TO-DAY'S TOILET HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 122, 22 May 1920, Page 21

TO-DAY'S TOILET HINTS.

A RARE COLLECTION OF BEAUTY HINTS FROM NEAR AND FAR.

, HOME R V GETTING RTD OF FEMININE I MOUSTACHES. ■ "Practical Suggestions." i To women who are annoyed by dis--1 figuring downy hair growths a method of permanently eradicating the same will 1 come as a piece of good news. For this ' purpose pure powdered pheminol may be ; uaed. Almost any chemist should be I able to supply an ounce of this drug. 1 The recommended treatment is designed * not only to remove the disfiguring ' growth instantly, leaving no trace, but ; also to actually kill the 'hair roots without irritating the ekin.' HOW TO HAVE THICK AND , PRETTY HAIR. , "Home Talents." - Soaps and artificial shampoos ruin ' many beautiful heads of hair. Few people know that a teaspoonful of good , etallax dissolved in a cup of hot water I. has a natural affinity for the hair and - makes the most delightful shampoo 1 imaginable. It leaves the hair brilliant, soft and wavy, cleanses the scalp comr pletely and greatly stimulates the hair • growth. The only draw-back is that l etallax seems rather expensive. It comes 3 to the chemist only in sealed Jib package*, which retail at harf-o-crown. Uow- _ ever, as this is sufficient for twenty-five . or thirty shampoos, it really works out c nary cheaply in the end.

RECIPES. BLaCKHEADS, OILY PORES, ETC. A unique new method instantly removes and corrects them. The new sparkling face-bath treatment rids tbe ekin of blackheads, oilinese and enlarged pores aimost instantly. It k perfectly harmless, pleasant and immediately effective. All you have to do ia to drop a stymol tablet, obtained from the chemists, in a glass of hot water, and after the resulting effervescence has subsided dab the affected portions of the face freely with the liquid When you dry the face you will find that tha blackheads corucj-ight off on the towel, the large pores contract and efface themselves and the greasiness is all gone, leaving the skin smooth, soft, and cool. This treatment should be repeated a few times at intervals of several days in order to make sure that the result shall be permanent. GREY HAIR UNNECESSARY. A simple, old-fashioned home-made lotion that will restore the colour of youth. One need not resort to the very questionable expedient of -hair dye in order not to have grey hair. The grey hair can easily be changed back to a natural colour in a few days' time merely by the application of a simple, old-fashioned and perfectly harmless home-made lotion. Procure from your chemist two ounces of tarn—ialite concentrate, and mix it with three ounces of bay rum. Apply this to the hair a few times with a small sponge, and you will soon bays the pleasure of seeing your grey hair Trad—ally darkening to the desired shada. The lotion is pleasant, not sticky of greasy, and does no* injure the hair iin any way.