The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-05-28
Beauty inns
GAZE DE TIE NAILS


u you give your nails five minutes
care each day and a thorough mani
curing once a week your hands VIII
always be presentable You can
easily train yourself TO be your own
manicurist The Instruments need
ed for the weekly manicure are
good slender nail file, a pair of fine
cuticle nail scissors an emery board.
an orauge-wood stuck, cuticle knife.
chamois buffer, small bottle of
peroxide, CASTLE soap, absorbent cot
ton, nail rouge, nail white and POLISH
ing powder; glass bowl large
enough TO hold a Quart of water in
which to immerse the hands, and a
nail brush. Never use the scissors
for cutting the nails. The file is
the proper instrument for trimming
the nails. lnjudieious ways of trim
ming nails are partly responsible for
badly shaped finger tips Nails serve
as a brace for the fish. and if the
prop Is unwisely cut away the skin
viii sag.
After the nails have been filed
and shaped beeomngly dip one
hand in the bowl of water i'm which
the CASTLE soap has been used to
make a suds, remaining in the water
for about five minutes, then remove
and dry gently. With a small amount
of absorbent cotton wrapped around
the sharp end Of the orange wood
stick, dip into the peroxide bleach.
then gently rub this swab under the
edge Of the nail to remove the dirt
f,r ~, AL tst i I.s
not to inJure ia any way the deli
cate cuticle below the nail Wipe
the finer tips dry and proceed to
smooth the edges of the nail with
the emery board The emery board
IS really a file, only it is finer and
more delicate than metal instru-
ment. Proceed To remove all rough
ness with the emery board, looking
carefully to the removal of hang
nails. Ii the hangnails are stub
born, resort to the cutiele scissors.
Go after the cuticle at tine bnse
of the nail, bearing in mind the de-
sirable shape there is the half moon
With the flat end of the orange
| stick gently crowd back the cuticle
that has grown upward on the low
err section of the nail. Then take
the the cuticle knife and scrape away
the loosened skin If you find that
the skin does not come away, use
the cuticle scissors and cut it away
carefully. Then rub little cold
cream upon the nail and the upper
surface of the finger end. Then go
over all the fingers with the cuti-
Gle scissors and remove all the rag
ged edges Of the skin. Next remove
the cold cream from the nails.
For snowy white mai tips add a
bit of nail white beneath the nails
Now dip the small buffer into the
nail polish. Next touch the surface
of each nail with nail rouge. follow
this by applying a touch of polish
ing powder to each nail. Also, put
liberal supply Of powder on the
ahauoie huffor Rub the buffer hrial-.
i iy ou tbJ body &C the nail from
ldn A. side. Ae1u place hc hauds
a bowl Of Nate, aud With u u3ii
brush and a little SOAP scrub he
finger tips we'll To remove The pow
der from the nail crevices. Then
give the nails final polishing with 4
small quantity of the polish in the
palm of your hand and rubbing I'M
til the desired gloss has been ae-
quired.
For the daily care Of your hands
keep the orange=wood stick on hand
wrapped with piece of absorbent
cotton. Dip into a glass Of soapy
water in which few drops Of per
oxide have been added and go UNI
der the nails. Also gently push back
the skin from the nail, then apply a
little polish either with a buffer on
thp ra1o of vaur hand