Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — PRETTY EYEBROWS. [ARTICLE]

PRETTY EYEBROWS.

They Require as Much Care as Teeth, Skin or Nails. It may astonish some women to know mat the eyebrows are often ruined at this season of the year, and unless one is careful, pretty brows become coarse and not infrequently thin. This calamity is caused by salt water, much exposure to dust when motoring, and the sun, that occasionally dries them up to such an extent, that me glands are unable to nourish the hair roots. Once this catastrophe happens every effort should be made to better the condition by feeding the roots. In this treatment one of the best essentials is to keep the brows thoroughly clean. This means more than a superficial wash, for while mere dust may be loosened, it cannot be taken out, and thus the pores get choked. To properly wash them a small brush like that used for the nails, only much softer, some plain soap, such as castile, if it agrees, and then a scrub. Always, when coming in from the summer wind the brows should be given a gentle but thorough bathing. This washing, in the very nature of things, extracts natural oils, and they must be restored, or the skin given their equivalent. Vaseline as a substitute for them is excellent, so is sweet almond oil. If the former is used it may be applied rather thickly with the finger tip, wiping off any superfluous amount with soft muslin. At the place where the natural curve starts there should be a downward stroke that will point the hairs in the right direction. By getting this straight line over the eyes an effect of width most becoming tu the face is given, while the downward line finishes off to a tapering point. In this massaging red vaseline is necessary for the brows, though the merest point of grease is enough, for if the brows are kept fed with it the hair will grow better and take on a polish. For thin eyebrows a combination of quinine and vaseline is a most beneficial tonic. In the making about as much quinine as can be put on the point of a small pocket knife blade should be mixed with a teaspoonful of vaseline. This may be applied night and morning, letting it remain on. —Margaret Mixter.