SIMPLE BEAUTY BATHS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)

SIMPLE BEAUTY BATHS

It is a good idea to make beauty bathing a habit. Even when your preparations cannot be very elaborate, there are several refreshers and water softeners which can bo used daily. Dried lavender is one of these. Keep a stoppered jar of it in the cupboard and infuse a handful in your bath. The esential oil of lavender which is in the flowers when not too dry is a valuable cosmetic. Bran and oatmeal aro tried and valuable aids to skin beauty, and the salt bath—a handful of common grocer's suit —is stimulating and mildly antiseptic. It is best, whatever your usual habit may bo, not to take a cold shower after these beauty baths, and their beneficial effects aro increased by the use of a flesh brush. This should have a long handle so that you can comfortably scrub yourself all over. You will need to use it 'rather softly at first, but before very long a brisk brushing will givo you only a pleasuroablo tingle and make your skin velvety and smooth. • These baths combined with a flesh brush vigorously used, will also have a slimming effect.