The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-25
Hints for the Complexion.

A clear skin is to be desired above all
else in the matter of facial beauty
even more than regular features. A
person may have regular features. but
Il the skin has sallow or pimply look
the beauty is gone, bu: II one has good
features and clear, healthy looking
skin, then the face is indeed beautiful.
The beauty of expression is not wholly
within tho power of the individual, but
II is what the mind will make it. But
the beauty of complexion is within the
reach Of nearly every one, and the
means by which it may be obtained are
very simple, being the most natural.
Most ladies have wrong idea of TAX
.ng care of the complexion. After
washing tho face. instead of rubbing it
hard with the towel until it is perfectly
dry ard smooth, they simply pat it with
the towel. Now this pattng of the
face dry is one Of the surest ways OF
spelling u good complexion, for this
reason. The skin is very active
agent (when in healthy in throwing of
q great amount of the waste matter of
the body, and is also constantly cxud-
ing an oily fluid which dries on the
surface, and unless VIC use good soap
with plenty of hard rubbing, it is not
very easily removed, and consequently
the face and hands being exposed. are
liable to chap, and pimples, and what
are commonly called black heads,
come from the same cause. Black
heads are generally supposed by many
to be kind of skin worm. but this is
a false idea. 1t is simply this-the
skin being rather inactive, the waste
matteris not thrown from the oil glands,
and the black head is caused from dirt
adherlng to the oily substance of the
gland. | was recently explaining to u
friend what black heads were Che having
some on his facc). and he Immediately
exclaimed, MY face is not dirty"
No." | said, ''of course not. but do
you use soap when you wash your
faccP" No. he did not. And do you
rub your face hard and dry after wash.
ing?" No, he did not; he thought ii
would make it red, and it was red
enough now. No, that is why his face
is red and sore with pimpes because
il has not been rubbed, which process
stimulates the circulation of the blood
in those parts, which causes healthy
action of the skin and throws off the
refuse matter, and thea good soap is to
be used to dissolve tho oily substance.
Most of us know how difficult it is to
clean the hands without the use of
soap. and especially if they are little
greasy it is almost impossible to clean
them without the aid of soap. The
same is true OF the skin of the face and
other parts. Some ladies argue that
soap leaves the face shiny; to be sure
it will if it is not rubbed of, but never
if the face is rubbed dry.
What have been trying to say in |
all this is that just so sure as you use
plenty of good soap and water and
then rub your face rs hard rs possible
until it is perfectly dry and smooth
once a day, (but the oftenor the bet
ter), just so sure YOU will make great
in complexion.
Rub little carefully until you have
toughened the skin. and you will soon
be surprised to see the amount of rub
bing it Will bear. Hard rubbing will
make the skin as fine as silk and TO
the touch it will feel like satin. The
skin in this condition is thousand
times more beautiful than when pow
dered. Prof Do,cd, in Facial Deveiop.
me'st.