WHEN YOU GO TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21543, 15 January 1932, Page 10

WHEN YOU GO TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Make-up your eyelashes and eyebrows but very lightly, and use no rouge or lipstick. Red photographs as black, and a generously made-up mouth looks large and heavy. Use no powder. Instead, when you arrive at the studio, try covering the face and neck with a film grease-paint, which gives a startling yellow effect, but is wonderfully flattering in its results. This applies to women of any age, the make-up smoothing the skin, hiding blemishes, and giving it a lovely matt tone in the reproduction. . Powder flattens the features and gives a hard and unbecoming appearance to the face. . Never have your photograph taken just after a visit to the hairdresser. For safety’s sake allow two days to elapse between having your hair waved or dressed and visiting the studio. It will take all this time for the “ set ” and hard look to disappear and your coiffure to look natural. The type of hairdressing which involves pushing the hair behind_ the ears is ageing, and therefore to be avoided if possible. , Any band of flowers worn in the hair detracts from the likeness in a photograph. It is better to go to the studio undecorated. prefer you not to wear jewellery, as this takes up the light and reflects it awkwardly. Avoid evening dress. But if you have set your heart on having your newest and most becoming one photographed, wear a cloak with it, preferably fur-trimmed. Women in evening dress make quite the worst subject for the photographer, the reason being that much attention is centred on the upper arms, which practcally always look ugly and hard. This can be obviated to some extent by draping the coat so that the fur collar falls about the shoulders, softening this line.