BEAUTY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4958, 20 February 1937, Page 3

BEAUTY.

GOING TO BED. Here is a way the intelligent, beauty craving wife can preserve a lovely skin and yet not go to bed with a greasy face. There are many light and fluffy cleansing creams on the market now. First, remove dirt and make-up with one of these and plenty of tissues. Now see that all traces of cream are removed from your skin, either by a soap and water wash — there are even special soaps for the dry and greasy skins —or the patting on of a good freshening lotion. Petal clean, your face is ready for lubrication. For this you need less cream, but pat or work it in well so that as much oil as possible is taken up by the hungry skin. Never stretch your face down when manipulating cream. Use brisk up and out pats, going gently around your eyes. Or, try very light thumb and forefinger pinchings up along the muscles at the side of your face. Now, press a piece of cleansing tissue all over your face and neck. What cream remains won’t make you feel, or look, greasy. It’s all so simple, this one cream routine, that will keep the average dry skin soft and nice well into middle age. But do it every night.

When skins are abnormally dry and tend to wrinkle easily, a richer, heavier cream should be used for its extra penetrating power. If you want to keep both your husband’s respect and your own fine skin texture, use this cream right. Cleanse first with a light cleansing cream that melts immediately and takes the dirt and make-up away with it, when it is removed with tissues. After a wash with soap and water, or the application of a freshening lotion, your face is ready for the heavier cream.

To get the most good out of such a cream, pat it in gently but firmly. Always allow as much cream as possible to soak in, but press a cleansing tissue all over your face and neck afterwards to take up the excess.