CARE OF COMPLEXION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 26, 1 February 1933, Page 11

CARE OF COMPLEXION

FACE-CREAMS, FRECKLES

"So many beauty experts advise the use of one cream in the morning, another in the evening, somtething else as a foundation^ for powder, and yet another invention as a lotion.- But they are really unnecessary, and you should be able to manage with one good skin: food, a vanishing cream, and perhaps a skin tonic," states a correspondent. "If you have a normal complexion, all it needs is sufficient nourishment every evening to replace the wear - and tear of the day, and any good cream will perform this function. A cleanSing cream is quite unnecessary if you have a dry or normal skin, because you can remove all traces of dust and grime .with a thin layer of the ordinary cream before applying it liberally. "Should your skin be oily, with en-, larged pores, a good soap and soft water will be better for your complexion than anything else, and afterwards you can finish off with an application of the skin tonic.

"On the whole, most people have fairly good skins in this country, but if you need a good cream every evening, make up your mind never to stint it, and you will probably possess a good complexion until:you are well past 50. "Of course, there are a few tiresome blemishes which may spoil a skin and which ordinary cold cream will not touch, such as.freckles and warts and those little veins which are so unbeautiful. Personally, I never think that freckles are unsightly, but I know that they distress some people very much. There are various remedies which are supposed to be efficacious.

'"An old Highland woman told me that one teaspconful "of lemon juice, two teaspoonfuls of vinegar, and thirty drops of spirits of wine mixed together and painted on the freckles would remove them; but, having never needed to try it, I can't swear to the efficacy of the preparation, although I have heard people say it is wonderful. It is quite" harmless, anyhow, and it would hurt no one to try it. "Those little burst veins are much more serious, for they spoil any complexion. Also, they tend to get worse as one gets older, and they make a woman look more than her age. Now, what can be done about them, and why do they appear? t "They occur primily because of a bad circulation. That, of course, is constitutional and cannot be cured entirely. You can do a good deal, when you are still young, to prevent them by being, very careful not to expose your skin to' extremes of heat or cold without due precautions, by which I mean protecting it with cream and powder when you are • liknly to encounter cold winds and frosts, or brilliant sun. Avoid alcohol and stimulating foods with spices in them, and also much red meat. ' Fish and light foods are the best' diet.

"I am afraid there is not much comfort for sufferers of middle-age and over' who are already troubled with them, for they are almost impossible to remove at home. They can be dispersed entirely by experts, but it is an expensive cure," ■•.-■•'■