Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-27
The Proper Wav to Wash the Face,

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"Nine out of every ten girls who suffer
from bad compilations ruin their faces
through not washing and cleansing
them in proper manner" This some
what startling remark was made to the
writer by beauty specialist we'll known
among society ladies.
The face should be carefully washed
morning and night and at least once or
twice during the day. Before touching
the face in the morning, wash the hands
and having changed the water in the
bowl take the hands and rub well over
the face. For morning and daytime
additions have the water cold. But the
face bath at night should, in order to
remove oil Impurities from the skin, be
little more thorough than this. For it
use warm water and cure soap and scrub
the skin thoroughly with soft complex
ion brush, always using this In an up
ward direction. Rinse off the soap thor
oughly and then fill the bowl with very
cold water. Dash this over the face with
the hands to promote the circulation
and dry thoroughly with soft towel.
But water and soap alone no matter
how often it is employed will neither
prevent nor heal blemisnes of the skin
or remove the waste matter in the pores.
So once week try the following method
which is followed by one of the most
famous specialists in the treatment Of
the skin.
In the first place provide yourself with
one very soft towel and two ordinary
ones, basin full of water nearly boiling
hot, another supply of water nearly ice
cold, and good cold cream. 1t makes
little difference what kind of cream you
use, if you know it is good for your skin,
and has not animal fat or vaseline for its
base.
Doubling one of the harder towels
several times, so that it will hold the
heat, dip it into the hot water, and cover
the face with it. Repeat until the face
feels almost as if 1t were parbOhed, and
then sop off the water, but do not wipe
the face dry. Now take little of the
cold cream on the tips of the fingers.
and work it over and into every bit of
the face, close to the ears where the lines
come, up and around the eyes, and be-
tween the brows. In doing this, use
tips of fingers and occasionally the
fleshy part at the base of hand.
Work lightly but firmly, and always
toward the top, for rubbing the face
downwards accentuates the tendency to
sagging which begins when one is thirty.
This part of the process should take ten
minutes. As much cream must be
worked into the skin as it will absorb.
IL toxpo1 .onA xuirn tho
face with this, using no water at all.
You will be astonished at the amount OF
dirt which appears ON the towel, and
which has really come from the pores
of your skin. The explanation Is easy.
The hot water softened all the CRIME
that lay in the tiny pores, and it opened
these so that the rubbing brought all
the waste matter out. Only with oil OF
cold cream can this be washed away.
Again dip the folded towel in the hot
water, and use it once or twice until the
face feels warm and CLOVIS; then az
quickly as possible apply towel which
has been dipped in the cold water. II
must be so cold that the shock closes
the pores. Repeat this until the skin
tingles, for without the cold, the hot
water is deadening to the skin. Every
particle of elasticity can be taken from
the muscles of the skin by the constant
use of rather warm water, but changing
to cold makes the flesh firm and keeps
wrinkles away.
When a girl has finished with the
water her face is washed, strictly speak
ing, but she has two other steps to take
As the skin is very tender now, she must
protect it from cold or hot air, and from
the wind. This can be done by rubbing
the face lightly over with little cold
cream, and then wipe off all that will
come. There will remain enough to
serve the purpose. Then dust the face
with fine powder, which will both keep
it from shining and from i'll atmospheric
effects.
The result of all this washing opera.
ton will be delightful surprise. The
eyes will be brighter, and shine as il
they had been treated with belladonna.
The white of the face will be clean, and
the blood will come into the cheeks red
dening them in most charming manner.
Beauty is the gift of the gods" but
there is at least good deal Of cOnsola-
ton to be obtained by the plain woman,
or the woman who has only modicum
of good looks, in the knowledge that the
ar. of attractiveness may be possessed
by all who take the trouble to acquire it.
The dainty woman pays special attention
to small matters which make for sweet.
ness and cleanliness of person. 1t is nc
longer considered egregiously vain to
make ones self as beautiful as possible,
always supposing that object does not
become the first and only one in life.
To be spotlessly clean and dainty goes a
long way towards making over real
ugliness, and the term well-grOomed ex-
presses just what this care of the body
does for it. 1t is strange that so many
neglect their personal appearance.-Mc
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