Electric Light and Beauty.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 17, 27 April 1907, Page 29

Electric Light and Beauty.

Men and women who sit steadily under electric light day in and day out notice that they frequently become grey in that part of the head exposed to the. direct rays of the electric bulb. The shop girl in the basement of a shop, who never sees the sunlight except in the early morning and on rare holidays, still complains of freckles. Thp grey hair and freckles are produced by the direct and constant rays of the (‘lettrie light.

No wonder, then, ii it van change the pigments in the hair anti skin, that the constant brilliant illumination dries up ami withers the faces of the women who spend most of their time in its glare. flic best treatment for this trouble is a form of massage, a manipulation of the muscles of the face, the masseuse first selecting a eream that suits the skin of her patient. The work of building up some of the flabby and relaxed muscles around the eyes does not begin at the eye projirr, but a good massage treat incut starting below the bust and working up to the neck precedes the manipulation of the face. This starts the blood circulating and gets at the mutter thoroughly, instead of giving just the superficial eye treatment. In I renting the face, the operator places the hands below the chin, and with steady pushing movement works slowly up toward the ear. The skill should not be drawn, and the pressure should come on the musrh s only. TTia same steady pressure is applied with the lingers on either sid • of the nose up toward the inner corner of the eye. The cheek muscle, one of the first to sag, and which often seems to have slipped down from the cheek bone, is brought up with the thumb and bent forefinger, while the two lingers of the other hand keep the skin around the eyes from wrinkling. Any kind of manipulation of tin* lower part of the face is wrong which creates during the process wrinkles around the eyes or on the forehead. The <*ye> must be hehl open while the creases in the under lid are smoothed mil. The droop in the eyelid can be lifted only by working on the muscles over the eyebrow, which run right up into the hair, and constitute a scalp treatment besides. To take away the strained look from the (‘yes due to too much electric glare the back of the head is worked on. The inside corner of the eye at the nose often shows dark and congested, and is treated by working there carefully with the forefinger and thumb in a rntarv movement.