Evening star., 1915-11-12
MANICURIMG LESSONS.
Lesson 4-How to Treat the Cuticle.

Lesson 4.-How to Treat the Cuticle.
Just watch me scrape the fakes
of dead skin off the base of the nail
with the cuticle knife. You don't feel
any pressure, do you? You hardly
know I am scraping. Remember the
white spots.
while / scrapes l barely insert the
tiny point of the knife-not the Or
ange stick: that is too dull-under
the edge of the fold of skin that comes
over the base of the nail. I don't push
or press back; | barely touch the join
ing and lift the fold ever so slightly.
Remember that. when you push it
back to loosen the skin from the nail,
you stretch and break that dainty
little fold and make the flesh just be-
yond puffy and red.
Next we rinse off the bleach pow
der and get ready with the tiny needle
pointed scissors.
THE cuticle in nanicuring sense
means the skin around the nail, espe-
cally the little fold at the base, which
makes dainty finish below the iialf
moon and must not be cut. There are
jagged places on the rim of your
cuticle that may be shipped off, just
as l snip off lightly the hang nails
ana IDe DTS OF cinSihS SKIN that
have not been removed by the bleach
or the knife. Never, never cut deep
enough into the skin to make it bleed.
plenty of oiling is the thing to get
the cuticle into good condition,
smooth and even unbroken. Every
night under the cuticle and under the
free edge of the nail run "A toothpiclS
dipped in cream or oil. This process
nourishes and softens the cuticle and
nail. and prevents their adhering.
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Der. Each time you wipe your hands
gently run the towel around the ba Sc
of the nail to clear away the dead
skin. Don't push down with the
towel, rather wipe upward from the
base to the tip.
And here's another thing to re-
member! These cuticle scissors are
fussy little things and when you have
paid a whole dollar for them you
want to get the best service. so be
selfish with them. Don't let your sis
ters and your cousins and your aunts
have free use of them. for every per-
son has different grip, and soon the
little blades will be sprung and bent.
There, The cuticle is all shipped
off. Now a little more wet bleach
over the nail and flesh. That is to
put the gilt edge on the bleaching
and softening.
Dip your fingers in the water, and
watch me use the nail brush on them.
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upward. Now with the pumice stone
or gritty soap rub stains or rough
spots gently. but never let the rough
surface touch the nail
Then comes the tint I like this
'salvey kind that has a little gritty
feel in it, for it helps to polish as
well as to tint. Some tints come in
dry pencil shape. Just touch in
the middle of each nail, then use the
buffer, a piece of chamoiS, or the palm
of the hand to spread and rub in.
Don't let it stick in patches. Tint is
useless if the nails are naturally pink.
BY all means don't use too much !;
nails too red are vulgar as lips or
cheeks too red. The best way to cul-
tivate rosy finger tips is to keep up a
good circulation with bodily exercise
and daily use of the buffer.
Now We'll shine 'em up. First
rub the cake of polish generously over
the buffer, not on the nail, then gent
Iy polish each nail-remember. gently.
The rubbing that the cuticle thus gets
does it good, too.
Again the water and nail brush to
clear away the polishing powder
polish | rub a dash OF powder on the
palm of the dry hand and finish Off
the nails with that Some use a buff
fer of glace kid for this.
Wait a moment, we are not through"
said the little manicure, removing the
towel and water. there's something to
say of the finished nail and of those
white spots.