CULT OF BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

CULT OF BEAUTY.

THE MADNESS OF HEAD

DRESSING.

SIMPLE TREATMENT AT HOME. (By A PARIS BEAUTY EXPERT.)

The mode of the "bobbed" curls and che docked mane was a charming modv while it lasted, but, tout lasse, tout ,jasse, tout casse, especially with such xn easily achieved fashion. The great ianger was that the revolt from bobbed ooks might have carried us from the simplicity of nature to the errors of the artificial. One dreaded the return jI the postiche of "pads," of those curia that so abominably hid the shape of die head a season or so before the war.

One thought anxiously of the extreme of coiffures indulged in by the ladies of the Court of Marie Antoinette, and wondered whether the pouf aux sentiments would re-appear.

The pouf aux sentiments, that was the . . . hirsute expression of one's fondest thoughts. The wonderful erections, a yard or so high, which coulu .•ontain such subjects as fruit, dowers, birds, little dolls, toys, even.

bauchaumont, iu his "Memoires, jjives this description of a pouf aux sentiments worn by the Duchess dt "In the background was the image of a woman carrying an infant in arms (it referred to the Due de v alois and his nurse). To the rign-. was a parrot, (the Duchess' favourite pet) picking at a cherry. To the lett was a little nigger, and the whole was ornamented with locks of hair from the husband, the father, the father-in-law, the mother-in-law, and other relations of the lady!"

One wonders what the modern poui aux sentiments would suggest! What a multitude of puppets and toys, figuring night clubs, Rolls-Royce cars, cottages on the river, and trips to Egypt or Cannes would crown the head of the Duchess or the chorus-girl of to-day. "Bobbed" hair however, grows to its lormal length but slowly. And it is not in a few months that the ex-bobbed Duchess can play Melisande to Rumpelstiltskins!

Therefore, those who are letting their "bobs" grow once more must be content to hide the shortcomings of their locks under delightful coiffures.

However, I think that those women who are letting their hair grow again are in the minority. This "shingle's" the thing just now. Modern hairdressers are artists. They give you a shingle that suits your age as well as your type. And this is really splendid. We were growing a little tired of seeing grandmothers going around with a "page-boy" cut.

Among the young types of shingle is one with a middle parting, the hair hanging in two curly tresses on either side of the eyes, and one where the hair is quite straight at the roots, but falls into a kind of crimp at the ends To-day, the game is to get one's shingle as less like everybody else's as possible. The hairdresser who makes > name for himself—and a fortune intr f he bargain—and sets women phoninc for appointments, is the one who sends us away with a brand-ne,w shingle.

A Few Hints on Beauty Economy. So much money is wasted by women in Beauty Salons. And is it really necessary to go to a beauty expert for face massage when you can do the same thing so easily and so comfortably at home? And besides, massage proprement dite is so horribly dangerous. Therefore is it not wiser to abjure massage to just gently pat in your creams yourself, avoiding any stretching of tiie skin, and at all events you can't do any harm. And massage often does do much harm. It's possible to do one's duty by one's face, hair, figure, baads, etc., without spending half your dress allowance at the Beauty Salon. Apart from face massage you can shampoo and water-wave your locks at home. And from time to time you can let your maid pass the clippers across the back of your neck. Do this, and there's no reason why you should have to visit the hairdressers more than once a month. Bay-rum, containing a little borax, makes a delightful "setting" spray. Damp the hair with it prior to fixing in your waving combs. Remove the combs when the hair dries and admire your own handwork in the glass. You will find the rum-borax mixture most useful for cleansing the hair when washing is not convenient. Borax saponifies the grease and the alcohol in the rum dissolves out the soap, so it seems. Some women powder their hair with orris-root the last thing at night, brushing it out in the morning. This is another good plan. Should, however, you prefer to give yourself a real honest-to-goodness shampoo with soap and water, boiled water, and boile.l water only must be used for the rite The soapy lather should remain on the hafr for at least five minutes before rinsing in several waters. Add a fewdrops of vinegar or lemon-juice to thp last rinsing. If your hair is dark vinegar is the thing, and lemon brin<r= the golden tints out of the blonde hair in a most wonderful manner. Do You Drink Enough Water? The amount of water which an individual needs to drink depends upon the kind of food he eats and the kind of work he is engaged in. Scientists tel! •is that two and a-half quarts of watei are eliminated daily through the pores of the skin and by the functional operation of the lungs, kidneys and intestines. This supply of water has to He renewed in our systems every day. If we drink milk and fruit juices and ™at foods that contain much water, tho amount of water we need to drink, i? lecreaspcl. Tf. however, our menu consists chiefly of dry foods, we should drink at least six glasses of water dailv. It is a good practice to begin the day vith a glass or two of water before breakfast. It is also permissible to lrmk water at the end of a meal but no water should be drunk to wash down food.