Weather May Be Cause Of Dry And Reddened Skin

Press, Volume C, Issue 29555, 3 July 1961, Page 2

Weather May Be Cause Of Dry And Reddened Skin

Cold and windy weather is possibly responsible for the New Zealand woman’s problem of dry and reddened skin on her face, hands and feet, according to Miss Joy Francis, a beauty consultant from Melbourne, who arrived in Christchurch yesterday. During her tour of New Zealand Miss Francis h?s noticed this skin fault and was surprised to see that even schoolgiih were the same. “Usually adolescent girls have a normal or an oily stain but here their faces are so dry,” she said.

Many women find the dryness affects their hands more than their faces Miss Francis gives de’ailed instructions on manicure and hand care. "I have seen many people in the North Island with dry, flaky nails and dry cuticle skin around the nails," she said. "I introduced them to a nail cream that puts nourishment hack into the nail beds and also softens the cuticles. I showed them how

to file their nails properly as you can do so much damage by doing it the wrong way and I pointed out that the correct method of filing helps to build Mils so that they grow stronger. CORRECT MANICURE "The correct manicure is thia: after removing old enamel and shaping your nails with an emery board—never a steel file or scissors —soften the cuticle with nail

cream, loosen and remove any dead, dry cuticle with cuticle remover and apply a base coat to smooth out ridges in the nails and to hold the enamel on. Apply two coats of enamel and then a sealer on top. If a coat of sealer is applied each day between manicures it will i prevent the nail enamel from chipping, irrespective of how ’ much hard work your hands are engaged in.” Nail enamel or varnish was important. It prevented nails from drying out and the hard surface helped to keep them from breaking. Cuticle remover bleached nicotine stains and other marks from under the nails. ‘‘Nails don't breathe. Some women think they are giving their nails a holiday by leaving enamel off for a day,” said Miss Francis. “This is quite useless.” Housewives should always keep a bottle of hand lotion above the sink and should apply it each time they took their hands out of water. A little should also be used every night before retiring. GLOVES URGED “You can’t expect your hands to look nice if you don't wear gloves for gardening,” Mias Francis added. Nail enamel and hand lotion would keep for years if the bottles were kept clean at the neck and well screwed down so they were air-tight. But temperature changes could affect some enamels and cause them to thicken. Rather than use it like that, Miss Francis suggested a solvent to thin the polish. Throughout New Zealand Miss Francis is conducting schools for salesgirls from stores and pharmacies. She lectures to classes of about 24 students, takes them through a three-day course and gives them an examination at the end of it. Manicure is dealt with on the first day together with the historv of cosmetics and Ideas on selling and display. There is also a manicure film shown. It was made in a New York salon. On the second day the class is devoted to skin care and make-up and another film is shown. On the third day the students are taught ‘.he correct movements for applying a massage cream and practise the lesson on make-up. Then a makebelieve shop is staged with some acting as salesgirls and others as customers. The examination it held later that afternoon.

“It is surprising how much interest is shown in eye-make-up.” Miss Francis setd. “But I think 17 or 18 years old is soon enough to wear it. Usually young girls like to wear some for their debut. “When a young girl first begins to use make-up she needs to graduate from the soap-and-water method of cleaning her face to the moisturising cleanser. When her face is clean she will probably need a skin conditioner to help an oily blemish on her adolescent skin. Then comes a compressed powder over a moisturiser—in other words just a light anti-shine treatment. Lipstick of course, and eyebrow pencil if she needs it.”

Plenty of sleep, fresh air and the right food were important beauty aids for a pretty complexion. “You can’t expect make-up to do the lot,” said Miss Francis.