A "SENSIBLE” BEAUTY.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 247, 13 July 1921, Page 3

A "SENSIBLE” BEAUTY.

"Be*uty," wid Elizabeth, ie a tal- . ent. Cultivate It, and it increases teni fold'; buty it in a napkin, and it dies. tn other words,” she added for flhe benei fit of her puzzled little friend, “if you don’t take care of your looks, you soon won’ti have any left to take care of." The Bride looked sad. She was a ; pretty little thing, very dependent on her colouring for her charm. In ilhe strong ligiht her small face was revealed as being a shade too powdered, the eyelashes darkened artificially; the soft hair a trifle too obviously "waved.” Her sifrong-minded friend Elizabeth sat with the late afternoon sun pouring over her face and hair, and revealing no flaw in her exquisite skin. Her sober dress was a foil to iihe whiteness of her neok and the smooth forehead from which the golden hair rippled back. Dark eyebrows and long curling lashes emphasised the clearness of her eyes. She was good to look at- Yet Elizabeth was apparently scornful of her own good looks, cared little about pretty frocks, and ran a Government department/ with the greatest efficiency and common sense. "Elizabeth,” said the Bride, "it’s all very well for you to be sneering about powder and things, but vou’ve got a perfect skin and gorgeous hair. I have to make up a bit.” “My dear child,” said Elizabeth, "of course I take reasonable care of my looks, just ae I wash ray hands and shine my shoes. You can’t leave every- ( tiling to nature; we all start, well enough —look at babies’ skins—but. we don’t wear well. All this powder has a good enough effect—for a time—but sooner or later your skin gets coarse and there’s no hiding it.” "I wish,” said the Bride, “that instead of lecturing yon would tell me what to do. You say ’take care of your looks’ and ‘don’t powder,’ but what shall I do?” “Use your common sense,” said Elizabeth. “If yiou thought deeply, you would soon see that making a mask of cream and powder over your face blocks up the pores and makes your skin rough and spotty. What you want is to peel off tho soiled outer skin and give the new oas underneath a chance to show itself. Got some ordinary mercolised wax from ( your chemist, rub it on at night, and wash it off with good soap and water in the morning! Or if you are in a hurry, wash your face first, and. before it is quite dry, rub the wax on, and dry your face with a towel. Either of these process?* absorbs the bld roiled outer akin and leaves the new clean complexion underneath revealed in all its beauty.” “But," objected tho Bride, "my nose gets so shiny. I must powder.” "There ara other ways of preventing a shiny nose,” said Elizabeth. “My secret is a homely one. Just got some >

- olenrinfte, dissolve it ta water, and use it - as a lotion for your face and neok. It wants to be rubbed into the skin until - it is quite dry, and then it lea/*®. * i even bloom, and prevents all shininess, i Besides it doesn’t look-a bit like makeup,’ it just gives your face a kind of , peach like bloom which is a distinct , “I suppose,” said the Bride, there 1 is no home-made substitute for rouge, is there? Because, you know, I look dread- - ful when I’m pale.” Elizabeth thought a minute. “I don’t know why powdered oolhan- - dum wouldn't be an excellent thing. I It is a soft dull pink, and it tends to | > deepen a little in a warm room. .1 should ’ be inclined to try that. Of course, pro- ’ laotum is tfhe only thing for keeping 1 your lips smooth and Inoalthily red. • You know that, of course.” • "One more problem,” said the Bride. "Before I married, I used to put my i hair in curlers. Now I leave it loose I at night, because Jack likes to see it . down, and of course I have to wave it with tongs nearly every day. , I’m se . worried liecause all the colour’s going [ I actually found some grey hairs the : other day. Shall I use henna or what to make it bright again?” , “Henna, of course not," said the em-> phatio Elizabeth. “You don’t want to dye your hair at twenty-two—or at sixty1 two if you’re sensible. You must get I some tammalite at oucey-plain, ordinary tern ma lite—and make it up yourself with bay rum. That will soon bring . back the lost colour. Do you shampoo L with stallux? Oh, but you should! That . makes your hair so silky and bright. Of course you must drop waving your hair with hot irons. It’s suicide for y° ur I hair —makes it dry up and fall out.” "But, Elizabeth, mv hair is quite ! stmicht.” moaned th* Bride. I “Tlhat’s all right.” smiled Elizabeth, "all you want is silmerine. Just comb your hair down -the way you want it to - 'go. damn it a little with silmerino, , nut a slide or two in. and fluff your hair up on each side of the slide. In ’ ths morning you will find a nice kink i where the slide was. Your hair ought to f look naturally wavy, not a seriee of hard ' furrows like a nloughed field. You • won’t need to put the slide* in mors than ? once or twice n week . ■ . you’ll find ‘ that your hair with a little patience and 1 pereeversnee will develop a wave of its • own, so that after your stallax shampoo, 3 if you comb it before it is quite dry. the r wave will return cf its own accord. Two " ounces of silmerine will last you for at 1 least six Besides, you will be - sunorior to the coal shortage, for it is criminal waste of gas to n«e >t to a tongs. Enough of your looks! Let’s pass to bright''”' subjects.” g Til? Bride smiled. "Silmerinog-sil-tberine —I -won’t forget that. All right. e talk away. Elizabeth.”