From My Boudoir Notebook

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 71, 10 April 1937, Page 16

From My Boudoir Notebook

Sydney Correspondent)

Footwear Gossip

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JJEELS are going to extremes in - the shoe world overseas. After viewing the latest footwear a London correspondent writes that heels seem to be either very high and stilted or else low, broad and flat. Everything from sports oxfords to evening sandals is trimmed with tongues. There is even a street boot, . higher in the back than in the front, whieh fastens with an eyelet tie over a long tongue. This pull-on boot is of English boxcalf. Engel, who launc'hed the lowheeled peasant oxford, makes it this year in brown, black, oxblood and steel. Bronze, com-. ' bined with gold kid, is nsed frequently. For trimming, there are strips of twisted leather, cnt ont designs, and in dressier models, open lattice work is used on vamps ahd counters. Outstanding models include an

afternoon shoe of bronze kid with a low heel and cross T strap of gold kid. A lattice pattern of gold joihs the tongue and the T , strap, and' the shoe. fastens at the ■ side with a tie of bronze and gold. , The same colour scheme is nsed on a high-heeled pump with a twisted gold kid trimming on the vamp. Ox-blood calf makes a new built-up oxford whieh fastens with a small buckle at the side of the tongue. Pipings and perforations in beige are nsed as trimming in contrast to the ox-blood calf. High-heeled pumps are made in the new steel coloured kid, while suede is used for many occasions. The suede is usually combined with patent leather or calf, as is antelope. Tonic for the Skin. Here is a treatment which takes a little time, but is worth while, •as it is a skin beaiitifier and a tonic. Wash the face well with soap and warm water; pat it dry, but see that the drying is verv

thorough; then finish off witji a cleansing eream, which should be applied and removed as quickly as possible. Have ready a dish containing some warmed oil of sweet almonds and another with some powdered oatmeal. Smear the oil very liberally all over the face and. neck; then rub the' oatmeal in till all the oil has disappeared. With a gentle frietion movement, in an upward direction for the face and a downward one for

tne necx, massage until all the meal has also disappeared. You now require a teacup of hot milk. Bathe the skin with all of it, and allow it to dry on ; remove it with pads of* cotton wool soaked in rose • water. ' The oil and oatmeal followed by the milk astringent will feed, bleach, cleanse and tone the skin; the massage movements will tone up the facial muscles. If yon do this treatment only once a week you will be surprised and delighted with the result. Beauty for White-Haired. A word for the white-haired. Because your daughters are out and about, do not think that make-np is not for you. A touch of ronge and lipstiek can add new chaim to your dignity. You are probably conservative about the colours you wear, stickmg a great deal to black. IJse a poAvder which is rather deeper than your skin — very light pow■ders are ageing, so avoid these, choosing instead something in Avarm rachel or peach. .A cherry lipstiek is charming with white hair, and if yon are a little shy of rouge, use one of the blush eream ones which go on easily, just adding a pretty flush to the cheeks whieh looks perfectly natural.