The Washington times., 1928-11-29
n 0 t e d Beautys
Winter
Advice
BY Maria Jeritza

Those of us who remain in the
Northland all winter, enduring
perhaps enjoying--the icy lash
ings of the north wind and the
mischievous kisses of Jack Frost,
have "a beauty problem on our
own: hands when it comes to care
of the complexion.
The skin that is normally oily
In summer is likely to fluff away
In dry scales when wintry winds
blow. The surface of the skin Is
constantly scaling and peeling off
In the process called desquama-
ton. Cold winds. of course, has
ten this driving process. Dead
tissue or scales form faster than
the cuticle renews itself and. as
result. the complexion becomes
chapped and rough.
Soap is more or less drying,
and when used to cleanse the
face still further dries the skin.
1t is doubtful whether woman
should ever use soap on her face.
unless her complexion is nat
urally oflys Certainly she should
select only the bIandest pure soap
Oil as IA cleanser. on the other
hand. counteracts the drying eff
feet of cold winds. That is why
advocate the use of mild, bland
oils such as pure olive and pure
almond or mixture of the two
as an Invaluable complexion aid.
In cold weather / suggest that
each night and morning you
cleanse Your face. ears and neck
with sweet almond or else olive
oil which has been slightly heated
In q tiny enamel frying pan over
q slow fire, to enable 1t TO sink
better into the skin pores.
At night sponge your face
carefully with warm oil on alb
sorbent cotton. removing the ex-
cess with more cotton. Next
sponge your face with a small
square of the cotton dipped in
quite warm water. This should
open the pores still farther and
remove oil and dust from just
under the surface. Your skin
should now be softened and
c1eansed. If It is quite dry and
inclined to chap. 1t may be well
to pat in second light film
OF OH. letting it sink In during
the night.
Mornings. as soon as you
awake. apply warm olive or
almond oil again TO your face.
Let ! 1t remain there while YOU
exercise and take your warm
hath. then remove the remnant.
sponge your face with absorbent
cotton dipped in warm water.
and finally go over 1t with more
Gotten. dipped in cold water.
to firm the tissue and close
pores. Soften the cold water
with about four drops of fresh
lemon juice.
Dry your face gently. then ap.
ply light even coating of powder
and rouge. The ADVANTAGE OF
using absorbent cotton instead of
a wash-cloth for the fac, IS that
it can be thrown away end
fresh. clean bit used each time.
OF course, pure cold cream Is
only a eembina Ion Of cleansing
oils and perfumes, with wax or
spermaceti to give them body.
While oils sink into tie pores
better, cold cream is sometimes
daintier. and more attractive toN
use.
You may find that a standard
brand Of nourishing.. cleansing
cold cream entirely meets your
complexion needs when ugRd in
connection with the tonic Yiquid
astringent made bv the same man.
ufaoturer. In using this COM
bination of toilet aids, .sronge
your face with The facial tonic
.undiluted. or mixed in equal parts
with cold water. or apply IT to
your face. ears and neck On "a
lump of ice.
Actresses who Use oil and cold
cream generously every day in re-
moving makeup have lovely com
plexions You reed no. fear To
use pure. bland oil or pure cold
cream as often as yfur skin
seems to call for it, in count, ract.
ing the effect of cold and wind
and building complexion he"uty.