NATURAL MAKE-UP

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 286, 30 August 1935, Page 14

NATURAL MAKE-UP

For the Spring Bride

Modern opinion, reacting against the too-lavish and spectacular use of cosmetics in public, decrees that it is in bad taste for a bride to be seen using either her powder-puff or lipstick in the church porch or at the reception following, or to adopt a make-up that does not conform to her type of natural beauty.

Yet an overseas correspondent tells us she.will not be able to give her full attention to details of the ceremony, or to her social duties at the reception if she feels that her nose is shiny or her cheeks are flushed. Hence it is worth while to devote a good deal of attention beforehand to removing minor blemishes and ensuring that the makeup is becoming and will last for an hour or two without requiring constant attention. Home treatment with olive oil, or simple oatmeal and egg packs, may be practised twice a week beforehand to prepare the skin. . The night before the wedding the face and hands should receive thorough attention, as on the wedding day even modern brides are too nervous and excited to think of anything requiring long treatment.

On the day itself, lust before the wedding dress is put on, a quarter of an Lour should be devoted io the make-up. ,If the bride is dark a slightly sunburn tone of powder should be used; if she is fair, a peaches and cream shade. A paste powder-base or solid powder should be rubbed gently on the nose before the powder is applied, to guarantee against No rouge at all is the advice of a beauty specialist to most spring brides, as there is almost sure to arise a natural flush of excitement, which is quite sufficient without artificial aid. A slender-pointed lip-pencil should be used to outline the lips, so that there‘are no smudges. A lipstick may be pointed to the required fineness for this.

Blood-red finger-nails, heavily marked cye-lashes, and too vivid lipstick and rouge are out of the picture where the bride and her maids are concerned on the great day. If nail varnish is used it should it should be in a rose-pearl or palest shell pink shade. A finishing touch should be a white flower scent, such as white lilac, white violets, or white iris, dabbed lightly behind each ear.