Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-30
Well Kept Eyebrows
Add Greatly to the
General Appearance

Women and girls know that the eye
brows are often ruined by dust when
motoring or by exposure to the sun,
all of which dries them to such an
extent that the glands are unable to
nourish the hair roots.
If your brows are getting thin. strag-
ely or losing their natural gloss you
have reason to suspect something has
happened to them and every effort
should be made to better the condition
by feeding the roots.
In this treatment one of the first
essentials is to keep the brows thor
oughly clean. This means more than
superficial washing, for while mere
dust may be loosened, it cannot be
taken out, and 80 the pores get
choked. Many e pretty eyebrow has
been hopelessly ruined by just being
neglected, and its owner probably did
not know why, because many women
do no more for the eyebrows than
to wash them when performing the
daily additions.
To properly wash the eyebrows a
small, soft brush is necessary
(brushes that come for the purpose
may be purchased at almost any drug
soft tooth brush, kept for the purpose.
will answer just the same), and some
bland soap which contains pure oil.
either olive oil or CASTLE, are good.
The soap should be liquid, the water
tepid and, after dipping the brush into
orous scrubbing should follow. Scrub
down into the roots. Rinse several
times to make sure that all the soap Is
removed. A good way is to thorough
ly cleanse the brush. freeing it from
soap and then scrub the brows with
clear. clean water, otherwise the roots
and pores become clogged, Just as
those do on the head when the hair
has not been properly rinsed after a
shampoo.
Always when coming in from the
summer wind the brows should be
given a gentle but thorough brushing
In order to remove as much of the
dust as possible before it settles to
the skin. Then they should be bathed,
they need not at this point be scrub
bed. II you form the habit of scrub
bling them once a day and IL per
formed in the morning or before re-
firing at night 1t will suffice. This
washing. in the very nature of things,
extracts the natural oils and their
equivalent must be restored.
AS a substitute for natural oil of the
skin vaseline is excellent, so is sweet
almond oil. II the former is used 1t
may be applied rather thickly with
the finger tips, wiping off any super
f1uous amount with old, soft cloths.
NO grease should be allowed to get
on the skin beyond side the hair line
or there will be a mussy look The
slightest amount that remains on the
brows enhances tie line and their
beauty by giving a luster with no
look of grease If almond oil is used
il should be put on with a fine camels-
hair brush. wiping afterward. as done
with the vaseline. In either case the
fingers of one hand are used to push
back the hair. while the application is
made with the other. That is. when
the right brow is massaged. start with
the left hand at the edge of the eye
brow nearest the temple and with the
fingers brush the hair backward to-
ward the end near the bridge of the
nose; this movement will raise the
hair so that in making the application.
with the other hand you can easily
reach the roots. After the application
is made to one eyebrow reverse and
MONT the other; then give a flrn4, yet