Modern Eye-Care Methods Keep The Eyes Young Indefinitely

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 150, 20 March 1936, Page 4

Modern Eye-Care Methods Keep The Eyes Young Indefinitely

(By

Lorelei.)

Women to-day must find it very comforting to see how scientific are the lines ou which modern beauty culture is built up. Cosmetics, make-up aids, softening and whitening creams and lotions all have their place, it is true, in the business of making modern woman lovely, but the really skilful beauty doctor has sone much beyond this in finding cures for our beauty troubles, and has learned to take into consideration diet, exercise, the nervous system, and general health. For instance, what will keep the whole face younger and fresher than fresh youthful eyes, yet eyes are almost tlie first feature to show signs of being less young. Many women who lead a very active or busy life begin, soon after thirty, to have a few thread-like lines around tlie eyes. These, if left alone, become habit lines, and gradually grow deeper. Then, eyes are inclined also to be less wide open as the years roll over us, and the lids less smooth

For all these troubles regular eye exercises are tlie accepted modern cure. And these exercises, we learn not only beautify the eyes to an astonishing degree, but strengthen the sight as well, and keep the oculist at bay. For banishing crow tracks there is nothing to equal a course of eye exercises for they really get to the root of rhe trouble. Crow tracks are usually due to loss of tissue around tbe eyes The flesh and muscular system have become slightly flabby, and have consequently allowed the skin to loosen Therefore tlie tissue must.be built up again, and only exercising of the muscles can do this. Tlie effect is gradual but absolutely sure, and the following routine, carried out regularly, has been known to remove quite deep lines from around the eyes of women long past their forties It is not too much to say that any woman who gives a few minutes every day to exercising her eye muscles wiil keep her eyes fresh and beautiful indefinitely, and will never have crow tracks or flabby eyelids. The bead should be kept perfectly

still while doing the exercises, so it is best, and simplest to do them lying down. And how simple they are! Almost too simple, women think, to have such wonderful results, but try them for a few months and judge that for yourself. The first one is to lift the eyes and look up as far as you can. Keep them so while you count three, then drop the eyes and look down, as though making an effort to see your upper lip—a .quite impossible feat, but it will give vou tlie idea. You will feel tbe muscles beneath tlie eyes and around tlie cheekbone pulling as you do this exercise. It should be done ten times to begin with. The second one is to roll the eyes round in as complete ami wide a circle as possible. Do this ten times also. Exercise three consists of lifting the eyes diagonally and looking tirst up to the extreme outer corner, and then down to the left corner, and vice versa. Now lift tlie eyebrows and while keeping them well raised, try to close the eyes without wrinkling the skin below’ them or the lids. Afterwards you must completely relax the muscles by closing the eyes softly for a few minutes. Very soon you will find how the tissue I is building iij and building up, how the flesh is plumping out, and the lids getting smooth again. Your eyes will soon be as fresh and clear as a child's Tlie good work will be hastened by tapping in a nourishing cream at night. Melt equal parts of lanoline and cocoa butter, and with the finger tips, gently tap this mixture in around the eyes, and still more lightly on the eyelids. Leave a little on ail night. Any woman who has a tendency to eye wrinkles, should get as much sleep as possible. Also, one beauty doctor points out, the crow track type is usually the worrying type, so try with every ounce of will you have, to avoid the worrying habit. It is only a bail habit, since half the things one worries about never happen. Lastly, when out of doors do not screw up the eyes, but. always keep the [ muscles as reluxed as possible.