BEAUTY NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 26

BEAUTY NOTES.

LOOKING ONES BEST. RADIANT HAPPINESS OF SELF-RESPECT. (BY A PARIS BEAUTY SPECIALIST.) Do we women beautify ourselves in order to win the approval of the people we meet? Of course we do, most of us. And that is the reason we feel, sometimes, that life is a failure; it is the reason to which we are blind. Too great an effort to please defeats ite own end. We keep nothing in reserve for ourselves and our banker, in spirits. True and lasting peace comes to the woman who acts on the belief that she must look her best at all times, for her own satisfaction. She radiates happiness because she respects.- herself, secure in the knowledge that come what may she is following her etar. She it is who curls her hair and cares for her complexion, even when she knows that no one will see her that day. She must look pretty, because it is her right and her pleasant duty. Perhaps that is the difference between the imitation and the genuine— one glitters in the reflected mirror of admiration, the other glows from within; her lamp is never out.

hair. I wonder if she has a soul?" There was the point—she was dead, leaden, nothing particularly interested her, and for this reason she was uninteresting to others; a bore in fact. Enjoy whatever comee your way, don't be afraid of fresh air. Freckles and tan can be remedied, but a lack-lustre face is hopeless. Get interested and you will absorb and reflect beauty. If You Want to be Beautiful. Plenty of fresh air, plenty of exercise and good food, all help to make one healthy. And health is a great beauty asset. If you are not born with a good figure, swim and dance to get one. If you have a good figure, swim and dance to keep it. Swimming is the one exercise that seems to take in all other forms of exercise. You get breathing exercise, arm and leg movements. No need to do any tiresome "setting-up" exercises if you swim—swimming includes them all, every muscle works when you swim. Some girls do not swim becauee they are afraid of developing ugly muscles. If you dance as often as you swim there's no danger of this. The pep that comes from swimming can be refined and toned down by frequent dancing; and dancing is, without doubt, the most enjoyable of all forms of exercise. There'e no earthly excuse for any girl not dancing, or older women either, for that reason. Dancing develops grace of body, poise and charm. Dancing until twelve o'clock several tinue a week will not hurt you—provided you swim and walk in the fresh air in pro-