YOUR MAKE UP

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 April 1938, Page 4

YOUR MAKE UP

AN IMPORTANT POINT. For beach, golf, country and bridge parties, the discerning woman changes her make-up. Just as you change your clothes for varying occasions, so you should change your make-up to match. Make-up, like everything else, has its correct place, and that which is suitable for the ballroom would look entirely out of place whilst playing golf or swimming. But, sad to say, very few women realise this important point, and, whilst they may purchase everything which is suitable for wear on a golf course they will still persist in using their ordinary makeup. Near to Nature. The first and really the most important thing is that the closer you are to Nature, the less artificial must be you make-up. There is a reason for this. When indulging in sport, the natural healthy exercise will heighten the colour of the cheeks. For evenings, either dining or dancing, you can indulge in a much heavier make-up than is usual, as the artificial colour will help to kill rather than enhance your own natural colouring. For golf or riding you will require a good foundation base to protect the skin from sunburn, strong, biting winds, or rain. For outdoors do not use eye shadow or eyelash colouring. The lips should be very lightly covered with lipstick, and should follow, as much as is possible, the person’s natural colouring. ... Powder should be very natural-: looking, and only a small amount should be applied to the skin. The

darker the toning of the skin, the darker the shade of powder which should be used. Be Sparing. Business girls should follow the above make-up chart as much as possible. Employers as a rule do not like heavily made-up employees. If spending a holiday in the country, rouge should be avoided and as little powder as possible used. For afternoon functions such as bridge parties or afternoon teas you can apply more colouring to the skin, because, instead of the keen winds enhancing your natural colour, the inactivity is more likely to make you appear pale. Well-Groomed Effect First cleanse the face thoroughly with a good cleansing cream, remove it and then apply your powder base. Your lipstick will be used just a shade more heavily than is usually the case, as this will give a more ■ groomed, effect for afternoon wear. The powder used should either blend with your own skin colouring or with the colour of the frock worn. The usual procedure is that brunettes use a make-up which will .make the skin, appear lighter, and this effect is obtained by using natural powder and bright rouge and lipstick. Blondes will try and make their skin darker, and this may be achieved by using a suntan makeup. For evening wear the colours should be much more vivid, and the brunette can easily accomplish this by slightly varying the applications of her cosmetics. The will do all that she canto emphasis her natural fairness.