THE WOMEN'S CORNER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15482, 13 December 1913, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE WOMEN'S CORNER.

[PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT.]

ESPECIAL COLLECTION OP SMART AND EFFECTIVE BEAUTY RECIPES. "WAVY" SHAMPOOS. "Homely Hints." Few people know that stallax can bo used as a shampoo and is far better than anything else for the purpose. It seems to have a natural affinity for the hair leaving it very glossy, fluffy, and with a pronounced natural " wave." A teaspoonful of stallax granules, dissolved in a cup of hot water, is more than sufficient. Genuine stallax comes to the chemist only in sealed tins, a quantity sufficient to make up twenty-five or thirty separate shampoos. - The indescribablo lustre it imparts to the hair is quite inimitable. . . For an actual hair grower nothing equals pure boranium. It. is quite harmless, and sets tho hair roots' tingling with new life. . . Tho use of rouge is almost always obvious, but powdered colliandum gives a perfectly natural colour and defies detection. HOME-MADE BEAUTY. "Cosy-Corner Chats." The very simplest things are often the most effective in making a woman beautiful. For instance, few people know that a dull or greasy complexion can be instantly brought to a pretty, youthful, natural bloom merely by the application of ordinary cleminitc dissolved in , water. Moreover, tihe method cannot bo detected even under the closest scrutiny. Ilia result will last all day long ami requires no powdering even under the most trying conditions indoors or out. If you have no cleminitc in the house get about an ounce from the chemist and add only enough water to dissolve it. Apply a little to the face. * It is good for the skin and immediately produces that cool, velvety, natural " bloom" so much desired. . . . To make the eyelashes grow long, dark and curling, apply a little mennalino with the finger tips occasionally. It is absolutely harmless and beautifies the eyebrows as well. . . Pilenta soap is the most satisfactory for all complexions. It even works well in cold or hard water. OXYGEN TO REMOVE BAD COMPLEXIONS. Oxygen has the peculiar faculty of destroying waste matter in tho body without j affecting healthy tissues in the slightest degree. Sallow, blotchy and lifeless com- | plexions are caused by the accumulation of i waste matter which adheres stubbornly to I tho surface of tho skin. The most prat--1 tical way to apply oxygen te this waste I matter is to use mercolisod wax, such as may be obtained at the chemist shops. It ] should be nibbed well into the skin for i several nights and washed off in the morn- ' ings, like cold cream. In contact with I tin skin, it releases oxygen, and thus ! clears the skin of the disfiguring waste | matter. It is perfectly harmless, pleasant I to use and indeed very beneficial as a skin ! food. . . . To bring a natural red | colour to the lips, rub them with a soft stick of prolactum. . . For tired, hot and perspiring feet use a teaspoonful of powdered onalite in a foot bath THE KILLING OF SITERFLOUS HAIR. "Boudoir Gossip." It is easy to remove superfluous hair temporarily, but to remove, it permanently is quite another matter. Not many women know that for this purposo such a simple .substance as powdered pheminol may bo used, applied directly to tho hair. The recommended treatment is designed not merely to instantly remove the hair, hut ; also to eventually kill the roots entirely. | Almost any chemist could supply an ounce lof pheminol, which quantity should bo | sufficient. . . A simple way to quickly ; neutralise disagreeable body odours is to I dust the ".rmpits occasionally with powdered (white) pergol. . . 'Th o use of ! the natural allacite of oningo blossoms | as a greaseless cream is becoming prevalent among tho smartest women. It liolds »'.ip j powder perfectly, gives a delightful c.ol fuvKli to the skin and Qoes not en. .jun.ge the growth of hair.