FINGER-TIP HINTS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 32, 6 August 1930, Page 13

FINGER-TIP HINTS

One of the new coloured varnishes is of pale bluish tints that give tho effect of a blood-red shade, and the other lof mother-of-pearl when applied to the nails, says an English writer. : Tho bright red has, so far, only been used for evening occasions, and although the mother-of-pearl could be used with perfect taste for the daytime, it should never be applied to any but the most beautiful fingers. For a striking varnish attracts too much attention to the nails to be used by those whose hands are not perfect. Varnish should never be applied to nails that have the slightest tendency toward brittleness. For them a paste polish is infinitely better, when too pale a deep red paste can be used, which will give a slight tinge to them, and they should be smeared with a little vaseline, mixed with an equal quantity sof olive oil, every night and morning. Brittle nails are generally due to gout in the system, and all acid-producing foods should bo avoided. Brittle nails should always be kept quite short, and it is always better to file them than to cut them. Pointed nails are no longer worn by the wellgroomed woman, but when the fingers are too short and broad for beauty they can be made to appear longer and slimmer if tho nails are allowed to grow rather longer than usual and arc trimmed slightly pointed. The woman who does not manicure her nails nowadays would be hard to find, but there are still a good.many who do not realise that the cuticle at the base of the nails should never be cut. Cutting causes hang nails, which are not only painful and unsightly but very hard to cure. Use a good cuticle remover regularly, and there will never be any troublo with hang-nails. Should any have appeared through cutting the cuticle or any other injury.to the skin around tho nails, apply some cuticle cream twice daily till a cure has beea effected. Stains on the nails from nicotine or other causes can generally be removed by rubbing with a little lemon juice, and should there be stains beneath them, soak the tips of the fingers in a mixture of warm water and cloudy ammonia, a few drops of the ammonia to a saucer of warm water. This ia a better plan than scrubbing with the nail brush, which is apt to widen the space between the finger and the nail and make it liable to soil quickly.