The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-05

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Be fair to yourself by waiting
until q brighter day or when you
wake up feeling exceptionally well.
But In any case. before you glance
in your mirror give your hair q
thorough brushing. comb 1t back so
your entire face and forehead are
revealed and tie It In place with q
ribbon. Pin q strip Of gauze or q
guest towel around your head to
protect the hairline. then cream
your face well. Wipe of and have a
circulation -rouSing Scrubbing with
complexion brush and SoapSudS.
Study Face First
Rinse thoroughly with tepid then
cold water to contract the pores. II
your skin tends to be sluggish or
dull and dry. do not stop here but
continue the treatment with q
cream massage or an application Of
mask preparation. Remove and lie
down for a while with q gauze mask
wrung out Of chilled skin tonic or
ice water pressed over your face.
When you feel bright eyed and re-
freshed you are ready to take q
really good look at yourself.
First study your face as a whole
to see what impression It gives. II
this Is pleasant. that's q mark in
your favor on the asset" side Of
your beauty chart. What feature do
you notice first? Large. friendly
eyes? Then you have one Of the
incest assets possible. Use whatever
tricks you know to make them truly
beautiful and you need have little
worry about your palmer features.
Is it q big mouth, and Q none too
pretty one? Even though you must
list it as a fault. there may be ways
in which you can make 1t much
more attractive, maybe even the
dominating feature Of your face.
Relaxing exercises for lips and
cheeks may give 1t a sweeter express
sion and nicer outlines. The right
shade Of lipstick, properly applied.
can give the illusion Of a more
shapely mouth.
Is Nose Too Large?
Is 1t your nose that jumps out at
you when you look into your mir
ror? Is 1t too large, or crooked Of a
little nose that turns up at the end?
You may have to list It as q fault,
but by proper beauty measures to
make its skin texture 6awlesS and
prevent shine and by using q dull
finish complexion powder you can
make it less conspicuous. Then by
playing up your eyes, by shaping
the eyebrows properly Zone Of the
most important things you can do)
and by accenting or minimizing the
mouth with lipstick. you can make
the nose At beautifully into your
facial pattern.
How about your ears? Do they
stick out OF are they poorly shaped?
You can hide them, Of course. but
this isn't necessary. You can show
them under q lovely upswept hair
arrangement or pompadour and
dramatic them with smart ear
rings Of the proper shape. or II nee
essary you can partly conceal them
with q soft wave Of hair. Show q
corner. however, as ears are fash
ionable.
When you have listed your fea-
ture assets and faults, study details
more carefully. The texture of your
skin-could 1t stand improvement?
Are there backheads? Is there q
tendency to wrinkle? What does
your neck look like? Why are there
lines or blemishes? Usually there Is
a simple explanation, and Q change
in your beauty methods will correct
them. When the background Of
your features Is as perfect as you
can make it-then the features can
be improved with makeup tricks
that change the emphasis from the
less attractive to the nicer ones.