Before the Mirror.

Otago Witness, Issue 3380, 25 December 1918, Page 50

Before the Mirror.

By "JEANNETTE."

Freckles and How to Cure Them.—lt is always those easily, but this knowledge is poor comfort when the lace is disfigured with these ugly little blemishes. To prevent the- formation of freckles, a wash should be applied to the face which will form a shield from the rays of the sun. A simple and inexpensive one can be made up at home by dissolving an ounce of cleminite in four table spoonsful '"of hot water. Shake the bottle, and when cold upply to the face and allow to. dry on the skin. If this is done every day, renewing the application whenever the face is washed, and a little mercoEsed wax rubbed into the skin every night, freckles will not make their appearance, no matter how hot the sun. To remove freckles, which have already formed, apply the wax every night, rub it well into the skin of the face and neck, and leave en till the morning. Then wash »ff, using Pilentai eoap and warm water.

Te Reduce a Double ' Chin.—To reduce a double ohin, give hard, firm massage every night with meroollsed wax, stroking the flesh firmly backward* from the chin towards the lower portion of the neck. Do this every night, and im the morning both with cold water, and rub into the skin a little parsidium jelly. This treatment will strengthen the flaibbly tissues and restore the contour ol the face. Occasionally a double chin is duo to stooping over books or work, but generally it~is the result of putting on weight. When the latter is the case, a few clynol berries, eaten regularly every day, will greatly assist in reducing

ANSWERS TO < TO DARKEN THE EYEBROWS (L.M.).—There is no dye which I oould recommend as "safe," but if you rub a little mennaline into the eyebrows and at the roots of the eyelashes, regularly every night, it will darken them naturally and will also increase the growth 6f the eyelashes.

TO REDUCE WEIGHT (SADIE).—Yes, your weight and measurements are certainly more than they should be for your height, and I quite agree that being so stout makes you look old. I am pleased to be able to tell you of a quick, easy, and pleasant way to reduce both. Get a small quantity of clynol berries from the chemist's and take one after each meal, three times a day. Weigh yourself after one month's treatment, and you will be delighted with the result. TO KEEP THE HAIR PAIR (DORIS).—If you shampoo your hair regularly with etallax granules it will prevent it from turning dark. One teaspoon of stallax is sufficient for a shampoo, and an original packet will make from twenty-five to thirty shampoos. Stallax keeps indefinitely. To IMPROVE A DDXL, MTJDDY, COMPLEXION (D. 8.). —Your complexion is dull and muddy-

These are, undoubtedly, days of exceptional nervous strain for one and all of us. Anxiety, with its beauty-destroying influence is casting its shadow over the lives of many of us women, and while perhaps a few—the more stoical among us —can avoid worrying over past and prospective events, we may all, with a little care and forethought, succeed in preventing the results of worry from being noticeable in our appearance. To these fortunate few, this little chat will, however, be as interesting and instructive as to those who stand in real need of help in toilet matters, and may be the means of bringing to their notice some hitherto unknown method of retaining or regaining that beauty of face and figure which is-the birthright of every woman. Some of the ingredients mentioned below are, at present, not generally known to the public, but any good chemist will usually be found to have a small quantity in stock.

the superfluous flesh. A glass of hot water should ■id 6ipped after each meal. ■ The Hair—To Increase the Growth.—To arrest an undue falling of ihe hair and increase the growth, ooalp massage and the application of'a good tonic ;s absolutely necessay. Part the hair in the centre, and, starting at tha forehead, massage for it least ten minutes. Then apply a tonic. A simple and inexpensive one can be made up at aome by mixing one *ounce of boranium (which ;an be bought at the chemist's) with a quarter of a pint of bay rum. Add the boranium to the ba7 rum, allow to stand for half an hour, then strain, and add sufficient water to make half a pint. Dab amongst the roots of the hair with a soft sponge. Juperfluout Hair.—Dark-complexioned women are far more frequently troubled with a growth of superfluous hair than those with fair skins, and at the first sign of these objectionable hairs steps should be taken to remove them, or they will develop into a strong growth which will take a very long time to destroy. A little powdered pheminol applied to this growth will remove tlw insightly blemish, destroying it permanently if cho hairs be but few. Two or more applications may be necessary, if the growth be unusually strong; but about one ounce of pheminol should oe sufficient for. the most stubborn case. Pheminol can be obtained at the chemist's, and a little powdered alum should be obtained at the same time for dusting the skin before applying the pheminol.

lORRESPONDENTS. looking because it needs thorough cleansing and renewing of the outer cuticle. To do this, get a tin of mercolised wax, and with the tips of the fingers rub a little gently into the skin, going over the entire face and neck. Xeave the wax on all night, and in the morning wash it off with a good soap (you will find Pilenta excellent). Da a month's time you will notice a most surprising improvement. -(2) Liquid pergol will prevent the excessive perspiration of whioh you complain. (3) Nothing can be done. .

TO ARREST GREYNESS (FLO).—You are indeed far too young to go grey yet. Get about two ounces of concentrate of tammalite and mix it with three ounces of bay rum. Dab this on the hair and amongst the roots. It will soon make matters all right. %

TO- WHITEN A BROWN NECK (W. K.).—To whiten' your neck use jettaline. Get a tube of this from the chemist's, and rub .a little well into the skin of the neck; lea,ve it on till next morning. Do this regularly every night for three or four weeks, and you will find that the skin will become beautifully clear and white.