they have a toothache go to the dentist rather than to a druggist. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Beauty has two great friends, the cosmetic maker and the doctor. Two of the main causes of a bad com. plexion are biliousness and constipation, and usually both have about the «ame effect in making the skin sallow or covering it with pimples or red spot*. Both ailments or disorders should be combated by diet and regular exercise out of doors. Health, like wealth, is not valued until it has gone.