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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19779, 28 October 1927, Page 14

BEFORE THE MIRROR, BY MIMOSA. My advice to smart women who demand the very beat results is to leave most toilet preparations alone. When facial applications are necessary, get only the pure ingredients. just as they come to the chemist himself. I wil' tell you in this column from time to time just what to get and just how to use it. Do not be persuaded into buying some cheap toilet preparation instead. Any chemist can supply you with genuine original concentrated ingredients, if he will, and I know personally that.most firms make a speciality of selling original packages of all kinds of pure ingredients neat, both direit and by post. I can point out to you however, many useful hints which involve n- expense at all. " Beauty in Breathing."—Yes. indeed, a great dea can be done toward brightening the eyes ' and complexion by systematic breathing for ter minutes each morning and evening; breathe slowly and deeply to the fullest capacity of the lung 3. You should stand erect by an open window. Of course, the corset* should not be worn during this exercise. " About Shampooing."—Even the best shampoo is somewhat drying, and. if your hair is not naturally oily, I suggest that just before the shampoo you apply olive oil thoroughly to the scalp, nibbing it into the hair roots vigorously Then use pure stallax for the shampoo. Dissolve a teaspoonful in a cup of hot water This will leave the hair very clean and glossy. "A Velvety Skin."—lt is hard to tell you what kind of powder to use, skins vary so. I suggest that in your difficulty you use no powder at all, but apply a little lotion made by dissolving one ounce of cleminite in four ounces of water This gives a much better finish than any powder, suits -all complexions, and stays upon the face during the most trying conditions, ns long as you could wish. It makes the skin look very soft and velvety, and its use cannot be detected. " Renewing the Complexion."—Yes. the discoloured. fading outer veiling of the complexion must be absolutely removed, and I know of no safe way to do this except to use a little Mercolized Wax. applying it at night like cold cream. The active principle in Mercolized Wax soon absorbs the weakened and devitalised surface which so armovs you, revealing the fresh and beautiful skin underneath, which is always there only waiting to be freed. The process usually takes about ten days, is quite harmless, and acts so imperceptibly that no one can tell what you are doing. "Long, Curling Lnshes."—Clipping the eyelashes is very often unsuccessful. They sometimes do not grow again. . Far better to apply a little pure mennaline with tho fingers to the eyebrows and lashes just before retiring if- night. This greatly stimulates the growth pnd darkens the colour the hairs " How to Make Hair Tonic."—There is no reason why you should buy ihe high-priced hair tonics you mention, when you can make just as good jr better yourself at homo. Get an ounce of boranium and mix with a quarter-pint of bay rum. Apply this to the scalp each night, working it. in with the finger tips, and in a short time -you should see a considerable improvement and find a complete absence of dandruff " To Reduce Plumpness."—The latest method of reducing obesity certainly is far more pleasant and convenient than all previous methods. It consists > merely in taking clynol berries. The fat person who wants to reduce without the usual rigid diet, exercise, sweating baths, etc., now puts a few of these little brown berries in his or her pocket and swallows three or four each day. Most chemists stock them. " The Rouge Question."—Complexions of your typo never acquire a natural rosy tint, no matter what may be done for them. If you really insist upon a colour, let me dissuade you from your evident inclination to use rouge. A far more refined tiling to do is merely to apply a little, ordinary colliandum with the finger tips, thus accomplishing the desired result, by a means which is not ob.'ious. "Annoying Odours " —The annoying odour you mention arises from an acid condition in the perspiration It can easily he nullified by nil occasional application of powdered per go I to the affected surfaces. " Removing Hair."—l always recommend caution in the selection of a hair remover, and therefore suggest that you only use powdered pheminol instead of the depilatories you mention. The powder, applied direct to the superfluous hair, causes it to wither and die in a few moments, when it can be rubbed off. leaving no trace. "About Soap."—l should say that your trouble is caused by the soaps you have been trying. Personally. I always recommend a aoap called Pilenta, because I have never known it to fail to give satisfaction. It is an absolutely pure superfatted soap, designed exclusively for use upon delicate skins, and it has the most delightful perfume I have ever found " Care of the Lips."—l regret to say lipa like yours never will have a bright colour. They go with the type. I see no real hartn in resorting to an innocent artificial aid. especially when it makes so much difference as in your case. The best thing for the purpose is just a little stick of plain prolactum; applied to the tins, it gives a very pretty natural oolour, besides keeping them »oft andi moist.—Advt.