Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-11
THE GOOD COMPLEXION.
Simple Remedies Which Every One
May Apply With Safety.

May Apply With Safety.
There is no excuse for the woman
who has a bad complexion. Find out
the cause, my dear madam, and rem
edy it.
There are two reasons for a poor
SKIN, outward irritation and a sluggish
condition of the internal organs.
No woman who has a bad digestion
or intestinal troubles need ever dream
of having a clear, bright skin. She
should leave facial lotions alone and
man who is afraid of pure air can ever
be a beauty, and she who wears tight
clothes is actually suffocating the
pores of her skin, so that they cannot
breathe, and the result is a notified,
unhealthy pallor.
II you sleep In a oom with windows
wide open, If you pay attention to
your health and if you exercise, you
are bound to have a good color-not
necessarily rosy cheeks, but a healthy
tinge. The texture of your skin may
not suit you-that is a matter for local
tr-eatment-but don't make the mistake
of applying the local treatment first
when the trouble is more than skin
deep.
And before I speak of the different
forms of treatment l want to observe
that the daily tub bath and rundown
do more for the texture of the skin
of the face than anything else. They
stimulate the circulation and work
wonders in that way.
Now, as to other things, the face
should be washed every morning and
every night with hot water and a pure
soap of the mildest quality. The water
should be. as hot as one can stand.
This opens the pores of the skin and
frees the dirt and impurities. But
after this hot application the skin
should be carefully rinsed (for If soap
is allowed to stay 1t makes 1t yellow
and leathery), and then cold water, Ice
water preferred, should be applied to
the face to close the pores.
The woman who washes her face
with hot water and then goes right out
into the dust of the street is bound to
have a sagging face and coarse pores.
More than that, she will be no stranger
to blackheads, as these are caused by
dirt accommodating in enlarged pores.
So don't forget the cold water applica-
ton.
Before retiring at night the same
washing with hot water should occur,
only instead of closing the pores with
the cold application they should be
allowed to stay open to receive nour-
ishment in the shape of a good skin
food skillfully massaged into the It's
sue.
The finger tips should move In a
rotary motion, the entire movement
being upward. Special care should be
given to the lines around the mouth
and the eyes and those on the fore
head, which should be rubbed with a
sidewise motion.
Under no circumstance should any
lotion containing lanolin be used on
the face, as this grows down In very
short order.
The cream should be all rubbed In
SO that none remains on the surface,
and the face should be wiped off with
a soft towel. Women with oily skins
who are compelled to use powder in
the daytime should wash 1t all off be-
fore retiring and not use the retiring
cream more than once a week for mas
sag The skin in their case needs the
nights for perfect rest. 1t must remain
uncovered for at least part of the
twenty-four hours.
Blackheads may be removed by
steaming, which is easily done by pin
ming a towel over the head and bend
ing 1t over a basin of boiling water.