MAKE UP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 133, 7 June 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)

MAKE UP.

TOO MUCH USED.

IT MAY BE YOUR MIRROR

(By FRANCES OLIVIER.)

Some power the gift has given us to see ourselves as others see us. . Our faces, at any rate. To see our skins as our worst enemies see them —and as our best friends won't tell us—all we need is a. true mirror, a good light and the good sense to be honest with ourselves. And this, my friends, is the first and' most important step to beauty. What do we mean by a true mirror? The finest sort of mirror. One that does not show green when we tilt it and look close, at its edge—one that reflects the skin in its natural tint. Mirrors Untruthful. You see, it is like this: Nearly all mirrors have a greenish cast. Naturally, the faces that look out from them take on somewhat the same hue, a kind of bilious look. This happens even to skins that are in the pink. Now what does the owner of the face do? Doubt her mirror? Never! She tells herself, "My! I look sallow these days. I must put on more rouge," and she suits the action to the word. Result: A.grotesque. Nor is over-rouging the only sin against facial art that the "green" mir-

ror is responsible for. It leads women into choosing totally wrong shades of powder—for example, pinky, tones, where the individual skin demands creamy tones. Powder as you know, must be.of a tone ,to harmonise with the natural tint of. the skin, if.it is to create the illusion of beauty, But how can one possibly learn the natural tones of one's skin from a lying mirror? . i A Magnifying Glass. Oji this subject of mirrors Ave have another suggestion to make. Dressing table equipment should include a magnifying mirror. It tells more than the normal eye can see about the true condition of the pores, about future wrinkles and future blemishes. In other words, it reveals the things that are going on beneath the skin surface. It can even prophesy a growth of superfluous hair. You may call it looking for trouble, or you may find it awfully discouraging, but you must admit that it* is one sure way to avoid heartbreak in the months arid years to conic. Really, you know, it's all in- the point of view.—("Star" and A.A.X.S.) , . : ?