SOAP AND WATER

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1939, Page 19

SOAP AND WATER

TIRED SKIN TREATMENT

Nowadays most of us are so assiduous in the use of cleansing creams and lotions for the face that soap is sometimes used less than it deserves, comments a writer in the "Manchester Guardian." Some women there are, living in the country and with naturally fine skins, who can go through life with nothing but water and a little toilet oatmeal as a face cleanser. Those in town, however, need something more, especially if their skins are a little less fine than they could wish. Even in town there are advocates of soapless treatment for the face, but this usually means the use of a rather elaborate system of oils and lotions. Most skins benefit from a thoroughly good lathering with mild soap and warm water at least once a day, followed by a warm water rinse and finally a cold sponging.

A GOOD REST

In some cases where the skin is tired and with, a tendency to sallowness, it is a good plan to omit for a week or more.every sort of facial application but that of soap and water. A really tired skin, like a tired body, benefits from complete rest, and just as the digestion can suffer from too much nourishment, so can the skin. It may be a little drier after a week's plain soap and water treatment, but the slight sallowness characteristic of a tired skin will be gone, and the usual creams and lotions will then do their work more effectively than before. It is also worth while remembering that just as some shades in dress material and hats were "forbidden" to the more vivid colouring of one's youth but can be worn successfully in later life, so certain soaps which were once found unsuitable can now be used successfully. This is due partly to chemical changes in the skin, partly to discoveries in the manufacture of soap which m^ke for greater refinements in its texture.