For Ever-Young Face

WRINKLES

Never allow your skin to feel or get dry, specially in the area which is prone to lines and wrinkles. Avoid using too much soap over these areas , and instead use cleaning milk or a cleansing cream to remove the make-up and dirt. Then wash with ordinary water , but never use very cold or very hot water for this kind of skin.

Use a heavy night cream containing lanolin on these areas, patting it on rather than massaging it in any direction, as that would further stretch the skin. If a good night cream is not available, then use a cold cream to which is added one ounce of pure lanolin, two drops of almond oil and four drops of Vitamin A and D. This would give you a very good nutrient cream. For the day using any make-up to prevent any natural moisture being lost dry, as there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere.

Extremely dry and cold weather dries up the skin, as you have must noticed, so take the utmost care of your skin at that time of the year. Add a little fat to your diet if you have an extremely dry skin. As you know very well, the areas which show lines faster are those under the eyes , around the mouth, and those where frown lines and neck lines appear.

Beauty Recipes - Contd...

Dry Skin Cream:

To your favourite cold cream add half an ounce of lanolin and 1 teaspoon of almond-Oil. Lotion well, and use as night cream.If you want your hand and body lotion to be rich, add some almond-oil to it and use all over the body.

Moisturizer:

Add a little night cream to your moisturizer to make it heavy and rich.

Body Massage Oil:

Mix equal quantities of oilver-oil, castor-oil, almond-oil and baby oil, and use it as an all-purpose massage oil.

Henna to Darken the Hair:

Mix 2 cups of henna powder in one cup of hot coffee water, and add half a teaspoon of lemon-juice to the paste. Apply all over the scalp covering your hair. Keep on for half an hour to one hour, then wash off and shampoo.

Beauty Recipes

Herbal Hair-wash:

Soak 2 tablespoons of shikakai powder and 2 tablespoons of ritha powder overnight in a cup of water. Strain next morning, and use the water as a shampoo.

To Prevent Premature Greying: Soak cut-and-dryed olive fruit in suffficient water overnight, and in a utensil made of iron. Next morning, sieve the mixture and use the water as a rinse after the shampoo.

Lanolin Cream:

Melt 150 grams of pure lanolin in a double cooker, and add 150 grams of distilled water to it. Take 100 grams of almond-oil and add a drop at a time into the mixture. Whip and mix well. You will be delighted to get a white spray cream, which is excellent for dry and cracked skins.

FEET

HOW TO GIVE YORSELF A PEDICURE :

1. Remove the nail-varnish completely.

2. Cut your toe-nails to the desired length. Make sure that they are not long, if you are going to wear closed shoes. However, with an open sandal you can wear them slightly longer Use a good nail-cutter to trim your nails with.

3. File the nails into a shape which is suitable for the toes. Do not have them pointed. It is best to file the nails straight, and slightly rounded off at the ends.

4. Soak toes in a basin of hotwater for 10 minutes. If the feet need a lot of cleaning, then add 3 table spoons of ordinary hair shampoo to the hot water before soaking them in it.

5. After that, scrub your feet throughtly with a pumicestone, and the toes with an old, discarded hair-brush.

6. Apply cuticle-remover with an orange-wood stick all alsong the cuticle, and push the skin back gently to remove the dead cuticle which grows inside. Dont forget to clean under the nail too.

7. Use hot olive-oil to massage your toe-nails and heels for about five minutes.

8. Wash and dry your feet thoroughly.

9. Use a good body lotion to massage your feet, leaving out the nails.

Separate the toes from each other with a swab of cotton-wool, so that the nail-varnish, when applied, should not get smudged. Apply the nail-varnish carefully and let it dry before you step into your footwear.

HAND CARE - Do's

DOS FOR HAND CARE

1. Do use a good hand lotion as a matter of habit, when dressing up and going out.

2.Use a good hand cream every time you wash your hands.

3. It will be a good idea to keep your hand lotion handy in the bathroom, so that you have no excuse to make for not using it that often.

4. Do keep your nail-file, nail-cutter and a pair of nail-scissors clean, to prevent any infection.

5. Do keep your nail-file separately, so that it is not uysed by one and all.

6. Do keep changing nail-varnish at least once a week, and let your nails breathe for the night. Use fresh nail-varnish the next morning. Otherwise your nails will become stained permanently.

7. Do take time to dry your nail-varnish, and dont put your hands in water for one hour after that.

8 Do have a professional manicure at tleast once in a month.

HAND CARE - Don'ts

We all know that hands are as important as a well-done-up face and beautiful hair. We all talk with our hands, and if they are cracked, wiuth broken nails, they will ruin an otherwise perfect picture of a well-grommed personality. More than that, your hands tell a tale. They are meant to be used, and care has to be taken that the skin on the hands remains soft and moist after all those household chores-washing, cutting vegetables, cooking and handling house hold gadgets.

DON'TS FOR HAND CARE

1. Do not put your hands in very hot water, and then in cold water.

2. Do not leave your hands too long in detergents.

3. Do not leave your hands hanging, as a habit, as this willencourage heay veins.

4. Do not leave your hands wet. Always use a good hand lotion after each wash.

5. If you think your hand lotion is not rich enough, then mix a bit of night cream into it.

6. Do not handle rough things without adequate protection to your hands and nails.

7. Do not use hair dyes without wearing gloves.

8. Do not peel off your nail varnish with nails or with a nail file.