BEAUTY NOTE

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 18, 27 October 1939, Page 15

BEAUTY NOTE

I heard of a girl the other day who blamed salt water for the fact that she’d gone almost bald at nineteen. She was swimming crazy and had certainly spent more than the usual slice of her summers in the sea. That’s as may be, of course. But it really is a proved fact that too much salt water damages hair -robs it of both colour and lustre. One beauty specialist mentioned it to me as "Shipwrecked Hair." She said she had treated hundreds of cases. She said we must ALWAYS wear a cap. I’m going to hate that, rather. I like the free and floaty feeling of the water through my hair. But her hints were useful. Have your hair cut shorter for summer, or do it up on the top of your head, because fresh air et the roots is going to make all the difference to its health by stimulating the circulation. Don’t neglect to wear a hat or tie on a large handkerchief when you ride long distances in an open car. Sun and salt water can also make our eyebrows and lashes rather coarse and brittle. Advice for them was to rub a lubricant cream on after sea bathing and last thing at night. There’s no excuse apparently for sacrificing beauty to summer days.