Page 56 Advertisements Column 2

Otago Witness, Issue 3275, 20 December 1916, Page 56

Beauty Secrets By "MIMOSA." r"'m ' ' PWmnmiIIIMimiIMIIUMMIIIUHIHmmIBIMUWHIIIIIJIIMIIWIIt Hair Culture. Renewing Complex : cns. A DISTRESSING lack of hair will mar HPHE average woman of to-day is usuall; the most beautiful face, and, after all, J, satisfied if her complexion is passably thcre_ is really no need to have poor pretty, little knowing that an exquisite or impoverished hair if a few commonsense skin is now within her reach, providing rules are observed. First of all, hair tonics she has the good sense to stop using cheap must be freshly-made in order to obtain the made-up preparations, and adopt what has best results, and thousands of women, and now become known as the mercolised-wax men, too, are now making up their own habit. It is a pity that every woman in lotions with most satisfactory results. For the land cannot be apprised of this simple this purpose they obtain from the chemists method. The few to whom its virtues are one ounce of boranium and mix this with already known have complexions that are a quarter pint of bay rum; quite a simple the envy of all their friends, and, as is formula, and. according to all accounts, usually the ease, the majority of them remarkably effective. This simple home- refuse to divulge the secret. However, made lotion quickly removes all dandruff, the formula has now been verified, and is and creates a growth of new healthy hair known as mercolised wax. Inquiries at which will gladden the heart of any woman, chemists' shops have resulted in One word in conclusion. Do not experi- ascertaining that this substance has been ment with your hair, long suffering though known to the select few for some years it may be. Nature will surely revolt if you as a complexion beautifier; but it is only continue to subject the hair and scalp to until quite recently that it has been used to all kinds of fanciful treatments. Employ a any extent for this purpose. It was also tonic by all means if such is required; explained how mercolised wax renews the but, having found a satisfactory one, use complexion; but, as this is rather no other. ' technical, it is not proposed to repeat it here. It will be sufficient to say that Gl ai y through some peculiar action the wax OOd fehampoo Important. absorbs the dead and discoloured outer 'HE hair should bo allowed to breathe, c «ticlc, revealing the fresh young comI and the greasy film around each strand Plexion £ hl ch every woman has undermust 1)0 removed with a mild non- " oath - t, occupies about ten alkaline shampoo. Soaps should bo? a - vs > and the change is so gradual and tabooed. The verv best solution for the imperceptible that no discomfort whatever purpose can be made by dissolving a tea- ! s nu ' ,s(d - , -* >c treatment is perfectly spoonful of stallax granules in a' cup of harmless, and the wax may be used as hot water. It stimulates the scalp to otten as dosu'cdhealthy action, and at the same time leaves n , ~ the hair in that soft, fluffy condition so blackheads Fly Away. much admired. Any chemist can supply » \r ,r nn at t v •„ t. i j ~, . ■- , , , c i 1 A '■ ikAC/IIOALiIiY instantaneous remedy you with an original packet ot stallax, sufficient to make twenty-five or thirty (| ~...,, ..,., shampoos. :. „ mv rn & m ; mr ; nf . ' „ onDr J no „ „, f u' lir.ckheads Fly Away. iiiiiui uuuureu. i\iiy ciK-misr can supply * \ r ,r TTr< att \r •„ i j. j ...:ii. ._ _..!_:_-i i.A _c -ilii-lr A '■ ikAOIIOAJLIiY instantaneous remedy for blackheads, greasy skins, and enlarged pores, recently discovered, snampoos. j s now com ; ng u]to g enera l uso m tno boudoir. It is very simple, harmless, and Magic for Superfluous Hair. g{ ea f ??S D !'° f ? a - sty T l £i ble *' n obt i li w , a " tno chemist s, in a tumbler full o: hot ' T is astounding the number of women water. After the effervescence has subwho suffer from unsightly growths of sided bathe the face in the liquid, using hair on the face, and it will come a* a a small sponge or soft cloth. In a few piece of good news to know that there is minutes dry the face and the offensive a simple substance, known as powdered blackheads will come right off on the pheminol, which will remove it immediately towel. Also the largo oily pores immediand permanently. Mix a _ small quantity ately close up and efface themselves into a thin paste with a little water, and naturally. The greasiness disappears and apply to the objectionable growths. In the skin is left smooth, soft, and cool, two minutes all trace of the hair will This simple treatment is then repeated a have entirely vanished, and your skin will few times at intervals of four or five days be as soft and smooth as a child's. to ensure the permanence of the result.

RECKITT'S