BEAUTIFUL LIPS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 54, 5 March 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)

BEAUTIFUL LIPS.

THE OPINION OF A SPECIALIST.

A Woman 'beauty doctor' who makes the moulding and colouring of the lips a specialty said, Avhen asked to talk of her methods:—

'The first thing to be considered is the rigidity or laxity in appearance and action of the lips. If they tend to stiffness or sternness of expression, one should begin to make them supple by gentle out constant massage treatment, supplemented by the cultivation of an intelligent smile. Understand me, I do not mean a perpetual grin, for that deepens the lines round the mouth, and gi\'es the face a haggard, pained expression anything but becoming. The smile to be cultivated is more a brightening of the whole face with a sensitive parting and curving of the lips. It is not necessary to stretch them.

'Then, instead of firmly closing the lips, as so many women have a habit of doing, which gives heaviness to the Jaw and hardness to the mouth, they should learn to bring the lips together very lightly, allowing that always agreeable dimpled effect in the corners.

IT IS THAT POSITION. Which makes the mouth of a healthy child so kissable, and gives to him such an eager, interested expression. But where the mouth is inclined to stand open, with loose undefined lines, «c vigour of the massage should be redoubled, using the treatment as a tonic to tone no flaccid nerves and muscles. With such a mouth the object must be to learn to hold the lips with firmness tempered by grace, going through the practice as facial gymnastics for stated periods, and until the training becomes a natural habit. 'Closely compressed lips, I think, are a °st common among women, and as a jule not over healthy women. To me Uns habit is indicati\'e of nervousness, and I always supplement my treatment with a good nerve tonic. This is especially necessary Avhere the lips are inclined to be pale and rigid. Besides a thorough massage once a ?ay, you should spend ten minutes morning and evening standing before the mir*w> and with thumb and forefinger pinch me curves of the mouth, accentuating ineir delicacy and clearness. Until you nave given this method a fair trial, say one month, it is impossible for you to judge the happy result. I am sure at the ona of the first mouth you Avill be so Pleased with the result that you will look "Pon it as a necessary feature of your toilet, as much so as combing your hair and brushing your teeth. I have seen the enape of the flattest, straightest mouths changed by a few months' treatment of wis sort. 'For that rich red colour so much adwired in the lips, which can never be imparted by paints, one must have a good circulation. The manipulations of a good ™asseuse are very beneficial, and should s ond the crimson stain to_ the surface Oy stimulating quick circulation. The passage movements for the lips are always upward and circular. They are so simple that after a few treatments by ? Professional any one can learn to do ncr own work. Of course, however, after &Us said and done, health, exercise, and amiability are the most potent factors jtfter all in rounding, tinting, and shapes a sweet mouth.