| Show Norma Shearer Reveals Secret of Beautiful Skin By KAY MERRILL This time of the year ear when fuen's men's mens fancies turn to ta thoughts of love ove young women's fancies first turn to thoughts of ot of their complex complex- ions How to remedy the effects of the winters winter's winds and rough in inclement inclement inclement in- in clement weather How to soften the texture of the skin freshen Its tone and make It clear healthy and fine as Nature It to be For what avails a ne new ne spring or summer wardrobe If it ones one's complexion complex complex- ion Jon is sallow lifeless dull and coarse as it has a to be become become become be- be come at this season of or the year Norma Shearer Goldwyn e Mayer player whose fresh healthy clear skin confirms the story of years spent in skiing skating and other healthy outdoor exercises during during during dur dur- ing her early life in Montreal l Canada Canada Can Can- Canada ada sums up the secret of ot a beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- sk skin n b by giving two rigid rules rules' as Its foundation Follow these rules all the time with particular emphasis between seasons when the natural freshness of skin begins to lag and you will wm have hae nothing to worry about as far as the beauty of your complexion goes Is Mi Z 3 Shearer's advice TAKE HEALTH INVENTORY very now and anti then especially when your tour our skin is not at its Us best there are two things you should concentrate op on says Miss liss Shearer First take an inventory of your general health and next pay special special special cial attention to the needs of your skin The first to meis me meIs meis Is more important for no matter how much care one ma may take of the skin unless these is the basis of good sound health to supply i it with nutrition and good circulation that makes it sparkle with glowing vi vitality vitality vi- vi it will not have the beauty and freshness that health alone can give it We Ve all kno know that fresh air exercise wholesome food and a fair amount of ot sleep Is the basis of or ofEL ofa ora a EL beautiful complexion since no amount of ot treatment and care can either take or make their lack but since we are so apt to let these Important things slide by I in our busy everyday e life it is well to stop every now and then especially between en seasons to take as it were were a complete health cure for our complexions' complexions sake at least This may be trite old advice true but nevertheless it is the best best beauty aid one can g give ge e Breathe deeply of fresh air to purify the blood exercise regularly to circulate circulate circulate late the blood that gives color to the face sleep well at night to rest the skin and allow the pores to eliminate dim elim mate its waste matter and eat plenty of wholesome food to tone up the skin and you are more than three three quarters quarters on the road to ac ac- ac quiring t a cl clear ar healthy beautiful complexion CLEANSE SKIN THOROUGHLY After you have taken a health inventory as It were were the next thing is to give the skin the local care it needs There are two classes or of I beauty seekers in this field those field those who follow the cult of ot the cold I I cream clan and those who insist that while cold cream may be good goodin in its place nothing is so good for cleansing the skin as the good old- old fashioned soap and water treatment and a goodly supply of ot the latter at that But no matter in what class you ou belong belon one thing is the tain the skin MUST have a thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough cleansing to rid it of every particle of dirt at least once a day if it is to be of lovely texture and clear and healthy In tone At no notime notime notime time through the ages was this more Important than now when so many cosmetics that clog up th the pores of the skin are constantly used Cleansing the skin thoroughly at night before retiring whether with cold cream or soap and waler ridding ridding rid rid- ding it of all dirt and allowing the pores to breathe and eliminate all aU waste matter while you sleep is one of th the most important rules in acquiring and keeping a beautiful complexion I r myself believe that soap and water is Just as good In cleansing the skin as the most expensive beauty preparations The theory that water hardens an and dries the I skin and that it cannot cleanse it i t of impurities as well as cold I cream is contradicted by some of the best skin specialists So if you are ore in doubt whether cold cream or soap and water is best for the skin ad adopt pt both methods alternate between be between between be- be tween a good soap and water and scrubbing one night and a good cold cream cleanser the next and find Ind your skin taking on a freshness freshness freshness fresh fresh- ness clearness and healthy tone which will elicit real admiration from others |
