FOR GLEAMING HAIR AND CREAMY SKINS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 127, 1 June 1938, Page 17

FOR GLEAMING HAIR AND CREAMY SKINS

It Olive oil is a beauty aid of many k years' standing, and it is surprising the number of uses to which it can be [0 put (writes the beauty specialist 01 i- the "Sydney Morning Herald"). Rough y red hands, swollen knuckles, thin arms, dandruff, chilblains, and many other beauty blemishes will all respond to olive oil treatments. y When your hail is very dry, and g you desire to give it a gloss withoul j, making it greasy, try adding a few a drops of olive oil to the last rinsing water when washing your head. This [. will allow the oil to spread very thinly throughout the hair, and all fear o! greasiness can be dispelled. e Hough, red hands can be softened e and whitened by giving them a warm e olive oil bath each night before going (j to bed. Massage the oil well into the t, skin, then slip on a pair of loose gloves. S and allow the oil to remain on all - night. In the morning, after washing k the hands, massage with a little cold - cream. ■ .1 When your hands are very - dirty y and grimy from housework, before ■, washing them apply a little olive oil, rub the hands together as if wash- - irig them, then Wash with soap and water, and you will find that most of ' the dirt and grime has been removed. ' And then there are chilblains. Mas- ' sage the hands and feet every night with a little warm olive oil, and you will, find that it will prevent chilblains. Dandruff is always a nuisance. Not only does it shed itself on our shouldefs, bvit if neglected it will cause the hair to fall, with the consequent result that we suffer from baldness, fiave your chemist make you a lotion of olive Sotij rosemary, tlnd cantharides, and, massage it well into the scalp eve*y night. 'Even the most stubborn cases übf will respond to this treatment. . " AND ELBOWS. Thiit «lfcows can be made beautifully and white and much rounder In appearance if you massage them every nifeht with warm olive oil. Spend a few minutes working the oil into the skin. The easiest way to carry out this treatment is to pour a little of the-oil into the cupped palm of the hand, then place the hand under the opposite elbow and rub the oil into the skin. • Arms which are very thin can be fattened out by-carrying- out a combined exercise and olive oil treatment. First' massage the "arms every night With olive oil, carrying out the movegently but'firmly from the wrist ■ upwards! Then sit on the floor and carry out movements with torms as if you were rowing.;'•>-■? j you will have to persevere with the treatment 'Before aiiy noticeable difference is ipparent. If your < skin has a tendency to darken with , the application of , oil, add a little milk to the mixture arid this Will Effectively kill all darkening tendencies. RECIFE FOR WHITE SKINS. While we are discussing the subject of arms, it may be just as well to tell you about an olive, oil recipe which will remove all redness from the skin. Mix together: Olive oil, 3oz; glycerine, 2oz; juice of two lemons. Beat the mixture well together and then bottle. After washing the hands and arms in warm water, pour a little of the mixture into the palms of the hands and rub well into the skin. Perhaps your fingers are not as slender as you desire. The knuckles may be enlarged and spreading. If this is the case, rub the enlarged joint every night with warm olive oil. If the skin is lined and coarse, soak a pad of absorbent cotton-wool in the,oil, bind it loosely around each finger, and allow it to remain on all night. And there is also your neck, perhaps it is just a trifle -too thin. If so, add a little milk to some- warm olive oil and massage it well into the skin every night. At the- same time carry out neck exercises. When salt-cellars are apparent they will very often respond to the following treatment. First sponge the neck with warm water and a'good soap, then dab'on a generous supply of olive oil. Massage this into the skin for a few minutes, and then remove by patting with a soft towel. Then, before going to bed, slightly warm some cocoa butter, apply it t,o the skin, and allow it to remain on all night. Cocoa butter is 'not expensive to buy, and can be procured from practically every chemist. , If you live in a district where the .water is hard, and it is difficult to obtain a lather with the spap, add a drop or two 'of olive oil to the water and you will then find that not only will the water feel softer, but the soap will

UNRIVALLED QUALITIES OF OLIVE OIL

lather better, and the skin will not become rough and coarse. THE EYELASHES. When the eyelashes or eyebrows are scraggy, slight applications of the oil every night and morning will soon increase their growth. And as a final hint, there is nothing to compare with olive oil for relieving tired and aching feet. First bathe your feet in hot water, then warm a little olive oil and massage it into the feet with a circular movement of the hands. Allow the oil to remain on the skin for about five minutes, so that as much as possible will be absorbed, then dry lightly with a soft towel, finally dusting, with talc-powder. There is not the slightest excuse for neglecting any of the above treatments, as olive oil is in every home, and is inexpensive to procure.