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Secrets of Beauty.

SELECTED PRECIPES FHOM HERE AND THEBE.-TffINGS EVEBY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW, Oxygen Removes a Bad Complexion. "Practical Suggestions." Oxygen is now used to clear .the complexion. Its peculiar proporty of destroying waste matter and not injuring healthy tissue is well known. Bad complexions are merely the accumulation of half-dead waste matter on the skin surface. "This accumulation shows in the form of sallowness, moth patches, and a generally .lifeless appearance. Smart women now.clear off these imperfections by getting sonic mercolised wax from tho chemists and applying it for a few nights like cold cream. ■ This wax' contains oxygen which attacks and removes the disfiguring waste matter. It is pleasant to use and perfectly harmless. Tho fresh healthy skin which has teen covered up is soon revealed in all its beauty arid the face so treated looks much younger \ p.nd prettier a 9 a result. * # • To bring a natural red colour,to the lips rnb'theih with a soft stick of prolactum. * " ' For tired, hot, or perspiring feet use a teaspoonful of powdered onalite in a foot bath. ' '\ Getting Rid of Female Moustaches. "Practical Suggestions." To women who are annoyed bv disfiguring downy hair growths a method of permanently eradicating tho same will como as a. piece of good news. For this purpose pure powdered pheminol mav be used. AlmoiK,any chemist should be able to supply an ounce of this drug. The recommended treatment is designed not only to remove tho disfiguring growth instantly, leaving no trace, but also to actually kill the hair roots without' irritating the skin. » "• Objectionable body odours resulting from perspiration and other causes may be instantly banished by Bimply applying a little powdered (white) pergol. to the affected surface Occasionally. • * * Smart women are rapidly .adopting the uso of the natural allaoito of orange blossoms when the complexion is inclined to be oily. It makes a capital greaseless cream, holds , the powder perfectly, and does not encourage hair growth. Home Beauty Aids. "Household' Hints." i-A P ers ' s ' ol, tlr shiny nose or a dull lifeless complexion drives many a woman tocosmehcs and consequent despair. And ?'l the time a simple remedy lies at hand in the home. If you have no cleminito in the house you need only get about an ounce from your chemist and add just sufficient water to dissolve it. A little of this simple lotion is Nature's own 'beautificr. It is very good for the skin and instantly gives the complexion a soft velvety, youthful blconi that anv woman might envy. It lasts all day "or evening, renders powdering entirely unnecessary, and absolutely defies detection. 0 • • To make the eyelashes grow long, dark, and curling, apply n little mennaline with the finger-tips occasion-ally. It j s absolutely harmless and beautifies the eyebrows as well. ' ' * Pilenta soap is the most satisfactory for nil complexions. It even works well in cold or hard water. Naturally Wavy Hair. "Home Ohemistry." Good stallax not only makes the tost possible shampoo, but has tho peculiar property of leaving the hair with a pronounced natural wave," an effect presumably desired by many ladies. A teaepoonful of the stallsvxgranutes, dissolved In a cup of hot water, is arnplo for a luxurious head wash, and leaves the hair with a peculiar lustre and fluffiness ob: tainable from nothing else as far as known. It is perfectly harmless and can bo obtained from most chemists, although einco' it has been so little used for this pnrposo if. comes only in sealed original packages, enough to make up twenty-five or thirty individual shampoos. " " * For an actual hair grower nothing equals pure boranium. It is quite harmless, and eets the hair Toots tingling with new life. * * ' Tho use of rougo in. almost always obvious, but powdered colliandum fives a perfectly natural colour and defies etsctioo—Advi.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 13

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Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 13

Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 13

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