ROUGE AND LIPSTICK

Shannon News, 10 February 1928, Page 4

ROUGE AND LIPSTICK

200 DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

“We have about 200 different varieties of rouge and lipstick,” sastd a buyer at a London store. “Each manufacturer has a range of at least a dozen shades in both, and each one is'given a different name. Although many of the colours appear there is, in fact, a slight difference in the rouges made by different firms. The tints of lipstick range from a colourless shade to a deep vermillion and

pomegranate. “We find compact powder rouge is used by business women because it can bo ,applied quickly, whereas a cream rouge, although giving a delightfully soft effect, needs more care when applying it. “Compact powders have become so popular that manufacturers are always designing new styles. The newest have almost flat boxes, as slim as the watch a man wears with evening clothes. A variation of the compact powder is a small box designed for ' women who prefer to use a special brand of loose powder. The boxes are fitted with a sifter so that too much powder does not get on to the puff, and a mirror is fitted in the lid.

“Americans buy large numbers of small painted suede vanity cases which are fitted with a patent powder puff which is made on the bag principle. The powder is put in the bag and percolates the puff so that only a sufficient quantity comes from the puff as required. “Alabaster powder bowls are selling in hundreds at the moment, so many provincial visitors are buying them. A popular design "is one I have specially painted by an artist in Montmartre.” \