BEAUTY COLLECIDN

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12040, 19 January 1925, Page 5

BEAUTY COLLECIDN

CUTTINGS FROM BEAU'TI ARTICLES; THE CREAM OF MODERN BEAUTY ADVICE. REMOVING BAD COMPLEXIONS Cosmetics can never really ' help a poor complexion-; often they are -positively harmful. The sensible, rational way is to actually remove the thin veil of stifling; half-dead scarf skin from the face, and give the fresh, vigorous; and begutiful young skin underneath 8 chance to show itself and to breathe. This is best done, in a very simple, way, by merely applying -mercoliseil wax at night, like, cold cream, and washing it off in-the morning. It-ab-sorbs the' disfiguring: cuticle gradually and harmlessly, leaving a brilliant natural complexion. ' Of course, this als.-> takes -with it all such blemishes as rod blotches, tan, moth patches, sallo vness, liver spots, etc. The new skin is usually several de grees lighter, and finer in texture. TO KILL HAIR ROOTS Women annoyed with disfiguring frowths of superfluous hair wish to now not merely > how to temporarily remove the hair!, but how to kill the roots permanently. For: this purpose pure-powdered phemifaol. may he applied directly to the objectionaljjfe hair growth. The recommended treatment is designed net only to instantly -re“pve ihe hair, but also! to actually kill the roots 60 that the growth will not return. About an ounce of pliominol should be sufficient. HOW TO HAVE THICK AND PRETTY HAIR Soaps and artificial' shampoos ruin many beautiful heads of hair. Few people know that a teaspoonful of good stallax dissolved in a cup of - hot water has a natural affinity for tbo hair, and .makes the most delightful shampoo imaginable. : It . leaves the hair brilliant,- soft and wary, cteans-s the scalp completely, and greatly stimulates the hair growth.: .The only drawback is that, stallax . seems rather expensive, It comes to the ;chemist only in sealed fib packages. However, this is sufficient for 25 or SO shampoos, and it really works out very cheaply in ths end.