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Miss Japan at the Beauty Salon

The Best Skin Lotion

water is recognised in Japan as the best skin lotion, and only poor girls vise hot to wash off the dirt of the street and factory from their faces. The powder foundation applied after the wash is a liquid consisting of ricechaff and unrefined sugar, which keeps the skih soft and tender. Yet, in addition, the Japanese woman must shave her neck and face at least once a month, even when the lotion is used, for powder does not stick properly upon a skin covered with small hairs. The Japanese consider short faces and flat, short noses ugly, so they skilfully paint the powder over the face, moving the brush from ear to ear instead of from forehead to chin, and pile it high on the bridge of the nose. Both methods are remarkably efficacious. In spite of

their golden skin, all Japanese use white powder. The mouth is painted white and only a small spot of rouge is applied to the lower lip, for a tiny mouth is the ambition of every Japanese woman who would be beautiful. The hair is smeared with the oil of camellias to obtain the stiff and shiny appearance so well-known in the Japanese. It is very difficult to remove the oil after some weeks when it has bocomo dry and stick}*, and the hairdresser is obliged to rub the hair with wet. towels for several hours. Lest they destroy the elaborate work of the hairdresser, Japanese girls place a piece of wood under their necks while they sleep, and so manage to preserve unruffled the beautiful structure.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

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Miss Japan at the Beauty Salon New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

Miss Japan at the Beauty Salon New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

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