CROWNING GLORY?

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 87, 22 January 1938, Page 7

CROWNING GLORY?

r ''COCKTAIL’’ FOR HAIR It’s all very well for sentimentalists to say your hair is your crowning glory, but they do not realise how much less picturesquely you could describe it on days when it proves thoroughly troublesome. What about the day before the regular “Shampoo-and-set” when it is at its worst, and you are suddenly invited out that very evening. Here is a good “cocktail” to mix for reviving the dullest and flattest of hair on such an occasion. Take equal parts of vinegar and olive oil—rather less oil if your hair is greasy—add a good dash of and brush this through the. hair. Spray lightly with setting lotion, and place a few combs in position where the waves have to be emphasised. The hair will be dry and looking entirely .different before you have finished dressing.

You probably find that setting lotion constantly clogs the spray, but you can put an end to this trouble by getting a bulb of rubber composition with a wide glass nozzle and “nebuliser” from the chemist. It is intended as a throat spra., but does equally well for the hair —is very inexpensive—and never goes out of action.

Feathers for Vases. Feathers have a place in the home and plumes and dainty sprays of flowers made of feathers are often effective substitutes for real blooms in vases, while feather motifs on furnishing fabrics and wallpapers are very fashionable. Even table china falls in with the vogue and teasets patterned with little drifting feathers in white on pastel-tinted grounds are attractive. Wall Decorations.

Something gay and floral with which to decorate your walls through the winter is a good investment. Flower pictures have seldom before been so much in favour. Queen Mary’s love of flower studies has done much to establish their popularity. The newest forms of floral pictures are those painted on metal and placed in a frame of metal painted in pale green.

Shoe Cleaners. Portable shoe-cleaning outfits, small enough to be carried in a handbag or pocket, are a useful idea for the business girl, or traveller. A round container made of bakelite unscrews at the ends to reveal one side a pad soaked in emulsified wax and the other side a velvet pad for polishing. The waxed side is ligh'.' rubbed over the shoe, which, given a minute or two to dry, is then polished up with the velvet.