CULT OF BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

CULT OF BEAUTY.

! A DAINTY ROOM. A BOUDOIR OF DREAMS. 1 fßy A PARIS BEAUTY SPECIALIST.) I ' Few arc the women who Lave not, from time to time, longed for a real i pretty bedroom, a boudoir bedroom, such ' as vras enjoyed by the famous beauties of olden times celebrated in song and story. Perhaps we feel that surroundings such as theirs may add to our (harms, or perhaps it is only the natural ; yearnings of womankind for pretty and dainty surroundings, ana \ec, the dream • of the boudoir bedroom i-> rarely realised ■ by the average woman. Nevertheless, it is one which may easily come about— and all through situ-ruling to the handling of that ail-important accessory to the feminine toiler—the dressing-table. Take your dainty bedroom as a beginning. True, the bed is the centre of its arrangement. i>ij t it? To which everything else "leads up." just as in a well arranged living room, the mantelpiece is the central point to which the '•e.-t of the room nin-t conform? That doesn t matter! Don't • nipha.-ise the dressing-table, which, with its central position in the room and its bright mirror, that so naturally attracts the eye, is just as satisfactory a centre for decoration as is the bed—and 10, the thing.i 9 done! Easy, isn't it? And to show just how easy it is, let's go over the room together and see how doing this has turned it from an ordinary bedroom into the boudoir of madame's dreams. A Bed Doesn't Belong to a Boudoir Bedroom. Of courso it doesn't! So for Yours. substitute a divan. Cover it with a ruffled taffeta or cretonne, pile gay cushions upon it in varying shapes and; sizes—and it stands, disguised. The! boudoir in which you may receive voir, more intimate friends without seeming: to invite them into the precincts of the sleeping room, is now well begun— which is, as you know, half done. Emphasise the Dressing Table. It may easily be draped like the bed by attaching a barrel-head to the wall.; and tacking taffetas or-=»bright cretonne. t>« it in box pleats in such a wav thatths heading rising above the roughi t;\ime, will completely conceal it, while, the curtains may be brought down the dressing table in graceful festoons where they may be held by a satin knot on, either side. It is an easy matter to have an electr-ic wire run round behind this, so tflat the light may be placed, within the improvised canopy, and if, both lining and shade are of rose colour, a most charming and becoming light w ill be furnished for the>o appointments of the dressing table. For thi-. a kitchentable may be used as a basi*. a wide "skirt" of the curtain material falling about it with the heading standing up above the edge of the table itself. The [top should be covered by a length of taffetas or cretonne, or a lace cover, or even a cover 01 metal lace in silver or gold looks lovely. And last, but not least, you must have a sheet of glass' and an old. tall silver or bronze candlestick on either side lends dignity to such an arrangement. A Charming Boudoir. An original woman of my acquaintance has a very charming boudoir, the: walls and woodwork of which are painted alike in grey. Her furniture.including the divan, is enamelled glossy black, the divan being covered with the; gayest ol gay cretonnes, and piled high' with rose, red. grey and black cushions. 1 in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Her dressing-table is, you will never guess, a i kitchen table enamelled glossy black,' and skirted with the same cretonne, a.< rich design of rose-coloured and red roses; massed with a heavy green foliage. The : ; same cretonne composes draperies, cur-!j tains, and upholstery for the chairs. Thefloor, painted black, was almost covered i with a rose rug, and a black framed l mirror topped the dressing table, upon i which appeared in all their glass toilet accessories, nothing in mere \ amber or amethyst if you please. | but flasks a?id boxes 111 clear crvstal. striped in ~'"ght colours and sprinkled ] with gold "fits, decorated by hand, ini, rose and bi.ick, in blue and yellow, ini orange, a riot of colour truly with noi ( softening «.-arf to mar the contrast be-h tween their daring hues and the trlossvi, black surface below them, where theyj' are reflect..' in all their gaiety. The;' clever anil original woman can de\ise ; ' almost anything—and succeeded with it! too. in those day- of old and brilliant,' •ombinations, and as this is so, we nfcedj io longer cling to the prim banalitv of 1 ' f he white draped bedroom, when thej! boudoir of our dreams is crying to us to ! ' claim it—all for the pleasure of the!' making, and just a little bit of expense! j. A Few "Don'ts." , No. I.—Don't imagine for one moment ' that beauty will take care of itself.:' Care must be exercised to retain that < which we have, and more care must be! taken to obtain that which is within • our reach. \ No. 2. —Don't try to reduce the weight too quickly. llemcmber that Nature t must be given a chance to readjust itself i to new conditions, and if not given this j :hance, more harm than good wav \ result. ' c No. o. —Dun t dry the hair by artificial c Sieat. The artificial modes of dr\ii-g tend to make the h,ur brittle. " No. I.—Don't sleep with the '.■ .\ „ high. If possible, lie perfectly :.i- * upon the bed, or at least with but a tint c pillow under the head. Hold the chin .. aigh, howevar, and keep the facial! muscles tense to ||jvent their sagging. No. s.—Don't forget that the parched, face relishes a drink of cool water quite' is much as the parched throat. Fill! 1 bowl with cool, soft water, and. hold-i 1 ng the breath, immerse the face several: - ' times in it. You will be surprised at;. 1 ihe result. t No. 6.—Don't dress by a poor light j f Have your dressing-table placed wnerei f it will receive a good, evenly distri-jC !>uted light at all times. ,t No. 7.—Don', forget to dry the handsii :horoughlv after washing them, apply It ing immediately a little cold cream orsome glycerine and rose water, or giy f ?erine and witch hazel, to soften them.ll don't forget to keep your hands and'* lails clean above all else. Don't for- c jet to manicure your n;nl> once >n i svery 24 hours i