Art of Powdering

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 132, 7 June 1935, Page 12

Art of Powdering

Nothing so tends to coarsen the skin as the uso of inferior powders and unhygienic powder-puffs. A powder that is not sifted will coarsen the skin. A puff that is dirty may be tho cause of many blemishes. Finely sifted powder is easily , procured. Colour is a matter of careful choice, according to skin, occasion and season. For instance, a slightly lighter powder is sometimes necessary at night and a warmer, deeper tone necessary when the skin is suntanned. Test the colour of your powder when it has been on some time. When you first powder your face is not tho best time to judgo whether yon have choseii tho right colour. If tho powder seems to darken on your face, making your skin look pinker, yellower, or darker than it is, you have chosen too dark a colour. To get the right shade of tho most becoming shade for one particular skin it is often necessary to mix two or more shades together. If you do this be suro to chooso the samo typo of powder, otherwise one make may be finer grained than tho other or others, and these, naturally, will not mix very well. Mix in a wide saucer with a bone paperknife. There is no excuse for dirty powder-puffs. Detachable swansdown pulls with handerchiefs are procurable, tho puff itself clipping on and off tho ■handkerchief, ready for washing. Wash your powder puff as often as you do your hair brush, and that is at least three times a week,