DO UNTO YOURSELF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 209, 4 September 1934, Page 2

DO UNTO YOURSELF

We cannot all afford to pay lots of money for beauty treatments, but we can, by a little care and expense, ke-ep ourselves up to the mark; and for this reason I choose, as my title, ‘ ‘Do Unto Yourself" (says Everylady's Journal). First of all, take it for granted that you do right by your face in such routine matters as cl-eansing and softening. But the idea is to go further than that, and to give yourself a thorough facial treatment regularly every week or 10 days.

First, you clean—of course. Use a cleansing cream that liquefies on your skin and seeps into every pore. Put it on over every inch of your face and neck, then remove it, with tissue® or the new little cl-eansing cloths.

Next, you soften —by means of an emollient cream. Start at the base of the neck, and use an upward, outward movement. Even an oily skin needs this type of cream occasionally for proper lubrication. This is patted into the akin with a little patter, or your hand, to start circulation and help the skin absorb the cream. This goes on for 10 or 15 minutes, and during this time an anti-wrinkle cream is reposing under your eyes, and a pore paste over any enlarged-pore area. Then, off with all cream.

Next, you stimulate —by means of a tonic, and this tonic should be chosen for the particular type of skin you have. Then, bathe your eyes with one of those grand eye-baths, wring out eye-pads in warm water, and lit them over your eyes, and lay yourself down to rest for 15 minutes. This rest

period is importantNext, you finish —literally and figuratively. You wipe your face with a soft towel, and put on a finishing preparation suited to your skin. As for your hair, I do not suggest that you neglect your hairdresser. But is a good deal to be said on behalf of taking care of your wave in between the hairdresser’s ministrations. After your nightly brushing, anoint your head w’ith a waving fluid, comb the hair out straight, and push the wave back into place with your fingers. You have to keep working at this to get the tricks of it, but you will be surprised at what a talent you can develop. Then you put on a little cap that ties under your chin like a baby bonnet. Even if you let down on this eventually, wearing a cap or net for the first three nights aftei each shampoo is ’a guarantee of longer life for your wave. -As for ringlets, it is easy to dampen them with waving fluid, turn them up, and pin them close to your head.

One of the most important do-unto-thyself’s is fingernails. Again, this does not mean to keep away from your manicurist —rather to keep up her good work. Even if you haven’t mastered the art of painting pink tips, anybody can take off polish, and an unvarnished nail is infinitely better than cracked polish. If you aren’t skilled in the matt-er of application, buy yourself a bottle.