Fine Eyes For Every Woman!

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)

Fine Eyes For Every Woman!

By--A Specialist

Health & Beauty

A WELL-KNOWN Paris cosmetician who devotes much time and study to preservation of eye health and eye beauty cleverly classifies the various types of eyes. He has arranged them in six interesting groups. Can you find your eyes among them?

J. Mysterious eyes, with their enigmatic niefsa;:e that is fascinating with the clement of the unknown.

Witty even, with a deft little sparkle that adds to tlie piquancy of what the mouth is wiving.

3. Dreamy eyes, whose owner "treads on rose-leaves all her life." Dreamy eyes, with their sweet wonder of life, its beauty, its inconsistencies.

4. Thoughtful eyes that look seriously into your mind and your heart, that draw a way from the garish side of life to a wistful contemplation of old traditions, old memories. They are the eye« of courage. of dependability. 5. Sophisticated eye* that "guard the secrets of their own allure," and never admit you into the inner circle of their thoughts.

6. Roguish eyes that are full of laughter and youth and zest for the day's delights. A bit of daring, a hint of mockery, a challenge for the future. The eyes of seventeen!

-After you have discovered to which sroup your eyes belong, the next tiling is to resolve that you will care for thetn to such a degree that their youth and charm will not become dim or faded.

When the lids begin to crumple over witty eyes, when the mysterious eyes begin to lose their light, the dreamv eyes grow tired, it is not because life has Wen unkind, or dreams have faded, or laughter has lost its meaning, it is because Nature's laws for eye-health and eye-beauty have been disregarded, and the lines and wrinkles that begin to creep into the delicate tissues surrotindinjr the lovely "windows of your soul" are mute but unsightly evidences of your neglect.

Your eyes must be kept young and radiant it you would retain their charm. 111 order to accomplish this you must do three things.

Cleanse the eyes, nourish the tissues around them, and keep the skin around them tight. I have mentioned this fact in my former articles, but repetition can do no harm.

This article does not attempt to treat eyes that have reached an abnormal condition through illness, or the need of an oculist. But it will show you how, through observation of natural law, and the investigation of scientific research, the eyes can retain their freshness and brilliancy long past the period of youth.

The average eyes of to-day are weary of staring at sun-baked pavements, brick walls, and garish lights. It is impossible to look comfortably at distance. Cne longs for a vista of green grass, dim, cool forest lanes. Instead, one's eyes are confronted by electric signs, beacon ravs of advertisements, shop windows, and careering taxi-cabs. As often as you can arrange it comfortably go into the country or into your garden, and let your eyes relax into distance. Focus

them upon a tree or upon a bush as far away as possible. ISring them slowly back into your environment, and then lazily contemplate tlie green about you. Green is the most soothing of all colours, and that is probably why Xature uses it in such abundance. '

When your eyes are tired, if you can snatch a few moments of time, lie down in a darkened room, and take tabs dipped in witch hazel or iced water and lay Over them. Give your weight to the mattress, relax every muscle of your spine, and make your mind as blank as possible. You will be amazed at the improvement in your appearance.

Give your eyes a daily and if possible nightly bath with a solution of boracic acid and boiled water, or a solution in which hazeline forms the principal part. Any druggist will prepare this for you.

Now" that you have learned how to exercise and soothe and cleanse the eve itself, we will devote a little time to the eare of the tissues around the eyes. This should be nourished occasionally with a good cold cream, which keeps away the irritating little lines that are always waiting for a chance to creep into a tired, dry skin.

An excellent astringent for t-he tired relaxed tissue around the eyes is the unbeaten white of e<ig applied with the finger or cotton wool and allowed to dry.

A very pood exercise to stimulate the eye circulation is to apply the balls of bath hands directly over "the eye cavities and gently rotate them from side to side, alternating the direction every few moments. This will not only increase the blood supply, but will soothe and relax the tired optic nerves. I Tcnew of several members mt * family who faithfully follo\*r«d|thlfc -treatment and were eventually able Xo discard their glasses. ,

Good groomjng of the eyes is another essential of charm. The eyebrows should be kept neatly trimmed and regularly brushed into a pleasing line. Everv day touch them with the faintest bit of vaseline or brilliantine; rub it on the little brusb which you reserve for the purpose. Brush your lashes also, always in an upward direction.

One of the llaost important essentials to eye beauty is an attractive expression. Faded hair can be darkened to a raven hue or bleached to a synthetic gold, the palest lipsf can be painted to most provocative crimson, the sagping muscles of oO can be formed into the contour of 20. But your eyes are you, and what looks out of them is something that, is tor ever beyond the power of dye or stick, or the surgeon's knife to camouflage or rejuvenate.

There are cynics -who deplore the light that lies in women's eyes, but they are generally disappointed husbands, or disgruntled bachelors who fell in love with a pair of IXnguorous dark eyes that belonged to a moonlit night in Araby, and lost all their allure over a gas stove in a three-roomed flat, or childish blue eyes, whose first dewy appeal seemed to change into hopelee« stupidity when confronted with the problem of a family budget or a political issue. If your look is one of big-eyed innocence, don't try to be a highbrow. If Nature has blessed you with the eyes of a madonna, give away your lipstick and never indulge in slang.