El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

before the mirror Of my dressing ia
bic. This, i have found. Is far better
than the lazy way Of massaging IL
while in a reclining position
Also. I must have good light for
massage. For this reason I insist
upon a strong light over my shoulder,
my left shoulder. preferably. This
falls directly upon the mirror and
shows me any line that ! might have
acquired since the morning before.
Sitting there. facing the mirror.
give my face a most searching inspec-
ton. Mercilessly / Ecrutinize every
portion Of the skin. Whenever there
is the slightest tracery upon the
smooth surface, It is upon that spot
concentrate. For at least 10 min
utes ] massage my face carefully. al
ways keeping in mind the purpose Of
the massage.
That is. that wrinkles are caused
by defective circulation in one spot
and that the way TO remove them IS
TO increase the eireulatioin IN that
spot. Sending fresh supply OF blood
TO the sunken region VIII tend TO I'll
out and plumpen IT,
Therefore. ] concentrate on the re-
gion from the corners OF the lips TO
the nOstrils that region where the
ugly diagonal lines come and the un-
lovely hint Of i'll temper, illness or
old age ] also rub gently but firmly
on the space between the eyebrows,
where the lines Of worry FORM and
on the area about the outer corner OF
the eyes, an area easily corrugated
by too violent laughter. All these
and the remainder Of the face / mas
sage BIZ quick. light touches and pats
with the cushiony ends Of the fingers.
Always with the rotary motion A
lenEthWise motion causes the muscles
TO sag and pulls the skin loose from
the muscles This is very bad After
the rotary movement 1 go over the
face with quick, light but singing
slaps. Finally, with a square OF
clean, soft linen I remove any surplus
OF the grease that has not been an-
sorbed by the pores.
For the skin that becomes over
heated and looks 1ererish after the
massage, this coOling, soothing lotion
may be used Extract OF violet. $50
grams; extract Of rose. 80 gramsi
tincture OF orris. so grams
Dashed upon the face after thor
ough massage treatment, il Is deli
clously cooling and refreshing il you
do not care for the liquid face BATH
fluffing daintilv over the face a pow
ficient.
TO the window I 20. mirror in hand,
for a further inspection before apply
ing the rice powder. 7 see perhaps,
traces OF acne. or what some Of you
call -blackhead," on the side Of my
nose. This must be removed at once.
Howl Not by pressing II out On
mol That leaves an ugly hole in the
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known as enlarged pores
Hunt up q match or a wooden tooth
pick Then apply tiny bit OF the
following. Rose water, one half wine
glass: peroxide Of hydrogen, one-halt
uineglass. Shake the mixture wei.
Dip the unblackeued end Of the match
into the liquid and press the damp
ened end upon the blackhead. This
does not remove %, but il cleanses
the color to white
Sometimes j prefer TO use this,
which I think Is milder- Rose water,
two-thirds wineglasss ammonia. one
third vineelass shake well together
in a tumbler. Dip the end OF the
toothpick or match In IL and use as
other preparations. Like the other,
this cleanses without removing the
acne. That requires more care1ul
treatment and involves the applica-
ton OF a healing ointment or salTe-