A POWDER BAR FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE

Evening Star, Issue 22975, 4 June 1938, Page 29

A POWDER BAR FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE

D.i.C.’S LATEST BEAUTY SERVICE Women in the Dominion generally, says Paul Duval, the creator of the lovely cosmetics to be found in the new powder bar at the D.T.C.. use on the whole a ranch too light face powder, and the result is that “floured” appearance our men folk so dislike. Our make-up, he says, too, is too apparent, too obvious. Miss Jeannette Curtis, who comes to us direct from the Paul Duval laboratories, whore every aid to personal beauty is evolved, is prepared to treat each client personally, to give advice as to the correct blending of powder and make-up generally, that will emphasise the good points and minimise the defects. In an interview with Miss Curtis she expressed her pleasure at visiting New Zealand and her delight at our lovely scenery. The women here, she says, have much nicer features than, the majority of Continental or American women, but are not cosmetic conscious. “ Rachael ” and “ Naturelle ” are the only powder shades that many New Zealand women know. The majority of the skins that she has already examined beneath her revealing lights,were dry, almost wea-ther-beaten. This, she thought, was due to the outdoor life of the people, the bracing climate, and in part to the water, which she found rather hard.

Water was .necessary to give that feeling of cleanliness to skin, but - she thought New Zealand women would be wise to wash their faces but once a day. By the correct use of cleansers, powder base, and muscle they could do much towards regaining their natural colouring and fine texture of the skin. For it is the “natural” make-up at which Paul Duval aims. The day of haphazard cosmetic buying has gone. Cosmetology is a science that is destined to play an important part in the lives .of women. Miss Curtis has made a study of this subject.; . Behind the Duval * lamps—which incidentally penetrate through any make-up whatever its thickness —she studies the face anatomically, and the glands, and sees your skin in its natural state, and, like a doctor, prescribes for you, pointing out your most beautiful features, and telling you how you may emphasise them, and so minimise your defects. EVENING POWDER. There are 26 1 different shades of powder from which to blend your own particular shade either in . winter or summer, for the colour of the skm sometimes varies with the seasons. The percentage of each colour used is written on a small card and filed for future reference, so : that when you require another box you simply give the number on your first box, and the colours are. carefully weighed, mixed in a machine while you wait, and given to you in a generous-sized box. That is not all this service gives, for on your chart will be the name of the lotion which will correct those enlarged pores, or drive away those little lines round the eyes, and the correct shade of rouge and lipstick to suit your skin. But what, you may ask, as you glance around the various coloured powder. ■ are the green, mauve, and apricot tones used for? They are the evening shades. Night lights often take away the natural colouring from the face and give it a hard appearance, A touch of green in your speciallyblended powder will give you an almost ethereal appearance, and apricot and mauve will also help to bring a petallike bloom to your cheeks.* Miss Curtis, who has travelled extensively in Europe, where she has studied every phase in the art of make-up, has brought a trained mind to bear on this science of cosmetology’. She originally’ read for law, but gave up that profession for her present work, which made a real appeal to her—to satisfy’ the desire of every woman to make the most of her personal gifts, and to be able to give her those aids to Nature, which will do this successfully. The powder bar is the now temple of beauty, with its magical little machine, working miracles of loveliness in full view of its devotees.