An Expert's Advice On The Choice Of Face-Creams and Powders

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 91, 11 January 1935, Page 5

An Expert's Advice On The Choice Of Face-Creams and Powders

SUIT YOUR MAKE-UP TO YOUR FROCK; AND USE

DIFFERENT COLOURS FOR INDOORS AND OUTDOORS.

(By

a Beauty Specialist.)

Are you using the right shade of powder ? Powders look quite a different colour under different lighting, and sometimes even the colour of your dress will change the appearance of the powder you happen to be using. A grey day, for example, makes your skin look shades duller. I would like you to try this little experiment so that you will grasp my meaning more easily. Make up your face when wearing a rose-coloured dress, and then change your dress into a dark blue or black, and see the horrid difference to -your complexion.

Different Shades Always wear different shades for indoors and outdoors. Keep three shades of powder on your dressing table-deep pink, pale or deep ochre, and white or Rachael No. 1. It won't take you long to discover when and with whic heiress to use the different shades, and on occasions you can mix the powders and make your own blend. For good dressing, a powder base is a necessity, and for a dry skin the best powder base is a little cold

cream spread carefully and evenly over the face. For an oily skin a lotion of lemon juice mixed with an equal amount of rosewater and five drops of glycerine will hold the powder beautifully and prevent the grease from breaking through the powder. When applying rouge, dab a little on the chin and the lobes of the ears, and you will be agreeably surprised at the difference in your appearance. • * « * Green and Mauve Green powder will tone down a florid complexion, or a colour that is 100 high. . Mauve powder worn by a blonde

for evening gives the skin a beautiful transparency. Green powder with a black frock rather enhances one’s appearance ; but mauve powder should not be worn during the daytime. When applying lipsalve always work a little cold cream into the lips first, and then work the lipsalve in with the finger-tips. Apply in the centre of the mouth first, and gradually work toward the corners; but never actually into’them, as it will make the mouth appear dreadfully large. If you object to lipsalve, a little

white vaseline smeared over the lips will prevent that cracked appearance. * * * Suit Your Colour The following list will help every girl to choose the powder which is best suited to her colouring:— FOR BLONDES.—Blondes with a real pink and white complexion, blue or dark eyes, or for the woman

with a sallow skin: Rosee. Pale complexion, dark hair and blackeyes: Blanche. BRUNETTES.—With a fair skin, or she who would like to tone down a bright colour: Rachael No. 4.

The true brunette with dark hair, blue or dark eyes: Rachael No. 2. Fresh complexion, light brown hair and blue eyes; or the type with reckly gold hair, brown eyes: Naturelle. Olive complexion with dark hair, and dark eyes: Ochre.

As a last word of advice, I wish to remind you that make up is like everything else. The less used the better.

good old howl and slill look beautiful, or you can go out in the wettest weather without feeling and looking like a bedraggled duck ?

First, there is the cream. This cream is a pinky colour, which is impervious to water, and gives' a delightful dull colour under the powder. So far there is no waterproof powder; but even if the powder is washed off the face by the spattering raindrops, the cream will still look perfectly natural. In fact I would advise cream only for these The cream can be removed with warm olive oil. It is rather expensive: but if it is used only for wet weather it should last a long time. Then comes the rouge. This must be be applied before the powder and after the cream.

Waterproof or kissproof lipsticks are well known, and do not need any description. But I would advise smearing the lips with a little cold cream before applying any lip salve. The well-knowns brands are perfectly harmless; but some of the cheaper lines occasinally contain acids which are harmful. Then for the eyelashes and eyebrows there are waterproof darkeners, .so really the modern girl is quite water and tearproof. CAKE ARCHITECTS Royal Wedding Masterpiece Veritable architects of the bakehouse designed and made the cakes for the Royal wedding. Towering above the guests at Buckingham Palace on the wedding day was tlte remarkable bride ee.ke creation of Huntley and Palmers. Limited, which stood eight feet high. The plaques on the bottom tier depicted the Parthenon at Athens, the ■Acropolis and a view of the Piraeus from the hill above the town showing the islands in the distance. On the second tier there were plaques showing views of Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Balmoral in colour. Plaques depicting Vikings and their ships reminded the guests of the Royal bride’s Danish ancestry.

Wet Weather Beauty Why spoil your complexion with tears when by using the latest waterproof beauty aids you can have a