BEAUTY NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1926, Page 26

BEAUTY NOTES.

(From Our Paris Correspondent) Thousands of tiio io.lt sex are spending fortunes In frantic efforts to remove the signs of premature age from their faces. If they only knew it, the most effective remedy imaginable is a simple, harmless lotion, which can be made up at home in less than a minute. Get an onuce of pure powdered saxolite and half a pint of witch hazel at your ehemiet'e, and mix the two. Appiy this daily for a while as a refreshing face wash. Even after the first treatment, a marked improvement is rioted, and the face has a snug, firm feeling that is.most pleasing. Another unsightly thing is a double chin. A beauty specialist in Paris is doing a good business in curing it, as well as the sagging, flabby skin. In other words, her cure consists of facial and neck gymnastics. With the head thrown back, open the mouth wide, and shut it again, as though chewing something. A bit of chewing gum will help you. Strain the muscles in the chin and neck as much as you can. and continue to chew, repeating twice a day for several weeks. You can practise this at night, after having done your regular exercises, and it keeps the cords of the neck in good condition, and cures that flabby neck, which some women get after thirty. Of course, over-eating and too much sweets often cause a double chin, so look to that cause, too, while practising the exercise. To Dye or Not to Dye. To let the hair turn grey, or to "restore" it by scientific methods—that is the question. There was a time When to dye the hair was considered dangerous to health, and ruinoue to the hair 1 itself. Perhaps there is' a little truth in that statement even to-day. Many women, and more especially actresses, cinema stars and dancers, whose 'hair