TOILET IDEAS
Women who have sensitive skins should never wash in very hot water or immerse their hands in hot soda water. Borax can be used instead of soda for those household tasks which necessitate placing, the hands in hot water. Only soft, lukewarm water, and a pure superfatted soap should be used for washing the face. Bain water is best for the skin, but if it is not obtainable hard water can be softened by soaking in it a little muslin bag containing bran or oatmeal. ' Soft towels should be" used to dry the face and hands, and cold water should be splashed over the face and neck after washing in warm water. Sensitive skins need protecting by a good facecream—cold cream if the skin is dry, vanishing cream if the skin is greasy— and a pure powder in cold weather, strong sunlight, and piercing winds. This protection is also necessary when a woman with a sensitive skin is motoring or travelling, or if she lives or works in a big town. The use of a good skin food is advisable at night. Olive oil can be used on the most delieato skins.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 15
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194TOILET IDEAS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 15
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