Rouge Returns In London

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31234, 5 December 1966, Page 2

Rouge Returns In London

Softer and pinker make-up. which gave a glow to the complexion, had replaced the very' pale, “washed-out” look in London, said Mrs W. E. Lewis, a Christchurch beauty specialist on her return home at the week-end.

Emphasis was still on the eyes. Sometimes three different shades of eye shadow were used, but eyeliner was lighter and heavy black brows were out, she said.

The over-all effect was still pale and natural-looking, more alive than it had been for some time, and very flattering. “Rouge is being used again and a lot of the younger women and girls look all the better for it,” Mrs Lewis said. “Lipsticks are a little deeper in tone. The very light shades are out.”

With the softer make-up go more natural hair styles. There is less back-combing in London now. Short, straight cuts are in, although they have not replaced very long hair, which can be put up. Check Training

Mr and Mrs Lewis set out on a seven months’ tour as sight-seers. But Mrs Lewis took the opportunity of doing check training at the Elizabeth Arden school in Grosvenor street, London. She did the revise course in basic treatments, learned new ones and studied current make-up trends under supervision, passing with honours. She had not lost her touch during the 11 years she had been working in New Zealand. A New Zealander, Mrs Lewis trained with the firm as a consultant and later in giving treatments, and was posted to Birmingham and North-east Scotland before returning to her homeland under a four-year contract. She married here and kept on working mainly in Christchurch.

“It was great fun doing the check course and meeting all the people I knew years ago,” she said. Kinder Climate

England’s damp climate can be very depressing and maymake tourists from Australia and New Zealand long for the sun when they set out with their umbrellas up to see the sights of London. But the fine rain has this advantage: it keeps a woman’s skin soft and fine.

Even so English women regard a nightly complexion treatment as part of their routine,, between putting out the milk bottle and going to bed.

New Zealand women, who have much drier skins because of the sun and the wind, do not look after their faces as carefully, she said. And Mrs Lewis is a golfer who

understands well the havoc an outdoor life can play on complexions, if neglected. Founder’s Death

Elizabeth Arden, founder of the firm which carries her name, died while Mrs Lewis was in London. The order went out that salons throughout the world should close on the day of the funeral. “Though she was over 80, Miss Arden’s death came as a shock. We seemed to think she was indestructible,” Mrs Lewis said. “Miss Arden was a remarkably energetic and youthful-looking woman to the end. She had a tremendous personality and up to the last, no new shade of make-up went on to the market without her approval.” While in London Mrs Lewis attended a make-up demonstration by the firm’s expert, Pablo of New York. He also showed a film on fantasy eye make-up for magazine photography, which included the use of fine feathers, sequins, and jewels. She also visited salons in Athens, Copenhagen, Venice, Rome, Madrid and Paris. Back home looking at her tour in retrospect, Mrs Lewis said there was only one experience she would not want to go through again. That was a short camel ride to the pyramids in Egypt. Camel Rider “The camel was skittish, 1 felt the saddle was slipping and there I was sitting up so high from the ground—l have never been so terrified. The ride was only about a quarter of a mile, but it felt like 10 miles," she said. “When we arrived the camel would not get down on its knees and had to be forced '’own. I

lost no time in dismounting.” The return journey? Mrs Lewis went back by bus.