Beauty Writers.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15986, 31 January 1914, Page 13

Beauty Writers.

BEST SELECTIONS FROM THE WORLD'S SMARTEST BEAUTY WRITERS.—SIMPLE, UNIQUE, AND EFFECTIVE RECIPES. How to have Thick and Pretty Hair. "Homo Talents." Soaps and artificial shampoos ruin many beautiful heads of hair. Few peoplo know that a teaspoonful of good stallax dissolved in a cup of hot water has a natural atlinity for the hair and makea the most delightful shampoo imaginable. It leaves the hair brilliant, soft, and wavy, cleanses the scalp completely, and greatly stimulates the liair growth. The only drawback is that etallax seems rather expensive. It comes to the chemist only in sealed packages, which retail at half a crown. J lowever, as this is sufficient for twenty-live or thirty shampoos, it really works out very cheaply in the end. * * * For an actual hair grower nothing equals pure boranium. It is quite harmless, and sets the hair roots tingling with new lil'e. * * * The use of rouge is almost

always obvious, but powderixl colliandum gives u perfectly natural colour and delies detection.

Emergency Complexions "Novel Recipes."

Even a complexion which is hopelessly dull or greasy can be made beautiful in a moment by a perfectly Harmless home recipe. If you have no cleminite in the house, get about an c.nce from your chemist, ;*r.d a-dd only enough water to dissolve it. Apply a little to the face with the linger tips. The process defies detection, and the result is an immediate ;.ppearance of velvety, youthful " bloom which every woman desires. The effect will last all day under the most trying conditions, indoors or out, and renders powdering quite unnecessary. This simple substance is also very good for the skin., and no possible harm can come from its regular use. * * * To make the eyelashes grow long, dark, and curling, apply a little mennalim; with the finger tips occasionally. It is absolutely harmless, and beautifies the eyebrows as well. * * * Pi lonia soap is the most satisfactory for all complexions. It even works well in cold or hard water.

Using Oxygen for the Complexion. " Chemistry at Home."

The -well-known characteristics of oxygen may be effectively applied to the renovation of the complexion. Mercolized wax, such as may bo found at any chemists, contains oxygen which is released directly the wax comes in contact with the skin. Oxygen consumes waste matter in ♦he body, but does not affect healthy tissues at all. Therefore, it attacks and removes the deadened waste accumulations on the skin which show in the disfiguring form of sallowness, moth patches, and a general appearance of lifcieesness. The fresh young skin which has been obscured by this disfiguring veil of waste matter is thus allowed to show foTth in all its healthy beauty. The mercolized wax is absolutely harmless, and indeed very beneficial to the skin. * * * To bring a natural led colour to the lips, rub them with a soft stick of prolac-tiiin. * * * For tired, hot, or perspiring feet use a teaspoonful of powdered onalite in a foot bath. Effectually Killing Superfluous Hair, " Health and Beauty.'' Many women know how to remove ugly growths of superfluous hair temporarily, hut few know how to remove it permanently. For this purpose pure powdered pheminol may be used. Get about an ounce from your chemist, and apply a, little directly to the objectionable liair. The purpos-e of the recommended treatment is not merely to remove the superfluous hair instantly, but also to kill the hair Toots completely in a comparatively short time. ■' * * Women who are annoyed by body or perspiration odours will appreciate the hint that a light dusting with powdeTed (white) pergol occasionally is an instantaneous corrective. " * -•* For oily complexions smart women are now using the natural allacite of orange blossoms as a groaseless cream. It holds powder perfectly, gives the face a, cool, fresh appearance which lasts, and it does not encourage growth of hair on the face. 3