#BeautyTips

Skin care classes were held for the Beauty Consultants doing skin care classes in order to teach them how to share good information to their clients. We learned that facial skin is different from the rest of the skin on our bodies and has special requirements. Using bar soap, just about any bar soap, has a drying effect because soap is designed to cut oil and this tenancy will deplete the natural oils that is produced by facial skin, so, it is a good idea to cleanse the face with a cleanser designed to be used on the face. Cleansing might change the Ph of the skin and toners or freshners correct that problem. After cleansing and freshning, a moisturizer will replenish what has been taken away and then on to glamour. Skin care is the most important part of beauty and a routine should be set up for morning and night. You might even need to use a mask weekly to deeply remove dead skin cells.

Glamour is that which is added to enhance the natural beauty and defines areas and uses shadows and color to give contour. A foundation will smooth and equalize the skin tone. There are natural curves to the face, but when it is all one color it appears flat and uninteresting. Adding rouge to the cheeks highlights the cheek bones and gives structure to the shape of the face. The eyebrows are a frame for the eye and the right length and contour of the frame brings attention to the eyes and eye shadow develops the curve. Of course, mascara adds depth and length to the lashes. The last bit of color on the lips balances the whole look. The end product should be appealing to the eye because the countenance will be where others look and from which the light inside shines forth.

 Your behavior is what really counts, as my daddy always said when his girls were complimented on the dresses their grandmother had sewn for them, "Pretty is as pretty does." Make-up has been around for a very long time and Peter cautioned the women of his day, two thousand years ago, "Your adornment must not be merely external, but, let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God." 1 Peter 3:3 and 4

You see, a quiet spirit is one that has found the peace of God and a gentle spirit is one that shares the peace from God in her everyday life. This peace of God demonstrates itself in her being able to trust the authority of her husband and enables her to submit to that authority because that is the way God has set up the institution of marriage and asks her to trust Him through her husband. Just as Sarah submitted to Abraham, tho he was way off base, God protected her and she was not fearful. This attitude of submissiveness carries on to her children and teaches them that the authorities God has ordained should be honored and submitted to all the while trusting in the Great Almighty to correct and protect.

Our society today is a perfect picture of what wives and mothers have taught their children and it isn't pretty!