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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15504, 10 January 1914, Page 6 (Supplement)

[PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT.]

TOILET RECIPES. THE LATEST AND SMARTEST BEAUTY RECIPES COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS EXPERT BEAUTY WRITERS, GETTING" RID OF FEMALE MOUSTACHES. ■ " Practical Suggestions." To women who are annoyed by disfiguring downy hair growths a method of permanently eradicating the same will come as a piece of good news. For this purpose pure powdered pheminol may be used. Almost any chemist should be able to supply an ounce of this drug. The recommended treatment is designed not only to remove the disfiguring growth instantly, leaving no trace, but also to actually kill the hair roots without irritating the-, skin. . . . Objectionable body odours resulting from perspiration and other causes may be instantly banished by simply applying a little powdered (white) pergol to the affected surface occasionally. . . Smart women are rapidly adopting the use of the natural allncite of orange blossoms when the complexion is inclined to be oily. It makes a capital greaseless cream, holds the powder perfectly, and does not encourage hair growths. NATURALLY WAVY HAIR. "Home Chemistry." Good stallax not only makes the best possible shampoo, but his the peculiar property of leaving the huir with a pronounced natural "wave," an effect presumably desired by many ladies. A teaspoonful of the stallax granules, dissolved in a cup of hot water is ample for a luxurious head wash, and leaves the hair with a peculiar lustre and fluffiness obtainable from nothing else as far as known. It is perfectly harmless and can be obtained from most chemists, although since it has been so little used for this purpose it comes only in sealed original packages, enough to make up twenty-five or thirty individual shampoos. . . For an actual hair grower nothing equals pure boranium. It is quite harmless, and sets the hair roots tingling with new life. . . The use of rouge is almost always obvious, but powdered colliandum gives a perfectly natural colour and defies detection. HOME BEAUTY AIDS. "Household Hints." A persistently shiny nose or a dull lifeless complexion drives many a woman to cosmetics and consequent despair. And all the time a simple remedy lies at hand in the home. If you have no cleminite in the house you need only get about an ounce from your chemist and add just snfficent water to dissolve it. A little of this simple lotion is Nature's own beautifer. It is very good for the skin and instantly gives the complexion a soft, velvety, youthful bloom that any woman misfit envy. It lasts all day or evening, renders fiowdering entirely unnecessary, and absontely defies detection. . . To make the eyelashes grow long, dark and curling, apply a little mennaline 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 REMOVES A BAD COMPLEXION. "Practical Suggestions." Oxygen is now used to clear the complexion. Its peculiar property of destroying waste matter and not injuring healthy tissue is well known. Bad complexions are merely the accumulation of half dead waste matter on the skin surface. This accumulation shows in the form of sallowness, moth patches and a generally lifeless appearance. Smart women now clear off these imperfections by getting some mercolised wax from the chemists and applying it for a few nights like cold cream. This wax contains oxygen which attacks and removes the disfiguring waste matter. It is pleasant to use and perfectly harmless. The fresh healthy skin which has been covered up is soon revealed in all 'Is beauty and the face so treated looks much younger and prettier as a result. . . To bring a natural red colour to the lips rub them with a soft stick of prolactum. . . For tired, hot or perspiring feet use a teaspoonful of powdered onalite in a foot bath,.,