TO-DAY'S TOILET HINTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 111, 4 February 1920, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TOILET HINTS

How to Discard an Unsightly complexion. "Toilet Club Notes." How many women exclaim as tlicv belit|kl their ugly complexion in the miiror, "If I could only tear off tliis oW akin!" and, do you know, it is now possible to do that very tlrinp? Not to 'actually romovo the entire skin all of a sudden; that would be too heroic a. method and painful, too, I imagine. The worn, out w:icle comes, off in such tiny particles, and so gradually—mjuirinsr about ten days to complete the transformation—it doesn't hurt a bit. Day % day the beautiful complexion underneath comes forth. Marvellous! No matter how muddy, rough,'blotchy, or ajwd your complexion, you can surely discard it by this simple process. Just get some ordinary mercolised wax at your chemists, apply nightly like cold cream, washing it on in tho mornings. Why Have Grey Hair ? When a simple, old-fashioned and harmless recipe 'Wll. correct it. Fow people know that grey hair is not n necMsary feature of age— tliat it can be riYokleii without resorting to hair dyes. A very old, home-made remedy will turn tho hair back to a natural colour in a few days. It is only neressary to got from the chomiat two ounces of ooncentrate of tainrnalite and mix it with three ounces of bay rum. Apply this simple lotion to the hair for a few .nights with a small eponge and you will soon have the pleasure of seeing the greyneos disappear. This recipe is perfectly harmless, is neither sticky nor greasy, and lins gl?cn perfect satisfaction for m(\ny generations to those in possession of tho secret. A Strange Shampoo. "Cosy Corner Chats." '.s.I was much interested to learn Irom this young woman with the beautiful glossy hair that sho never washes

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it with soap or artificial shampoo poiwl. ore. Instead she'makes hor own shampoo by disscrlvilli; a 'easpoonful of stalks granules in a cup of hot water. "1 hmke my chemist get the stallax for raj', _ said sho. "It comes only iu Jib. sealed packages, enough to make up twenty-five or thirty individual (shampoos, and_ il smells so good I could almost eat it.*" Certainly this little lady's liair did lopa wonderful even if she lias strange ideas of a ehiimpco. lam tempted to try the plan myself. Blackheads Instantly Go. The new sparkling face bath _ treatment gives instant relief. A very simple, harmless, and pleasant process is now used to remove blackheads and correct grensinees and laiT?e pores iu the skin. You hive only to drop a tablet of etymol, obtained from the chemists, into a glass of hot water and bathe the face with tho liquid after the effervescence has subsided. The blackheads will then come right off on the towel. The enlarged pores immediately contract to normal and the greasiness disappears, leaving tho skin smooth, soft and cool, and free from blemish. But _to make mire that this desirable result is permanent, it is advisable to rcpe.at the treatment several times at intervals of, say, about four or five days. Is Powder Necessary ? "Practical Suggestions." I say emphatically, No! There is a simple lotion which can be easily and cheaply made at home, and it is at the «ime time both effective and beneficial to the complexion. Cleminite is a. splendid substitute for face powder, which is at the bottom of many complexion troubles. Get About an ounce from the chemists and dissolvo iu four tablespoonfuls of J, water. Tho result is a flno clear liquid, I ft which instantly gives tho face, ncelc or |./| arms that peach-liko bloom of perfect . I| health. There is nothing to equal it l| fojr g-renay skins, and the result lasts all M day long under the most trying condi- <ti tionfl.