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Otago Witness, Issue 3337, 27 February 1918, Page 50

Miss Gladys Cooper Explains Some Beauty Secrets.

The Popular London Star Favours Simple Methods.

1 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 or troubles enumerated below, but; some peopte 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. ■■-."'

spoonfuls of water, or witch-hazel, and use it as a face lotion, smoothing the skin with the fingers until it is dry. This method is perfectly harmless. £ am told that a really beautiful, natural, velvety bloom results and remains for many hours quite unafleoted by the most trying conditions out of doors or in the ball room or theatre, and that it a much more natural appearance to some skins than does ordinary powder. Crey Hair. I have observed many attempts of many people conceal grey hair. Some of these experiments were amusing, some disastrous, and some were successful. Personally,. I believe I shall let my air turn when the appointed time comes; but, if '. were going to try to evade it, I would give a trial to a real old "grand-mother" formula that .vould probably do the work. This formula, I am informed,vhas been used with degrees of success for mainy generations, and consists merely of two ■ounces of concentrate of tammalite mixed with ;hree ounces of bay 'rum.; It is applied to the i?rey hair a few times with a small sponge, and laxlies tell me it appears to darken the hair to a natural' shade, ,not like a dye, but gradually and naturally. Miscellaneous Hints. A. few useful hinta from my friends on aids to beauty are as follows: — The eyebrows and lashes may be made to grow stronger v and darker by applying mennaline, a specially delicate pomade, with the finger tips it night. Rouge is often obvious, and many women there'ore prefer to use powdered colliandum, which gives 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. Note.—This interesting article on beauty culture in general was written by Miss Gladys Cooper at the request of the manufacturers of Pilenta Soap—the best complexion soap in the world. On sale ait all chemists.

Home-made Hair Tonic. My acquaintances say that ai good stimulant to he natural growth of the hair is boranium. A "my simple, effective, and safe stimulating lotion nade up by mixing one ounce of boranium with ' quarter of a pint of bay rum. This, may be \pplied to the hair roots occasionally with the ifger tips with good results. . - Complexion Renewals. Op lplexion experts advise me that a normal, healhiy complexion is constantly renewing itself by dropping off tiny flakes of worn-oub tissue, thus revealing the fresh young skin underneath. They eay that, when this process is checked by age, exposure, or some of many causes, the complexion becomes dull and Ugly. The rational treatment recommended is to help the skin perform the natural functions of "shedding" worn-out tissue. For this purpose, I am informed, there is nothing so good as pure niercolized 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 faoe, I am assured, will soon 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 6imply by dampening the hair with'liquid silmerine before retiring at night. When the hair is dry in the morning it will be softly early just where you want it to be. This 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 gTeasy. How to Shampoo. ,'Most women, I am informed, do not know how to use stallax properly when shampooing with it. Unless-the-hair is naturally very oily, a stallax shampoo may somev.mes leave it rather dry. But l am told, if you wil/ apply olive oil freely to rour hair and "scalp just before shampooing with stallax,-the result is most delightful. The hair will be left clean, soft, bright, and wavy, the •jliva oil having properly balanced the action of this wonderful hair cleanser. - Is Powder Necessary? A. great many women object to using powder, for various reasons. The following formula is a? good one: Dissolve an ounce of cleminite in four table-

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