Consider The Placing Of Curls

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 20 November 1937, Page 14

Consider The Placing Of Curls

jITANY women appear to be perfectly - satisfied if the front and side views afi* their coiffures present a flattering picture, but quite overlook the important relation that the arrangement of the back fiair;. has to the appearance of the face m 3 neck. There is a tendency with both young and old to follow, blindly, prevailing fashions, or to choose a hair style because it looked well on someone else. The older woman, perhaps, is the chief offender in this direction, her weakness asually being a fondness for long curly oobs and page-boy effects. A slight modification of present-day ityles, with their unswept and trim lines, give a dignity and charm to the coiffure if the matron. The girl or woman with a short neck should arrange her hair high on the iape~ to give an illusion of length. When !he neck is long, it can be made to ap-

Coiffures To Suit The Face

pear shorter by wearing the hair dressed low on the nape. If the hair-line is high at the back of the neck the curls should be placed low to cover it. With a low hairline, the curls should be kept high. If the hair grows extremely low, it is advisable to have it trimmed to a shapely line and the hairs low on the neck should Li removed with an epilation wax. There should be no return of the hair under a month. This method is better than removal with clippers or scissors. If the back of the head is flat, a rounded effect may be simulated by having the waves set full and high on the crown, with the lower portion well thinned, and fiat at the head. If the back of the head has a tooprominent curve the hair should be dressed very smoothly and closely on the crown, with the ends ‘‘fluffed” or built out with a roll at the nape. To give the effect of both length and width to a short thin neck, the hair should be set in a close swirl across the head.

It should never be worn full or standing out from the head, because, by contrast, the large hair area will dwarf the neck. A pointed neck line makes the neck appear shorter. With a short fat neck, a simple style of hairdressing is most suitable. Curls may be worn but they should not fall below the hair-line. If curls are allowed to fall low on the neck the head has the appearance of resting on the shoulders. Many plump people have an unattractive bump on the back of the neck. Where this occurs the hair should be swirled across the back and kept close to the head with the tips of the ears exposed. Thus the faults of the neck are overlooked, and the attention attracted to the hair style. A long thin neck appears shorter if the hair is worn in a bob covering at least half its length. With a thick muscular neck and broad shoulders, the hair should not Ire dressed close as this makes the neck appear almost as wide as the head. Neither should curls be worn low on the neck. If desired they may be worn but should not come below the natural neck-line.