The Archive · 1939

For Dry Skins

If you have one of those skins which is always dry and flaky, you will then have to massage a thin coating of nourishing cream into the skin efter this treatment. Carry out the treatment at night time, and allow the cream to remain on the skin until morning, when all you will have to do is to wipe it off and bathe your face with cold water, As dry skins always line and wrinkle much more easily than oily ones, it is a good plan to treat the skin and thus counteract the dryness and so prevent the encroachment of those ugly lines.

Nourishing creams are the best remedies for this type of skin condition. Last thing at night, after you have thoroughly cleansed the skin, spread a thin film of the cream all over the face and allow it to remain on until morning. Many women are frightened to use these creams on the skin under the impression that they encourage the growth of hair. This has yet to be proved, and, as there are many bald-headed men who are willing to spend hundreds of pounds on curing their baldness, these creams, if they would grow ha would be sold at a much higher price for that specific purpose.

The application of silver paper to blocks.of household soap would no doubt prove equally beneficial to the housekeeping purse if the housekeeper cared to experiment with the first principles of a coolie or wash-amah who habitually park the soap in the hot water and expect to use any melting or dissolving aspect of it that comes to hand.

But so far as amenable families are concerned the innovation can create a new interest in the soap problem that. makes for additionally careful usage of soap and ensures thoughtful notice of the least permanent features of wash-basins. Or so it seems when members of the family begin to vie with each other in their efforts to relate every piece of chocolate to a piece of soap. ict) 4 4 During prolonged spells of Wet weather Wellington boots that are in constant use are apt to get damp inside. As soon as they are taken off they should be filled with small balls of dry newspaper. It is a good plan to warm the paper well in the oven before using it, so that it will absorb as much moisture as possible before the boots have to be worn again. If loofah soles are used they may be taken out and dried thoroughly at night.

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