FOR THE COMPLEXION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16032, 25 September 1915, Page 6 (Supplement)

FOR THE COMPLEXION.

As the warm weather comes I always ■ add a little eau-de-cologne to the water in which I wash, says a well-known beauty! expert. It is so cool sftid refreshing, and it does , a great deal in preventing the' skin from getting greasy and shiny, as I have found. At one time I used to suffer very badly from a greasy skin in the hot weather, until 1 found out the causes. In the first place, I was not nearly careful enough in regard to my diet, and in the second place 1 was always washing my face with soap. Enough but not too much should be everyone's motto as far as soap for the face toilet is concerned. Some never use soap for the face at all, but then they must use some other fatty ingredients for cleansing the dirt from the pores. A girl with one of the prettiest complexions I know uses cold cream in the place of soap— doesn't use it as a face cream,- massaging it into her skin with the tips of her fingers in the usual way, but literally as soap, for she spreads it over her sponge or flannel ,in the same way as you would spread soap, and applies it to her face.

She only does this at the night toilet, though. In the morning she washes her face in pure cold water. But this cold-cream treatment is onlv suitable for girls with dry skin. It certainly i* not so for the girl whose skin is inclined to be the least bit greasy. Too much grease, in the form of either soap o:- other fats, must be avoided by her. I don't mean to say that she should never use soap for the face, for, especially when you live in a town, soap is absolutely necessary for cleansing purposes. But she should only wash the tace with soap -at night, and "this is a rule that may well be applied to .all.