The Eyes Have It

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3442, 12 March 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)

The Eyes Have It

The poets who seem to be particularly susceptible to feminine . charm and who talk about it, have given us some pretty good publicity on eyes. Noses, mouths, complexions and hair all have come in for praise from makers of verse, but they have given us no real help in telling us whether we are beautiful or in what way. In the matter of eyes, they are no better. We don’t know whether they prefer eyes to be brown, blue, grey or green. We only know that the poor verse maker has been rendered speechless by his adored one’s beautiful orbs. In other words, the eyes have it!

COLOUR NOT IMPORTANT. When all is said and done, it is the youthfulness and the expression of the eyes that count more than colour. The girl who is most admired has young clear eyes. You can camouflage some of your features, but not your eyes. You can train your mouth to smile while you’re seething with anger inside. You can brighten your pale cheeks or colourless lips with a discreet touch of rouge. But there’s no camouflage for eyes dulled by fatigue and lack of care. DON’T ABUSE YOUR EYES.

And what to do ? If you want your eyes to be young and brilliant, don’t abuse them.'You spend time and thought on your skin and hair, but how often do you think of the deli-

cate nerves and muscles of your eyes? You play tennis in the blazing sun. You sit on a glaring beach. You motor long hours in dust, wind and sun glare. You read or embroider in a poor light. A fatiguing day at your desk sends you home with aching back and head. The “ounce of prevention” applies to the care of the eyes as well as to the care of the skin. Cleanse your eyes as regularly as you cleanse your face. The eyes ar e just as open to dust and dirt as the skin of your face is. Rather than waiting for a large cinder to announce the fact, it is wise to wash the eyes after any exposure. Cleanliness is an important factor in eye beauty. CLEANSING AND CARE.

Chose a good eye bath that will cleanse the eyes thoroughly, and also serve as a tonic to strengthen and keep them youthfully clear and sparkling. Buy an aluminium or glass eyecup. When ready to bathe your eyes, fill the eye cup half full of the solution, throw the head back, hold the cup pressed tightly against the socket and open and shut the eye at least a

By IRENE PURCELL, M.G.M. Player.

dozen times, so it may be well bathed in the soothing liquid. Cleanse the eyes in the morning, at night before retiring and upon coming in from an outing, for comfort s sake. And if you are going out and want to rest and brighten your eyes, reserve ten minutes for an eye treatment for beauty’s sake. To cope effectively with the annoying fine lines due to fatigue or eye strain, keep on hand a nourishing eye cream. After cleansing the eyes, mould the cream gently into the skin around the eyes and leave on for a few minutes. A good astringent should then be used. The most effective way to apply this is to use smooth pads of cotton. Squeeze these out in ice water and sprinkle well with the astringent lotion, then mould over the eyes. Relax for as many minutes as you can spare. Remove all traces of cream with the astringent. When you look in the mirror you will find that fatiguing lines have been erased and that your eyes are clearer, larger, brighter. • The make-up which brings out the loveliness of eyes, lashes and brows is, perhaps, the most difficult of all to accomplish. But for the girl with too pale brows and lashes, it is worth the effort to learn the tricks which will make them more definitely alluring. Eyebrow pencils may be had m various shades of brown. These may be effectively used by blonde and red haired girls and their use is not easily detected. Don’t use black unless it becomes you. For the lashes, apply a little cream to the upper and lower lids with your finger tip, and run the pencil just above and below the line of the lashes, then blend the penciling with finger tip wrapped tightly in cotton. For evening, if one feels confident of the steadiness of one’s, hands and the flattery of artificial lights, masacra, the oldest known beautifier in the world may be used. Brown shades give a more subtle and more natural effect. Brush some into the lashes for brilliancy. Around the eyes to enhance the sparkle and intensify the colour of your eyes, smooth some eyeshadow. TRICKS TO ENHANCE BEAUTY. Blue ear-rings or blue beads, or a hat faced with blue enhance the beauty of blue eyes. The girl with green eyes should always, wear some accessory in green to bring out the fascination of her eyes. The browneyed girl should make shades of brown her colour scheme, and amber helps to emphasise the flecks that appear so attractively in brown eyes.