Short Cuts to Beauty

NZ Truth, Issue 1142, 20 October 1927, Page 15

Short Cuts to Beauty

By MIMOSA.

My advice to smart -women who demand the very best results, is to leav? most toilet preparations alone. When facial applications are necessary, get only the pure ingredients just as they come to the chemist himself. I will tell you in this column from time to time just what to get and just how to use it. Do not be persuaded into buying some cheap toilet preparation instead. Any I chemist can supply you with genuine original concentrated ingredients, if he will, and I know personally that most firms make a speciality of selling original packages of all kinds of pure ingredients neat, both direct and by post I can point out to you, however, many useful hints, which involve no expense at all. " Beauty irt Breathing." — Yes, indeed, a great deal can be done toward brightening; the eyes and complexion by systematic breathing for ten minutes each morning and ereningr; breathe slowly and deeply to the fullest capacity of the lungs. You should stand erect by an open window. Of course, the corsets should not be worn during this exercise. "' About Shampooing." — Even the best shampoo is somewhat drying, and if your hair is not naturally oily, I suggest that just before the shampoo you apply olive oil thoroughly to the scalp, rubbing it into thc hair roots rigorously. Then use pure stallax for the shampoo. Dissolve a teaspoonful in a cup of hot water. This will leave the hair very clean and glossy. " A Velrety Skin." — It is hard to tell you what kind of powder to use, skins vary so. I suggest that in your difficulty you use na powder at all, but apply a little lotion made by dissolving one ounce of cleminite in four ounces of water. ThU gives a much better finish than any powder, suits all complexions, and stays upon the face during the most trying conditions, as long as you could wish. It makes the skin look very soft and velvety, and its use cannot be detected. " Renewing the Complexion."— Yes, the discoloured, faded outer veiling of the complexion must be absolutely removed, and I know of no safe way to do this except to use a little Mercolized Wax, applying it at night like cold cream. The active principle in Mercolized Wax soon absorbs the weakened and devitalised surface which so annoys you, revealing, the fresh and beautiful young skin underneath, which is always there only waiting to be freed. The process usually takes about ten' days, is quite harmless, and acta so imperceptibly that no one can tell what you are doing. " Long. Curling Lashes." — Clipping the eye (ashes is very often unsuccessful. They sometimes do not grow again. Far better to apply » little pure mennaline with the fingers to the eyebrows and lashes just before retiring at night. This greatly stimulates the growth, and darkens the colour of the hairs. " How To Make Hair Tonic."— There is no reason why you should buy thc high-pneed hair tonics you mention, when you can make just as good or better yourself at home. Get an ounce of boranium, and mix with a quarterpint of bay rum. Apply this to the scalp each night, working it in with the finger tips, and in a short time you should see a considerable improvement, and find a complete absence of dandruff. "To Reduce Plumpness." — The latest method of reducing obesity certainly is far more pleasant and convenient than all previous methods. It consists merely in taking clynol berries. The fat person who wants to reduce without the usual rigid diet, exercise, sweating baths, etc., now puts a few of these Uttle brown berries in his or her pocket and swallows three or four each day. Most chemists stock them. " The Rouge Question." — Complexions of your type never acquire a naturaj rosy tint, no matter what may be done for them. If you really insist upon a colour, let me dissuade you from your evident inclination to use rouge. A far more refined thing to do is merely to apply a little ordinary colliandum with the finger tips, thus accomplishing the desired result by a means which is not obvious. " Annoying Odours."— The annoying odour you mention arises from an acid condition in the perspiration. It can easily be nullified by an occasional application of powdered pergoJ to the affected surfaces. " Removing Hair." — I always recommend caution in the selection of a hair remover, and therefore suggest that you only use powdered pheminol, instead of the depilatories you mentiou. This powder, applied direct to the superfluous hair, causes it to wither and die in a few moments, when it can be rubbed oft, leaving no trace. " About Soap."— l should say that youi trouble is caused by the soaps you have been trying. Personally, I always recommend a soap called Pilenta, because I have never known il to fail to give satisfaction. It is an absolutely pure superfatted soap, designed exclusively for use upon delicate skins, and it has. the mosl , delightful perfume I have ever found. " Care of the Lips." — I regret to say lips like yours never will have a bright colour. They gc with the type. I see no real harm in resorting to an innocent artificial aid, especially when il •makes so much difference as in your case. Tht best thing for the purpose is just a little sticl of plain prolactum; applied to the lips it givei a very pretty natural colour, besides kecpini them soft and moist.