TO-DAY'S TOILET MINTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16675, 22 April 1916, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TOILET MINTS.

SELECTED RECIPES FROM HERE AJ«D THERE—THINGS EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW.

The Magnetism of Beautiful Hair. "Applied Arts." Beautiful hair adds immensely to the perjonal magnetism of both men and women. Actresses and smart women are ever on the lookout for any harmless thing that will increase, the natural beauty of their hair. The latest method is to übo pure stallax as & shampoo 011 account of the peculiarly f flossy, fluffy, and wavy effect which it eaves. As stallax has never been usee much for this purpose it comes to the chemist only in ilb sealed original packages, enough for twenty-five or thirty shampoos. A teaspoonful of _ the fragrant stalls:? granules, dissolved in a cup of hot water, is more than sufficient for each shampoo, It is very beneficial and stimulating to the hair, apart from its beautifying elloct. Permanently Removing Superfluous Hair. "Toilet Gossip." How to permanently, not merely tempo rarily, remove a downy growth of disfigur ing superfluous hair is what many womei wish to know. It is a pity that it is not mort generally known that pure powderet pheminol, obtainable from the chemist's may be used for this purpose. It is appliec directly to the objectionable hair. Th< recommended treatment not only instantly removes the hair, leaving 110 trace, but ii designed also to kill the roots completely. Don't Have Grey Hair. A simple, old-fashioned, home-made recipe will make the greyness disappear. Grey hair is. often a serious handicap t< both men and women while still in thi prime of lifo. Hair dyes are not advisable because they are always obvious, ■ incon venient, and often downright injurious Few people know that a very simpli formula, which is easily made up at home will turn the hair back to a natura colour in a perfectly harmless manner. Yoi have only to get an ounce of tammalite con centrate from your chemist and mix i with four ounces of bay rum to prove this

Apply this simple and harmless lotion for a few nights to the hair with a small sponge, and the greyness will gradually disappear. The lotion is neither sticky nor greasy, and has been proved over and over again for generations past by those in possession of the formula. To Have Smooth, White Skin, Free From Blemish. "Boudoir Gossip." | Does your skin chap or roughen easily, or become unduly red or blotchy? Let mo tell you a quick and easy way to overcome the trouble and keep your complexion beautifully white, smooth, and soft. Just get some ordinary mercolised wax at the ohemist's and use a little before retiring as you would use cold cream. The wax, through some peculiar action, flecks off the rough, discoloured, or blemished skin. Th® worn-out cuticle comes off just like dandruff on a diseased scalp, only in almost invisible particles. Mercolised_ wax simply hastens Nature's work, which is the • rational and proper way to attain a perfect • complexion, so much sought after, but very i' syldorn seen. The process is perfectly s simple and quite harmless. I Blackheads Fly Away. ■ Instantaneous remedy for blackheads, greasy ' ' skin and large pores. A practicable instantaneous remedy for blackheads, greasy skins and enlarged pores, recently discovered, 'is now ooming into general use in the boudoir. It is very simple, harmless, and pleasant. Drop a stymol tablet, obtained at the chemist's, in > a tumbler full of hot water. After the i effervescence has subsided bathe the face s in the' liquid, using a small sponge or soft ■ cloth. In a few minutes dry the face, and . the offensive blackheads will come right s off on the towel. Also the large oily pores , immediately close up and efface themselves I naturally. The greasiness l disappears and 1 the skin is left smooth, soft, and cool. This - simple treatment is then repeated a few fc times at intervals of four to fivo days to ensure the permance of the result. 1