BEAUTY NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1926, Page 26

BEAUTY NOTES.

(By A PARIS BEAUTY SPECIALIST.) Vanity. Vanity is the high opinion one desires others to have of one; conceit is the opinion one privately holds of one's self. Women are more often vain, men more often conceited. So far as their personal appearance is concerned, women are seldom deceived. This is, of course, not saying that women do not deceive others. A clever deception is commendable. A vain woman is not bo infrequently one who is acutely aware of all her shortcomings, so far as looks and charm are concerned, but one who is successful in rendering others purblind to these faults. For instance: A woman I know has golden hair and small bluish-green eyes of no startling quality. But she wears, when appropriate, a string of blue or green beads round her neck, to enhance the colour and size of her eyes; and for street wear she always has a touch of green or blue on the collar of her dress, or somewhere.. near her face. As a consequence her eyes are always a distinctive part of her charm. In the colours she wears she always her hair off to advantage. She never wears warm reddish colours, which will vie in brilliance with her hair. Instead, she wears dark, sombre shades, which augment the bright spun gold of her hair, or sometimes light pastel colours, which give delightful shades of delicacy to her personality. Another girl I know has square, broad shoulders. She never wears square necks or boat-shaped ones, but oblong V-shaped, open necks, and long; narrow collars. Her legs are too large for the rest of her body, so she never wears light -coloured hose, with dark slippers; whenever possible- ehe wears sheer black chiffon hose, which reduce to a minimum the size of her legs, and

at the sams time accentuate their shapeliness. Her ankles, though not inordinately large, are not conspicuous for their slenderness, so she wears stockings heels, which give the illusion of elenderness to the ankle. Wise as Cleopatra. There, are many women who in these and many other ways, deliberately create an illusion of beauty. Equally conscious of their good points, and their bad, they make the most of what Nature has given them. Wise as Cleopatra, they see to it that only their good points aje brought to the fore. Figuratively speaking, they paint shadows on their blemishes and faults, and throw the iiigh lights on their conspicuously good features.. Women, not pretty, when inspected feature by feature, often leave an impression of beauty. This illusion of beauty is often obtained through cleanliness, health, eagerness towards life, faultlessness of taste, and a harmonious ensemble, which lends an artistic and pleasing impression. Cleanliness of person and apparel produce a daintiness which invariably pleases. Physical cleanliness suggests pure-mindedness, and nobility of sentiments. Health gives sparkle to the eyes, colour to the skin, colour and luxuriance to the hair, vigour and life to the bodily movements —all of which combined radiates an animal-like magnetism which appeals to everyone. Faultlessness of - Taste Absolutely Essential. Faultlessness of taste is absolutely essential to womanly charm. The woman who wears clothes without regard to the occasion or her environment, is deliberately cutting off her nose, bo to writer to spite her face. It is a positive shock, for instance, to see a girl walking down the street bare-armed, bejewelled, or highly painted and marcelled. By fitting in with the environment, matching accessories, blending colours artistically, maintaining balance-and harmony, one can secure an orchestral effect which will cause the eyes of the beholder 'to light up, not knowing or questioning why, except that the eight has not/fceted either as a disagreeable or Violent shock, or as a sporific, but as a

gentle stimulation combined of restfulness and exhilaration. A sensation similar to that of encountering an artistic masterpiece, whether it be a beautiful woman, a Raphael, a Grand Canyon, or a Nocturne from Chopin. v