Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
Warnings and Creams, and Face
Powders.

For Large Pores.-Avoiding greasy
food and wipng over the skin with an
| astringent. daily. will do much to shrink
| large pores. 1t would not be a bad thing
| to scrub your face twice week. at night,
using complexion brush and liquid
green soap. Afterward massage with as
trinsent lotion. formula for which will
| be sent on request
For ReductiOn.-A treatment that is
said to be effective is pomade of. one
and one-half grams of iodide of potas-
SUM, twenty-five grams each of vaseline
and handoline and ten drops of tincture of
| benzoin. The second and third ingre-
| dents are melted in dish set in boiling
water. and the potassium is beaten in
while the two are warm. The dish is re-
moved from the bath and the benzoin is
added last. drop by drop.
This is massaged in at night
There is nothing better than cold
bath in the morning. always provided the
| constitution is strong enough to stand
the shock. and the cold shower or plunge
has the added merit. for busy wom-
an. of taking little time. 1t is not a
substitute for a cleansing bath.
| AT whatever time the face is washed l
think it should be done with warm water.
finishing with cold dash as ionic that
prevents the skin from wrinkling.
AS to the water used in the BATH it
should be softened either with boraX or
bcarbonate of soda: even ammonia will
be effective. but of all three it is better
to use too little than too much. To give
| precise quantities is impossible. because
the amount must be governed by the
quality of the water All one can advise
is to use pinch" There is no difficulty
in telling the effect of water on the skin.
because if the former is hard the skin
will be rough and dry. 1t is not to be
forgotten that an overdose .of softeners
will affect the complexion in precisely
| the same manner
Forerunners of Wrinkles.
Glycerine and rosewate- is a substitute
for cold cream and is skin tonic Con-
tinue to use it as it agrees.
Such large quantity of barley water
would be needed to soften basin of hard
water as to render it very expensive One
might pour barley water into a small
basin. thin it with plain water and wash
the face, using small thin cloth.
III Is as impossible to give general rule
for the application of cold cream as to
soften water Its use depends upon the
quality of your skin. That is, if it is well
nourished with natural oils it will not
need cold cream in the morning. few
strokes of massage might be given and
considered just SO much better than none
Ihey VIII take only moment. For this
no cream need be used The best way
is to watch the skin carefully, and at the
first sign of dryness or tightness which
is the forerunner of wrinkles, creams OF
nourlshing applications should be made
morning as we'll as night. Powder after
ward will cover it in the daytime
At night nothing should be allowed to in
terfere with thorough cleansing of the
face with hot wate- and soap when the
skin is really dirty. If soap is too drying
there may be hot face bath. them after
wiping the skin. Sold cream may be rub
bed on and another hot washing given.
After this cold water must be dashed
over the face to contract the pores and
rosewater and glyeerine, or whateve:
agrees best, should be rubbed on Witch
hazel does not act as rosewater. The
former is simply astringent. and used
very often will dry the skin, causing
wrinkles.