COSMETICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

COSMETICS.

SUNBURN IN THE MOUNTAINS. BY r. A.M. To those about to climb the advice is not " don't," but " guard against snow and sunburn." To many it may seem curious that in winter it is possible to get badly sunburnt, but the fierceness of the sun's rays from snow and ice often leads to quite a few " raw-beef-like" countenances. Now, some of us are wondering exactly what kit to lake, it being our first venture in tho alpine sports regions. The question of outfit should not worry us for long. Many people are all too eager to offer suggestions and ideas, and tho big stores inav bo consulted on many points. Failing these, wo may study books and illustrated papers as to what is being worn. The thing that is not so generally discussed, however, is how to prevent getting snow-burnt, or, once snow-burnt, how to treat, it. i havo discovered quite a simple and effective prevention and cure, and I hereby hand it on, out of sympathy for the heated, red-faced creatures 1 havo seen after a day in the snow. Zinc ointment is good, applied in conjunction with oatmeal. Just plain "porridge" oatmeal, the coarser the better. Rub a rice layer o: ointment on the face, then clip tho hand into a bag containing oatmeai and smear that on top of the meal. .V good percentage of " porridge" will adhere, and you will look like a rough-cast house. In some lights you will appear as a clown, or ghost, to your more imaginative friends, but no matter. You have the satisfaction of knowing that you are protected from tho very worst the sun can do. Now, the only pait of you that is left uncovered is the eyes. These may be touched up with some zinc ointment or vaseline.

Jie question may bo raised, " How does ono come to havo bags of oatmeal upon one in tho mountains?" I havo constructed a hold-ail, or, as my friends are pleased to call it, a *' poached egg." It is a strip of thin canvas, about 9ft. by sft., and it is folded and sewn in three in tho form of a pochette. In this 1 stow about one pound of oatmeal in a little bag, my tin of face cream, and a gramophone needle tin full of vaseline. I keep this outfit always in my rucksac, and I may say that it is handy, compact, and much admired.