SUIT YOUR TYPE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3761, 1 March 1928, Page 1

SUIT YOUR TYPE.

COLOUR AND STYLE

Any girl can make herself good looking, says Hazel Rawson Cades. She has written a book to say how it might be done, acknowledging that for some girls it is an easiejr job than for others.

“Red liair helps, and so does a dimple. ... I believe in clear skins. In manicured finger-nails. In complementary hats. I believe in bobs for Betty, sleek hair for Gloria —every girl to her own type.” The trouble is that women do not always recognise their own type, but, this once being fixed, it is necessary to keep within its boundary. By.type is meant, say, the dark vivacious girl who looks her best in brilliant colour and startling design. As to colour, Miss Cades points out that a colour is good if it is good for you. Yellow comes out to meet you; orange is cheery; red exciting; blue and green are retiring colours. . . . Put on a white dress. Then put on a black one and see how much smaller you seem. For blondes with blue, grey, green eyes there seems to be a basis for the opinion that blues, green and violets are the best . . . clon’ti wear barbaric jewellery . . . simple and soft fabric . . . pale blondes, should beware of wishywashy colours. “For brunettes your hair he worn plainly . . • white or'

cream colours, crimson, green or yellow are the most effective. “If you have fine, soft hair of the fluffy type, it should not be plastered down close. “It is a question whether collars or cold cream have more to- do with the success of necks. Collarbones should be covered, and fat is not fetching. “If you do not feel well, groomed you cannot possibly look it. First .of all you need tiine._ Time for your bath. ' Time for your powdering. Time for your nails. Time for youi hair.

“The best exercises are play exercises. You have in games a joyous expression of energy. “Eat regularly and not between meals. Eat plenty of green vegetables and fruits. Go lightly on tea and coffee. “Look interested. “Concentrate on beauty. - ’ Among those who have commented on the book is Miss Jeanne de Casalis, the South African actress. She says: “We - can all improve ourselves. If a girl is not good looking, she can at least be original and ‘interesting.’ It is, after all. merely a matter of a little biain. think it is far better to make oneself interesting with a little ingenuity than to be beautiful and stupid.” Evelyn Laye thinks that any girl, however plain,, can improve herself. There are so few real beauties in the world that almost any woman can reach a • certain standard. Clothes are a help t e way you do your hair, your nai s, and so on. But no woman can be really beautifully unless she has a nice mind.”