Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-02-08
FACIAL MASSAGE.
A Simple Method of Steaming the
Face.

Face.
To be beautiful is woman's great
ambition. If she is passably good look
ing, she does everything in her power
to pass from mediocrity to the actu-
ality of genuine loneliness, which can
be achieved as any other accomplish
ment if she but perseveres in the way
that leads thereto-never swerving in
her determination and following alb
solutely those rules which experience
has found to be the best.
To go to the beauty doctor is not
always convenient, though much the
more certain way. Therefore, any
simple methods that can be followed at
home are those which appeal to the
average woman most. Face steaming,
which is one of the best aids to beauty
can be INDUCED in as often as is de-
sirable, and without all the scientific
paraphernalia which frightens the
seeker after beauty when she goes to
the parlors of the masseuse Given a
tea kettle, turkish towel, big piece
of stiff paper or cardboard, two dabs
| of cotton, some cold cream or lanoline,
the latter preferable, as it is an excel
lent skin food, and alcohol, and any
woman can give her face as thorough
identifying as she Graves.
10 begin with, wash the face
thoroughly in soap and lukewarm
water, being sure that the soap is
pure. The unscented variety is al
ways the best. After this take little
dabs of lanoline and manipulate the
| face and neck thoroughly, being par
ticular about the lines on the forehead
and those annoying crows feet that
creep about the corners of the eyes,
as much from mirth as from the adj
vance of years. With the tips of the
fingers gently, but with firm pres
sure, traverse the forehead from the
center, using rotary motion for the
cows feet and the cheek, the coners
of the mouth being smoothed out
ward. Hold the chin high so that
the tendency of fabbiness, which
comes in a woman's throat, will meet
an habitual stumbling block Moth
| ing so quickly denotes age as a wo-
mans throat, therefore massage must
be given it with as much regularity
as the bathing of the face.
After the lanoline has been CAREFUL
! ly worked in. yet while the skin is
still greasy, tie up the head in a plain
towel, so as to prevent the hair from
being steamed out of curl in the latter
process. Have the kettle boiling, so
that the steam comes out in a veri-
table cloud from the spout. Set it on
table. Then, with the stiff piece of
paper or cardboard, cut in the shape
of Shaker bonnet, cover the head
completely, placing the face as near
the spout of the kettle as can be borne.
In this position the pieces of cotton
are necessary to protect the eyes
from the singing of the steam Cover
kettle, Shaker bonnet and all with a
Turkish towel and remain five min
utes, or until perspiration of the most
generous sort has been induced.
Then. when the face and neck are in
this moist condition, begin the mani
pulation again, finally closing the
pores by sponging the face with little
diluted alcohol. The process is simple,
wholesome and effective. Cleanliness,
which is the greatest of beauty aids,
if it is not beauty itself, is most per-
fectly obtained by this method, and
the woman who has tried it will be
surprised beyond all reason by discov-
ering that she never before had
really clean face.
One word of caution is necessary.
Too frequent steaming sometimes re-
suits in fabbiness, the consequent
laxity being the reverse of identifying
therefore. once in ten days is as often
as the average skin can stand. Mas
sage. however, both at night and
morning, will never hurt, but will
beautify instead any surface under
such manipulation.