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FOR DRY SKINS :

Mix together the yolk of an egg, a teaspoon of almond oil, and a teaspoon of milk cream. This is excellent for treating a very dry skin.

FOR TANNED SKINS:

Grind ten almonds to a paste and mix into a teaspoon of curd. Use this pack to remove a bit of your tan and also to soften skin. Also use this pack when the skin is tanned dry.

YEAST PACK TO NOURISH THE SKIN :

Fuller’s earth, brewer’s yeast, rose water-mix a little of each of these three ingredients to form 2 tablespoons of paste. This mask is very useful and nourishes the skin.

MILK MASK TO NOURISH A DRY SKIN :

Mix one tablespoon of milk powder with one teaspoon of gram flour and 2 tablespoons of rose water. This is a very effective mask for both dry and normal skins.

HOW TO MAKE MASKS AND PACKS:

SANDAL WOOD PASTE PACK :

Rub a piece of saadalwood on a clean stone, using a bit of rose water or cucumber juice. Soon you will find a paste being formed. This pack will give you a tinging, fresh feeling, and will discourage pimples also.

FOR NORMAL SKINS :

Mix 2 tablespoons of gram flour and 4 tablespoons of milk in a clean container or an empty cream jar, and apply all over your face, leaving the area around the eyes and lips. Leave it on for 5 minutes, and then wash. This is also an excellent pack for a dry skin.

FOR OILY SKINS :

Mix 2 tablespooons of honey with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of rosewater and apply and apply over the face. Leave it on for five minutes, then wash off. This pack helps to bleach the skin, as well as keep the pores tight.

FOR ALL KINDS OF SKINS :

Add cucumber juice to any face pack such as gram flour, kaolin, Fuller’s earth and milk powder, and form a soft paste. This is a very gentle astringent pack, which tightens the pores.

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It is wonderful to relax at this time, and even doze off. It may take ten to fifteen minutes for the pack to dry, depending on the type of pack you use and what the weather is like. Now remove the pack gently, keeping your eyes closed, so that the pack does not get into your eyes.

Then wipe off with a wet face towel in sideway directions. Do not use upward and straight movements to remove your pack. Wash your face well with plenty of water, to remove every trace of the pack. Dab-dry your face and neck with a clean, soft towel.

Now apply a few drops of rose water or skin tonic all over. It will be to your advantage if you do not use make-up directly, for your skin with breathe freely, for some time. But if you have to go out, you could apply make-up soon after a pack.

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1. 5.Your face is now ready for the pack. Apply the paste (which you have made in a clean, empty cream container or a small, clean cup). You should choose your pack after going through the beauty recipes, and find out which suits your skin as well as the climate in which you use it. Make sure that when you apply the pack you leave out the area around the eyes, lips and ears, as the pack will be of no use if applied there. Also remember to cover your neck(both in front and at the back.) For the purpose of applying the pack, use either a bit of cotton – wool or a swab-stick(which you can make yourself, like the one used for painting the throat).

It is better to lie down while the pack is drying. One should not talk, as any facial movement will stretch the skin. Besides, the pack will come off faster from around the mouth than the rest of the face, although this is the area which needs the pack most as pores, pimples or backheads form in this particular park of the face. So, for the best effect, lie down silently with your eyes closed.

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HOW TO USE A FACE PACK

Since a pack has ben advised in many skin-care directions, it will not be out of place to explain how a face pack or a mask is used properly to get the maximum results. And that applies to all kinds of packs and masks. The difference between a pack and a mask is that packs are normally a mixture of many ingredients, and also do not harden on the face so much as the mask, whereas a mask can be made from one ingredient, is applied in a thick layer, and hardens on the skin after drying. Both are equally effective, but generally, older girls and women shuld use masks for better results.

DIRECTIONS :

1. 1. Tie your hair away frm the face, and put a towel around your neck to prevent the pack paste trickling down to your clothes.
2. 2. Clean your face with good cleansing milk and wipe off with a facial tissue.
3. 3. Now wash your face with ordinary water,and dab-dry it with a towel.
4. 4. Apply the face cream all over the face and the neck, and, if you have time, massage for 5 minutes. Then wipe off with a hot, wet towel and dabdry your face with a clean towel.