Beautifying Barbara.

Otago Witness, Issue 3382, 8 January 1919, Page 49

Beautifying Barbara.

By Mimosa

How a Plain Girl was Made Pretty. ' Barbara had always been considered the ugly duckling oi the family, and certainly no one -would have voted her attractive the day she called on me, and told me how tired the was of being classed amongst the dull and uninteresting women of her set. To tell the truth Barbara had fallen in love, and was anxious, as she had never been before, to appear at her best. She wasn't a flapper; she was twenty-eight, but there-were possibilities in her, and I promised' her that ?f she would follow jny advice carefully, she wouldn't recognise her own reflection in the mirror in a month's time. Her Complexion. With a good complexion the plainest features look attractive, but Barbara's unfortunately left much to be desired. It was muddy, and there were blackheads around the no3e and mouth, caused, I think, through ' impure toilet soaps. For the dull muddy look I made her rub a little pure mercoliscd wax gently into the face and neck every night, leaving on the skin till the next morning. This very gently and imperceptibly peeled off all the dead, dull outer cuticle, leaving the fresh young complexion underneath, and giving her a skin as clear and frerfi as a baby s. Theblackheads were soon removed. A stymbol tablet was dissolved in hot water, and tne face bathed and gently dried. After two applications all signs of the blackheads had disappeared. Beautifying Her Hair.

Barbara had a fairly good head of hair, but it had been very much neglected. I don't know what she had shampooed it with, but it certainly wasn't the right-stuff, for her hair was dull and lifeless without the bright lights it should have possessed, there was no wave in it, and it appeared to be falling out rather more than was natural. So I made her get some stallax at the chemists, and give it a good shampoo. A stallax shampoo leaves the hair soft, silky, and glossy, and no rinsing is necessary. After one shampoo a most marked improvement could be noticed, and_ by the time Barbara had used it three" times, with an interval of a fortnight between each shampoo, you would not have recognised it as the same head of hair. Then to stop the fall I advised her to get two ounces of boranium, and mix it with water and a little Bay Rum. This she dabbed into the roots every night, and it not only stopped the fall, but gave the hair great vitality. A Little Colour to the Cheeks.

Barbara is one of those girls who are much improved by a little colour in the cheeks, but \mfortunately she has none naturally. So I suggested, that she should get some oolliandum and apply a very little to the cheeks with a small piece of cotton wool. The most critical observer cannot detect that a colour given by this method is not natural, for this wonderful powder is just the correct tint, and has an advantage which no other artificial colour has: it deepens slightly in a warm atmosphere, and thus appears absolutely natural.