The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-18

to give your
children little glow Of pride when
they introduce you as their mother.
to keep in step with your own
friends.
If you have a young baby It's
24-hour, consuming o b.
You must plan your grooming to be
quick, easy and effective. You must
be able to snatch those precious
minutes between baths and orange
Juice and feelings to do the little
things that will help keep you
lovely. Fortunately, you have youth
on your side and with a little rest
and simple care you can quickly
eliminate signs Of neglect.
Cold Water Pickup
Unless yours is an exceptionally
sensitive skin, make soap and water
your allies. When you ale tired and
et-down before-iunch, before din
nertime and again before going to
bed. work a rich lather of mild
facial soap into your face and
throat, then rinse with warm, then
really cold water. It's grand pick
up and takes but minute.
II your skin Is dry or sensitive,
Just a speck Of dry skin lotion,
smoothed between the hands and
then over the entire face. will make
a softening, protecting base for
your powder. A dash Of lipstick APP
piled sparingly and blended thinly
with the f1ngertip and then the ex-
cess blotted off will make you look
pretty and natural and proud OF
yourself.
A young skin doesn't require a
heavy cream even though 1t tends
to be dry. A mild skin cream that is
blended especially for young and
sensitive skins or one OF those light
creams that contain substances APP
proXimating your skins own nat
ural oils is best for you. Experience
will tell you how often TO use 1t. You
may need 1t once week, every
other day or every day. Use a little
massage it in with gentle upward
movement and leave it on 10 min
utes or so while you attend to other
bedtime chores. Then wipe of any
that remains and give the face a
quick rinse with cold water to leave
it feeling clean and firm.
If you are in your forties you are
probably busy with Job, with de-
Tense or community activities, sc
your life falls pretty much into a set
pattern. You haven't lot OF time
to spend on yourself, but you have
probabl discovered a pretty eff
cient routine and you know the i'm
portance Of grooming and a smart
appearance. Your big problem is To
keep ugly. middle-aged bulges away
from your trim figure and to keep
your skin from getting drab and
dull. You must begin now to take q
little more time for beauty care.
COmbats Drab Skin
Combat your drab and coarsened
skin with a special cleansing pow
der blended into paste with lit
tie water or skin freshener. Spread
over the face like a mask, let 1t dry
and then remove by dipping the
flngertips into basin OF cold water
and working upward and outward
ONtI bIlc lace Will mute lolhl y
scrubbing motions. Finally rinse
until the skin is pink and clear. Re-
peat for three days to bring back
the skin tone and eliminate black
heads. then use the cleansing mask
every week or 10 days TO keep the
color and skin texture.
Your skin needs a rich cream. a
good time to apply 1t is after the
treatment described above. Apply
with fngertips. working with the
same gentle upward and outward
massage strokes over throat. face
and forehead. Work any cream that
remains into hands. wrists anc
arms. then lie down on your bed fol-
half an hour. Put two pillows under
your hips and prop the feet hiel
on the foot OF the bed This position
is wonderfully resting and stimu-
lates the circulation OF blood to-
ward the face.