The Ideal Beauty

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16430, 25 January 1919, Page 2

The Ideal Beauty

[j What it is, and How to Possess it. jj I By "ESTELLE." j'

Do you know what it is Mra to read' a novel —one that begins with a hero- > ina whoso charms are not enumerated but whoso personality and environment seem to have some resemblauco to your own? And then, on pago four or five to find .something of this sort:—"Her (the heroine's) hair rippled in soft shining waves round her delicately' tinted face. She had ono of those poacli-like skins that never seem to " roughen or to burn. Her eyes were hidden at the moment under long - silken lashes, hut a dimple hovered at the corner of her red mouth, as she . pullod a rose to pioces between her white hands" —and so on. At this point, if you are analytic, you begin to compare this exquisite creature with yourself. With what results ? To find that you are hopeless-"' ly at n disadvantage, and that you aro lucky if you can find one point in your looks that can vie with her fictitious charms. The story loses half its interest: you are no longer identified with the heroine. But has it over ocenrred to you that ; with a little patience and perseverance,-• that flowery description, with ono or two slight alterations, might bo applied » to YOU? YOTT CAN'T HELP YOUTt FEATURES—BUT you can help your skin, your hair, your hands—and that is something. Look carefully at the description of your heroine. Nothing is said about her features, unless yon count a dimple as'a feature. Lot us be systematic. Her hair is described as "rippling in shining waves." ' YOUR HAIR "WOULD BE JUST AS • PRETTY if you would shampoo your hair with stall.ix instead of that com- . mon soap or manufactured "wash" that you aro ruining it with afr present. If, . owing to your unkind treatment, it is-; thin and inclinod to split at tie ends, you { should try this simple homo recipe. Ono ;, package obtained from any chemist, mixod with i pint hay rum. ; Boranium possesses wonderful properties r of renewing the strength, beauty, ana;" natural colour of the hair. "Peivhaps," you say, "this is all very! well." Admitted that these prepare-; tions make tho hair thick and glossy,; how can anything but nature, or hot irons, produce "rippling waves"? Havel you never heard of silmerine? A little liquid silmerine, applied on" tho hair before going to bed and brushed out in the morning, will transform your straight locks into the most bewitching tight curls or fascinating "kinks," according to the amount used and your individual tastes. To return to our heroine. "How 3an 1 evor accomplish a peach-like skin?" you ask in despair, "and, having socurcd it, how render it impervious to roughness and sunburn? No, it is too much." Nevertheless, there s much TRUTH IN OLD PROVERBS, ind when you. so glibly quote "Beauty is but skin deep," do you realise that you are Btatinfj a solid, undeniable fact—ono on which a whole philosophy '' )f beauty has been based? Below a skin that may he blotchsd, roughened, and discoloured, is . a complexion as clear and as fresh ns i little child's. But how remove the igly outer layer, the pores of which li'o clogged with waste matter? The ikin is a delicate fabric, and no force nust be used. Mercoliscd wax, which r :ontains oxygen', will, if applied like >rdinarv cold crcain, invisibly absorb ;ho uglv outer cuticle, leaving tho ovely now skin in all its glory. To protoot this delicate skin from he devastating effects of wind and reather, bathe tho face and nock with . little cleminite dissolved, in water, rliich will form tho lightest of films ver the complexion, at the «amc time living it the much coveted "peadiiko bloom." '' As to tho long, silky lashes, a little nennaline rubbeil into the roots .of \- he lashes with the tips of the fipgers leforo going to bod will work'.wonlers. If your hands are not as white s you would wish, a little lemon juice - rill remove bad Btains, and bicrolium rill take away all. redness apd chapping. i ' , A week or two of this treatment will nake that description applicable to 'ou. If you sit and pull a rose' to lieces, any critical observer will havo ime to notice charms in you which ttract immediate attention,'arid which -"ill bear the closest scrutiny.