CULT OF BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 156, 4 July 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)

CULT OF BEAUTY.

'.. CARE OF THE EYES. NEGLECTED LASHES. (By A BEAUTY SPECIALIST.) "My goodness, are your eyelashes turning grey?" Marie exclaimed, as hef friend joined her at luncheon. "No, of course, they're not," Peggy protested indignantly, as she hurriedly produced a mirror from some mysterious, hiding place, and viewed the slandered lashes.

"Why, you. goose, that's just powder," fche laughed. "Of course, it's just powder," Marie returned, "but being just powder doesn't add one mite to your attractiveness. X suppose it never occurs to you, when you shake the puff over your face, that a generous amount of its contents adheres to the laSh6S,. and that the greyish appearance of ' 'Nature's fringe' doesn't ; enhance your beauty." "Never really gave it a thought, old thing;" : Peggy ventured. 5 "Well, here's a little reminder—a gift from a well-Wisher," Marie said, as she slipped a tiny brush into her friend's hand. "Every time you use it, think Of me." • . ■. "Isn't it the cutest - little thing," Peggy enthused, "I never saw one like it before." . . ' "And never be without one in the future," Marie warned. "Every time you powder, dust the lashes with this little brush, the upper ones towards the forehead, the lower ones towards the cheek. Besides, adding to your general well-groomed appear-, ance, this slight attention will increase the health of the lashes, for how can you, expect them to "be strong and vigorous, when their delicate roots are constantly clogged with an accumulation of the, day's make-up?" "Thanks for the brush —and the tip," Peggy said. "You're welcome—for both." Eyes are the Windows of the Soul. We all want pretty, attractive eyes. We cannot change the colour, or the size of our eyes, but we can at least take care of. them. First, do "not over-tire or strain the eyes. Go to bed early. Bright eyes are usually attractive eyes — and plenty of sleep is the best eyebrightener I know of. If you lose an hour or so of sleep one night, make it up the next. Procure from your chemist a solution of boraeic acid and an eye cup. Bath the eyes every night before retiring, and agjtin in the morning. To lengthen the lashes and increase their growth, apply nightly a little l'anoline, castor oil, olive oil, or red vaseline, and cultivate happy thoughts and a cheerful disposition. The eyes are indeed the windows of the soul. Darkness under the .eyes is not to be treated externally. As for wrinkles, watch these articles for information. For a Thin Neck. I For a thin neck—and how many women are burdened with this calamity ? —try exercising the muscles of the neck. Just before retiring, wash the neck with warm water and soap, rinsing well with tepid, and then very cold water. Rub lightly into the neck a generous amopt of l olive oil. Then do the following exercises:—'Stand erect, and bend the head back as far as it will go, then bring the chin down to the chest. Do this five times. Then turn the head to the right- as far as it will go, then to the left. Do this five times. Repeat the exercise not more than two or three times the first time, as it is liable to make the muscles sore at first. Increase gradually, and you will see an improvement in your neck, I am sure. Exercise is a generous thief. It gives in vigour what "it takes in time; it steals minutes, but takes away years, A Clever Ruse. The story is told—and it is a true story —of a famous French beauty who sought advice from an equally famous French doctor on the preservation of her loveliness. After learning all about the lady's habits and toilet table, the wise old doctor gave her a bottle of colourless liquid, with instructions to use a few drops of it daily in a bath of soft wiater, assuring her that it was the most potent promoter of comeliness known to science. The lady followed his instructions religiously for many years, and retained her beauty to a ripe old age. Meanwhile, it had become secretly known to her friends that the wonderful eliixir given to her was nothing but pure water. It was a simple ruse on the part of the doctor to induce her to take frequent and daily baths, and he knew that by no other means could he achieve the desired results. Nature's First Aid. Have you ever noticed that the brother who rates his sister before they go out to a dance for using a little powder and a touch of rouge, never spends his time With the drab little pale-faced girl in a corner. The minute he gets to the party he navigates to the girl with the rose-leaf complexion, the Marcel wave or bobbed hair, red lips, and thinivarched eyebrows. He would not belieVe you if you told , him that most, of these charms were accomplished before her mirror with, the aid' of many toilet lequisites. He would say that the <Hrl was well-groomed, that she knew how to take cai eof her skin—any one could see that. And he would probably call you : a cat, and say that you were jealous tbS ' BU V T * re . blind *ut certain things—which is just as well Of course all know that good grooming —meaning a regime of diet, fresh air daUy .bathing, and rigl.fc .thinking-^ the best cosmetic. Nothing can endow the face with a lovelier glow th an health of body and soul-plus a dainty tone of colour here and there. . > Pallor 'is. sometimes a verv nr*u thing, but all. pale faces are not giod to look upon. , And if Nature lias i. down, oh .her - job, why. 5h0,,7 ? Uen resort, tp;-co4r?-^ I f h< resorted to artificial aid in our coiffi A discr.eet use of cosmetics ; is •»«. »id. Sot („ „,S yi ; Lk-tw? "Mai—but to make vou Jnnt „• ?. " w * ature have made '' ful