About Finger Wails

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 112, 8 November 1930, Page 19

About Finger Wails

One of the new coloured varnishes ia of pale bluish tints • that give the effect of a blood-red shade, and the other of 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 bo used by those whose hands are .not Varnish should never be applied to nails that have the. slightest, tendency toward brittlcness. 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 of olive oil, every night and morning. Brittle nails are' generally^ due to gout in tho system,-and all acidproducing foods should be avoided. > Brittle nails should always bo kept quite short, and it. is always, bettor to file them than to cut them. Pointed nails are no longer worn by the wellgroomed woman, but when the fingers aro too short and broad for beauty they can bo made to appear longer, and slimmer if the nailsl are allowed to grow rather longer than usual and are trimmed slightly pointed. The woman who does not manicure her .nails nowadays would be bard to find,- but there arc still a good many who do not realise that the cuticle at tho base of the nails should never be cut. ' Cutting causes hang %ails, which are not only painful and unsightly, but very hard to enrc. Use a good cuticle remover regularly, and there will, never be any, trouble with hang-nails. Should any have appeared through cutting the cuticle, or any other injury to the skin around the nails, apply some cuticle erearh twice daily till a euro has been effected. Stains ou the nails from-nicotine or other causes can generally- be by rubbing with a little lemon' juice,, and should there bo stains - beneath them, soak the tips of the fingers in a mixture of wavm water and cloudy ammonia, a few drops of the ammonia to a saucer of warm water