Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-30
HOW TO CARE
FOR The NAILS
Cold Cream Strengthens Them
and Improves the
Texture.

Mex to substituting wood for steel In
treating the nails to improve the shape.
cola cream Is the most important fac
tor in proper care. To say that 1T can
not be used too much or too often fs
no ex~aggeration. and never should an
application be omitted on going to bed.
AT that time the crevice at the base
of the nails should be Allied with grease
of some kind. thus keeping the cuticule
soft. improving the texture and pre-
venting hang nails that are both UNI
slightly n painful.
After having soaked and cleared the
nails Of superfiuous skin. as stated In
a recent article on m~anicuring. cold
cream should be rubbed on immediate-
~. each finger tip being thus annointed
AZ soon as it is cleansed. The object
OF this instant application is to neutral
ize the effect OF soaking. which will
cause the skin to become excessively
dry.
When cach nail has been manicured
in turn. the fingers should be washed
I'm warm water, with SOAP. using q
brush. Each tip should be wiped sep
arately, pressing back the cuticule as
the drying ia done. This Is a method
which ii employed each time the hands
are dried. will be found an aid i'm train
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up.
A pair Of very fine pointed curved
scissors wilt Mex be required. and
these should be of the best quality Of
steel. the points lifting together per-
tfectly. With these the cuticule about
each nail should be trimmed, but the
utmost caution must be exercised in
doing this, or real harm will be dom
Brushing and drying the nails after
the scraptng will cause certain little
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erect. To clip these is imperative. or
they develop Immediately into hang
nails. but to do more than get rid
of them will be to cut n quick flesh,
and, by causing II to bleed and become
sore. will make 1t thick and coarse.
This Work can be done properly only
with scissors made for h purpose.
"a though expensive to buy. mi pair
will last for several years if they are
used only for cuticule. One snip Of the
nail will ruin them.
Az soon as this trimming is dom cold
cream shouid again be rubbed over
lightly and powder put on. Each nail
il then rubbed briskly, but lightly with
n channels burnisher until q polish ap-
pears on the surface.
Again the fingers are washed and
brushed, to remove all powder and
grease. and after this usually more bits
of kin will be found adhering to the
rim or nail. The stick OF orange wood
should be dipped once more into water
and the spot rubbed until the ragged
look IL removed. 1t is sometimes nec-
,sssary to resort to the scissors again.
hut II In much better not to use them
ianough h to go too deep and cause
bleeding.
T4ere should besa ANAL polishing with
q clean burnisher. and the finger tips
will then present al even. trim and
cared for aspect that Is most improving
to the hands.
Manicur1ng of his kind should not be
done oftener h once'a week. II the
cuttcule be kept trimmed down too
close there will be an ugly. thick. if
mot raw look about the nails. One
should try to have the skin where ie
Joins the natl appear thin and transpar-
emit. not heavy.
Scissors should never be used for
cutting the edges Of nails. for they
make the texture thick and OPAQUE.
Nails I'm good condition are pinkish.
almost transparent. and almond in
shape.
A serious mistake OF amateurs who
try to improve the form Is to cut the
cuticule at the side. This tends to
make the flesh fall away from the nails.
where it should stay to support and
keep them rounded. Otherwise they viii
be almost flat.