Secrets of Beauty

Otago Witness, Issue 3338, 6 March 1918, Page 50

Secrets of Beauty

< A PERSISTENTLY shiny nose or a dull ■**■ lifeles3 complexion drives many a woiL.m to cosmetics and consequent de\spair. And all the time a simple remedy lies at hand in the home. If you have no clemioiite in the house you need only get about an ounce from your chemist and add just sufficient water to dissolve it. A little of this simple lotion is Nature's own beautifier. It is very good for the skin, and i.-jatantly gives the complexion of soft, velvety, youthful bloom' that any woman might envy. It lasts all day or evenirig, renders powdering entirely unnecessary, and absolutely defies detection. « » * COSMETICS can never really help a poor complexion; often they are positively harmful. The sensible, rational way is to actually remove the thin' veil of Stirling, half-dead scarf skin from the face, and give the fresh, vigorous and beautiful young skin underneath a chance to show itself and to breathe. This is best done in a very simple way, by merely applying mercolised wax at night, like cold cream, and washing it off in the morning. It absorbs the disfiguring cuticle gradually and harmlessly, leaving a brilliant natural complexion. Of course, this also, takes with it all such facial blemishes as red blotches, tan, moth patches, sallowness, liver spots, etc. As a freckle remover and general complexion beautifisr this old-fashioned remedy is unequalled. * # * BLACKHEADS, oily skins and enlarged pores usually go together, but can be instantly., corrected by a unique new i process. A tablet of stymol, obtained from the chemists, is dropped in a tumbler of hot water, which will then of course ; * ; fizz" briskly. When the effervescence >

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has subsided the face is bathed with the stymol-charged water and then dried with a towel. Tho offending blackheads, of their own accord, corne right, off on the towei, the large oiiy porea immediately contract and efface themselves naturally. There is no squeezing, forcing or any drastic action. The skin is left uninjured, smooth, soft and coul. A few such treat ments should be taken at intervals of thr»e or four days thereafter in order to ensure the permanence of the pleasing result so quickly obtained. 0

I BEAUTIFUL hair adds immensely to * the personal magnetism of both [ men and women. Actresses and smart i, women are e'ser on the look-out for *<.ny . harmless thing that will increase the natural beauty of their hair. The latest , method is to use pure stallax as.a sham- , poo „n account of the peculiarly glossy, fluffy, nnd wavy effect which at leaves. As stallax has never been used much for this purpose it comes to the chemist only in sealed original packages, enough for twenty-five or thirty shampoos. A teaspoonful jof the fragrant stallax 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 effect. * * * IT is astonishing the number of women who suffer - from the humiliating affliction of superfluous hair, and I am sorry to say that through ignorance or wrong treatment the majority of them have made matters considerably worse by causing the hairs to grow more quickly and stronger than before. It only requires a little thought to realise the folly of it all. Removing the surface growth for a few days may give temporary relief, but in order to obtain permanent results the hair roots must be killed. Caustic depilatories are woi'se than useless, and on no account should the hairs be pulled out. Apart from the electric needle, which is a costly and painful process, cny chemist will tell you that the best home treatment is pure powdered pheminol, which has a devitalising effect upon the hair roots, in addition to which it removes all trace of the objectionable hair in -\ few seconds, and the recommended treatment gradually, but surely, dissolves out /the hair follicles, which is the only method of permanently ridding oneself of this terrible disfigurement.