The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-31
Some Beauty
Secrets
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Beautifying the complexion takes
time and infinite patience. one hears
a great deal about ugly ducklings be-
ing transformed into beautiful swans
in week, but that is only fiction.
All complexion ills like blackheads.
enlarged pores and sallowness can be
overcome, but not instantaneously, as
some women like to believe.
First of all, the bad points in the
complexion should be noted, then learn
what can be done in the improving
fine, making up ones mind to find
pleasure, not irksome tasks, in the do
ing of them.
CLEANLINESS THE FIRST
REQUISITE
The relation of cleanliness to per-
sonal beauty is so close that one might
almost say cleanliness is personal
beauty. The face is provided with in
Vulnerable oil follicles, which serve to
keep the skin soft and velvety. In
winter these are stimulated to greater
activity and tend to make the face
shiny and greasy, magnet for the
dust-laden atmosphere. If the skin is
not thoroughly cleansed when the face
is washed particles of coal dust. SCOT
and CRIME in the atmosphere accumu-
late in these follicles, and by their pres
ence arouse each gland to renewed ac-
tivity. Little by little the gland be-
comes enlarged and a tiny plug is
formed, which, if allowed to remain,
will cause still further irritation and
will result in an unsightly pimple.
The only way to eliminate black
heads is by bathing the face correctly
and the first thing to decide upon is a
good soap. The pure white imported
CASTLE. if one is fortunate enough TO
get the genuine article, is satisfactory.
At night. before retiring, make suds,
not a half dead one, using COM
plexion brush. The correct complexion
brush is of cameFs hair with an I'M
vanished. perforated back. All parti
Giles of soap can be readily rinsed from
seaeh a brush after each facial rubbing,
IA most important point in its favor.
The use of the complexion brush
freshens the tissues and keeps the mus
Giles strong. Do not give the face
half hearted cleaning. Be thorough,
scrub well and scrub long, and when
you have finished scrubbing rinse tt G
face thoroughly in warm water.
Apply a good skin food. The tips of
the fingers should be anointed with the
food and the muscles manipulated with
a circular motion.
HOW TO GET RID OF BLACK
HEADS.
IF after the face has been carefully
washed few blackheads remain, take
a soft linen cloth, or the end of an
old towel and with equal parts cologne
cd h
them out If they are too large to yield
to such treatment, then they must be
removed with the blackhead or comedo
extractor. This little instrument with
the tweezers attached. which sells for
a few cents is of great help in Kidding
the face of the large, stubborn black
heads. It must be placed carefully so
that the comedo comes in the center
of the aperture, and then a firm and
gentle pressure should be made until
the blacShead is removed.
One should avoid Irritating the skin
too much After bathing the face in
warm water. if one is going out doors
directly afterward. it should be rinsed
in cold water, then cold cream rubbed
into the skin and powder applied.
Powder rubbed into the skin is good
thing. It preserves the cuticle and
k as the skin firm when exposed TO
shup winds. But If too much is used
enough to be visible-it is a hideous
thing.
The thing TO do is to rub pure rice
powder. or pure complexion powder
into the skin until the open, rgty,
coarse pores are full. but not to use
One grain too much. Just enough
merely to act as a filler of the pores.
leaving the skin nice and smooth ana
young looking.
Ouite the safest way to secure these
results is to go very gently over tne
face with a powder brush. rms Will
remove all superftuous powder ana
give a velvety look to the compieNioh'
One of the most satisfactory devices
for annlying powder is the soft lambs
wool brush, which distributes the pow
dor evenly over ones countenance.
THE BEST CURE FOR PIMPLES.
To ACQUIRE the best results in treat
inp pimples, it is necessary to discover
their cause and remove it at all
hazards. Bad tempers, overlooking or
improper diet, lack of exercise ana lach
of fresh air are prime causes. 1he
cure lies in taking into the system
plenty of water. Kidding the skin OF It's
poisonous. cast-off products by ire
quent bathing, and in looking after the
health generally.
The old-time notion that one must
take blood medicine each spring IS an
surd. Nature. who is so wise mas pro-
vided for the needs of all. one OF the
first and best of natures remed.es'
which she disgu'soS in so pleasant
fashion. is wa.erc~ess. 1t Will cure
many ills that arise from an impure
blood
In the bron-ed varieties Of httie
green herbs. such as sassatfas ana
winte~-green. ore finds plenty Of SUI
rhur and. iron. not 70 menti n the phos-
pilates IN what rleasanter way any
one tase such excellent and such bitter
n dicineo
SThen. there are mustard and cress-
TllAspring onions. radishes and young
lettuce that are all waiting for one 10
make good use of them. The woman
with an eye for her own good looAS
viii seize upon the suggestion. dance
lion is a most delicious salad, and IKE
green nettles. it contains taraxacuili'
most excellent for the cure OF dySpep-