Health and Beauty : A Book for Girls
1939-10 1939 1930s 27 pages ; illustrations less liable to break; and when "dinking" them up use a smooth tool, not a pen-knife or scissor tip which will scratch the inner surface of the nail so that it will catch dirt readily. Use a soapy nail-brush vigorously, and whilst the fing...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : The Health & Cleanliness Council
October 1939
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/7AFCE333-AFCE-4395-9136-F21EEB4B17F3 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/66735B23-54E8-42CF-B678-A6F17D3B876C |
| Summary: | 1939-10
1939
1930s
27 pages ; illustrations
less liable to break; and when "dinking" them up use a smooth tool, not a pen-knife or scissor tip which will scratch the inner surface of the nail so that it will catch dirt readily. Use a soapy nail-brush vigorously, and whilst the fingers are still damp press down the skin around the nails with the towel, then file and cut your nails to the shape of your finger. Everyone has a "style" of their own in finger tips, and the long pointed nail does not suit everyone, besides being rather a nuisance to keep clean. In winter rinse the hands in cold water after washing in warm, to close the pores and prevent chaps. Always dry carefully, and if a smear of cold cream is always rubbed well into the hands whilst they are freshly dried, they will keep soft and supple, and be free from cracks in the frostiest weather. Keep a pot of cold cream by the hand-basin and near the sink. Some find glycerine and rose-water soothing and softening, and with the addition of a little lemon juice, whitening. But some skins find glycerine too drying, and pure lard or cold cream meets their case better. THE FEET BEAUTIFUL! A foot that is treated properly can be a thing of beauty but how often we forget this possibility and how terribly we treat these faithful friends of ours! Cramped, distorted, or flat feet are among the ugliest things in nature — bound up in leather, pinched, robbed of air, they are rarely allowed to have natural exercise. Although they are often hard at work for hours on end, they are, as often as not, grumbled at because they sometimes venture to remind us by aches and pains of our unkindness to them! Nor can we hope to walk gracefully when our feet are hurting us, for little lines of pain and wrinkles of weariness on our faces quite spoil our looks. [illustration] 6
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