THE BEAUTY EXPERTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 306, 26 December 1924, Page 11

THE BEAUTY EXPERTS.

WHAT THE BERT OP THEM HAVE j ] TO SAY ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.— ! HOME RECIPES. ; x ■ c i THE MAGNETISM OF BEAUTIFUL ! J j HAIR. : I 1 lieautiful rialr adds immensely to the j r personal magnetism of both men and -v women. Actresses and smart women are a I ever on the look-out Tor any harmless thing . t i that will increase th; natural beauty or >■] I their hair. The latest method Is to use j 'pure slallax as a shampoo on account ot I the peculiarly glossy, flurry, and wavy I effect which it leaves. As stallax has never £

iccn used much for this purpose It comes o Ihe chemist only In Jib scaled original >ackages, enough for twenty-live or thirty shampoos. A teaspoonrul or the fragrant • tallax granules, dissolved in a cup or hot water, is more than sufficient for each mampoo. It is very benenclal and stlmuating to tt.e hair, apart from Its beautifying elTect. TO HAVE SMOOTH, WHITE SKIN, FREE FROM BLEMISH. Does your skin chap or roughen easily, or become unduly red or blotchy? Let mc tell you a quick and easy way to overcome the trouble and keep your complexion beautifully white, smooth, and sort. Just get some ordinary mercolised wax at the chemist's and use a little beiore retiring, as you would use cold cream. The wax. through some peculiar action, flecks oIT the rough, discoloured, or blemished skin. The worn-out cuticle comes off Just like dandruff on a diseased scalp, only In almost invisible particles. Mercolised wax simply hastens Nature's work, which is the rational and proper way to attain a perfect complexion, so much sought arter. but very seldom seen. The process is perfectly simple and quite harmless. PERMANENTLY REMOVING SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. How to permanently, not merely temporarily, remove a downy growth of disfiguring superfluous hair is what mans women wish to know. It is a pity that il is not more generally known that pur< powdered pheminol, obtainable, from the chemists, may be used ror this purpose It is applied directly to the objectionable hair. The recommended treatment no | only instantly removes the hair, leaving- nt trace, but is designed also to kill the root! completely.— (Ad-)

ECONOMY OF CLOSET SPACE. The convenience oi a. clothes closet, is rreatlv increased by a shelf 14 or IS nches wide, placed 'about rive feet from he floor. Under this can be arranged netal rods procurable from the stores, 'or a small amount, of tbe kind ordinarily intended for towel racks. In -ows of clothes hanging and none ot hem rubbing against the walls of the] ■loset. IHE CARE OF A WIRE MATTRESS. A neglected wire mattress very soon shows signs of its neglect in rusty and sagging wire. A cover of unbleached calico or line hessian should be laid over the wire mattress, and at least once a week it should be removed, and t'.ie wires given a good brushing with a small still' brush kept for the purpose. The wood work should be wiped over with a dump duster that has bcett wrung out of disinfectant. In this way the spring will be kept in a sweet and sanitary condition. After buying a second-hand spring mattress, it is wise to observe special precautions in regard to cleansing it before taking it into use. If all bolts and screws are loos , ened it is not a dillicult matter to take j i; apart. All holes and interstices I should be disinfected with carbolic and water, and the other parts scrubbed with tbe same solution. It will dry completely if left for several hours iii the open air. When quite dry. the wire parts should be given an application of aluminium paint. This will complete the germ-proofing process, cure any rust that may ovist, and prevent nny more from forming.