For a healthy skin the use of soap on the face is seldom advisable and almost never essential. Cold or cool water never below 60F is far preferable to warm water for washing the face and hot water should never be used before going outdoors.
Many women use only cold creams for cleansing the face throughout the winter months, using a vanishing cream before going out and plenty of cleaning and oil-restoring creams at night and it is wonderful how the skin responds to this treatment. It is difficult to use too much of a good cream these blustery days. After you have massaged all the cream into your face that the pores seem ready to receive, add some more still.
If the resultant greasiness is distasteful to you and destructive to sheets and pillow cases dainty little linen masks may be made with holes for eyes and nose. One of the most convenient models which T have seen is constructed somewhat on the lines of the helmets which were worn during the war, with a mask-face for the front and a ribbon, run through embroidered eyelets and tied loosely round the neck. This combination boudoir cap-mask is not half a bad idea for those who want plenty of fresh air at night and yet are rather susceptible to colds.
An important item in the care of the complexion is attention to the wash-cloth or facial brushes. After using each time they must be thoroughly washed and hung up to dry. Two. or three times a week they' should be boiled to make sure than no germs are lurking about. Otherwise, if a woman has any sort of skin disease it is possible for her to reinfect herself after having been apparently cured.
Some simple formulas for washes} or creams are as follows:
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