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Otago Witness, Issue 3313, 12 September 1917, Page 50

The Popular London Star Favours Simple Methods. I have been asked to give a few simple recipes that I know, either through personal use or by observation, to be valuable to the toilet, and which are within the reach of the average woman. In these days of £IOO facial treatments and elaborate and expensive beautifying processes my suggestions may read like lessons in economy, but they are not especially so intended. They are merely practical suggestions, in which the keynote is "effectiveness." All the materials or ingredients which I mention are either already at hand in the home or may be readily procured from the chemist". Fortunately I do not suffer from the ailments or troubles enumerated below, but some people who are not so fortunate have told me their experiences, and with your permission I will set forth some remedies which they have found to be efficacious. Home-made Hair Tcnlc. My acquaintances say that a good stimulant to the natural growth of the hair is boranium. A yery simple, effective, and safe stimulating lotion made up by mixing one ounce of boranium with « quarter of a pint of bay rum. This may be applied to the hair roots occasionally with the finger tips with good results. Complexion Renewals. Complexion experts cdv-ise me that a normal, Jiealthy complexion is constantly renewing itsel! try dropping off tiny flakes of worn-out tissue, thus revealing the fresh young skin underneath. They Bay that, when this process is checked by age, exposure, or some of many causes, the complexion beoomea dull and ugly. The rational treatment recommended Is to help the skin perform the natural functions of "shedding" worn-out tissue. Jftrr this purpose, I am informed, there is nothing ao good as pure mercolized wax, used for a few nights, just as you would use a face cream. It is claimed that it'possesses a special affinity for the effete scarf-skin, which it quickly removes by absorbing it. The face, I am assured, will aoon look much younger and prettier under this treatment. The Curling Iron. Don't use a hot iron to curl your hair. Some of my friends make the cunningest sort of curls •wherever they want them simply by dampening the hair with liquid silmerine before retiring at night. When the hair is dry in the morning it will be softly curly just where you want it to be. Ihis method is perfectly harmless, even beneficial to the hair; and the curls last a long time. The liquid Is quite pleasant and neither sticky nor greasy. • How to Shampoo. Most women, I am informed, do not know how to nse stallax properly when shampooing with it. TJnless the hair is naturally very oily, a. stallax shampoo may sometimes leave it rather dry. But I am told, "if you will apply :>live oil freely to your hair and scalp just before shampooing with Btallax, the result is most delightful. The hair will -be left clean, soft, bright, and wavy, the oliva oil having properly balanced the action of this wonderful hair cleanser. spoonfuls of water, or witch-hazel, and use it as .1 face lotion, smoothing the skin with the fingers until it is dry. This method is perfectly harmless. i am told that a really beautiful, natural, velvety •loom results and remains for many hours quite inaffeoted by the most trying conditions out of loors or in the ball room or theatre, and that it :ivcs a much more natural appearance to somo .skins than does ordinary powder. Grey Hair. I have observed many attempts of many people o conceal grey hair. Some of these experiments were amusing, some disastrous, and some were successful. Personally, I believe I shall let my ur turn when the appointed time comes; but, if were going to try to evade it, I would give a 'rial to a real old "grand-mother" formula that •vould probably do the work. Thi3 formula, I am nformed, has been used with degrees of success for mamy generations, and consists merely of two -mnces of concentrate of tammalite mixed with hree ounces of bay rum. It is applied to the irey hair a few times with a small sponge, and 'ndies tell me it appears to darken the hair to a atural shade, not like a dye, but gradually and naturally. Miscellaneous Hints. V few useful hints from my friends on aids to beauty aro as follows: The eyebrows and lashes may be made to grow stronger and- darker by applying mennaline, a specially delicate pomade, with the finger tips t nig'it. Eouge is often obvious, and many women thereore prefer to use powdered colliandum, which -jives a most natural tint. The lips may be prevented from drying and chapping by touching them with a stick of prolactum, which also gives them a good colour. Freckles are most effectively combated with ammoniated mercury creams, of which jettaline is the best. various reasons. 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