BATHING FOR BEAUTY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 237, 19 September 1934, Page 1

BATHING FOR BEAUTY

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW. Many women who give a great deal of cure to their complexions are sadly neglectful of the skin of their bodies, notwithstanding that the complexion is largely dependent on the general tone and health of the skin (says “Clelia” in the “Sydney Morning Herald.'’) I’or the next few weeks, in addition to your daily tub, give yourself the luxury of a few special toning baths. These uro best taken at night, when you have plenty of time to give to them. ■ <

Here is one very much recommended in Paris at the moment—the grated orange peel buth. The juice ot: the orange has long been known for us bonelieial properties, but only recently has tho peel been found to contain valuable. oils that stimulate, cleanse, and whiten the skin.

Add to a bath of hot water lhe finely graved rind or three large, ripe oranges, and luxuriate in it lor ten minutes. At nignt, when you are going utrajglit to bed after it, tue temperature oi your bath can be holler and you cun slay in it longer without danger of cold or fatigue.

Here is another preparation that will whiten your skin and oanisu any tendency io rouguness on the Hack or arms:—Two pounds of bran, one pound of oatmeal, and six ounces or dried lavender Howers. Boil all these in two quarts of waler for au hour, strain and add the liquid to tho bath-water in which you lune already dissolved one ounce of borax and one ounce of bicarbonate of soda.

A very simple but stimulating bath is to be hud by adding a couple of handfuls of common salt to the water. Yet another which has astringent properties is one with Epsom salts in it, also in the proportions of a couple of handfuls to a bath of water. Epsom salts arp powerful in carrying oil’ injurious acids from the system, and any dead particles of cuticle. Such particles if not cleared away, make the skin harsh and lifeless-looking and bring about early wrinkles. If you want to get tho most out of these baths and’ reap the reward of glowing health and beauty of body, you should conclude them with a thorough frictioning from head to foot, using for the purpose some good spirit preparation or toilet vinegar. This should be made beforehand and can be done as follows:—Take a pint bottle and fill it with pure alcohol. Dissolve in this half an ounce of gum camphor and one tablespoonful of salt. Fill the bottle right up with water and cork well.

A still simpler preparation eau be made by mixing six ounces of rose water, two ounces of the best vinegar, and one ounce of spirits of lavender.

Either of these lotions should be used by pouring a little into a rough Turkish towelling bath glove and rubbing the body briskly all over. Work upwards always, first the limbs, then the body, idlest and’ arms, until the skin is glowing and tingling. These tonic lotions after the bath have a wonderful effect in stimulating the skin and muscular system and in closing the pores. You will find that one of the most marked results of these beauty baths is the soundness of your sleep a"t night. sou will wake in the morning free from all stiffness and fatigue, the skin of your body velvety to touch and your complexion clean and fresh as a rose.