Treat Your Hands With Kindness

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22909, 11 December 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

Treat Your Hands With Kindness

Very few hands are treated correctly at home. Usually, an occasional filing, with applications of nail polish, is all the attention that thoy receive, and one can quite safely say that the hands are frequently neglected. Often quite a beautiful hand is spoilt by enlarged knuckles. If this enlargement is caused by rheumatism, you must then correct your diet, and eat only those foods which are prescribed by your doctor. But usually this enlargement is most noticeablo among sports girls. Constantly gripping a tennis racquet, golf club or ball will also gradually cause an enlargement to become noticeable. This can be checked and reduced by painting the knuckles nightly with white iodine. In the morning massage them with a little oil of sweet almonds.

Each night cleanse the hands with warm olive oil. This will keep the skin soft and supple, and will prevent the nails from becoming brittle, also. Every time you apply cold cream to your face, massage a little into tho cuticle. This entails very little time, and will give the nails a well-kept appearance. Where the hands are discoloured, sallow, or the skin appears rough, a good bleaching pack will soon Bet matters right. Wash the hands thoroughly, apply a little nourishing cream and then spread the pack thickly over the hands. Work it well into the skin around tho knuckles. Allow the mixture remain on the skin until it is dry, then remove with warm water and finish off with cold.