When My Boy Comes Home.

Otago Witness, Issue 3395, 9 April 1919, Page 49

When My Boy Comes Home.

By Mi H o sA.

Wrinkles and Grey Hair Must Disappear. Two years can make a great change in a woman's* appearance at any time, but two years of war worries often adds 10 years to one's apparent age, and this was what the two years during which her husband has peen away had done to Gladys Summers, She had aged tremendously: little lines and wrinkles had formed round her eyes and deep lines around the mouth, and her hair had beoome tinged with grey. In fact, she was in despair as to what the man who had left her looking so young and fit would think of her -when he returned. Six Weeks to Effect a Transformation. When she came to confide her troubles to me she had just six weeks in whioh to improve herself, for by that time he was due home. Six weeks isn't long, but I felt sure that if she really tried she could make a very great improvement. Removing the Wrinkles. To smooth out the wrinkles I made her get a little pure mercolised wax, and rub it gently into her face and neck every night, working the wax into the skin very carefully, and rubbing always in an upward and outward direction. Mercolised wax has the effect of greatly and imperceptibly peeling off all the old dead skin, and with it the lines and wrinkles, which, as you probably know, are only on the outer skin and not beneath it as so many people think. Every night the wax was applied evenly all over the face, and gradually the old skin and the wrinkles disappeared, and the fresh young complexion underneath soon became apparent, soft, smooth, and clear. Restoring the Grey Hair. Hair dyes are an abomination; Gladys and I were both agreed on that point, and what was far moTe important, she was dreadfully afraid that if she used a dye, the colour might not be quite the same as her own. and that her husband would notice the difference. I advised her to get two ounces of tammalite, and to use it regularly for a week. The tammalite should be mixed with three ounces of bay rum, and applied to the roots with a small sponge. Once a fortnight I told her she must shampoo her hair, so aa to keep it in good condition, and for this she used a dessertspoonful of stallax dissolved in warm water. After a stallax shampoo it is not necessary to rinse the hair, as the hair is left soft and silky with a natural wave, which is most pleasing. ' ■-. • The Finishing Touches. Instead of using powder Gladys > got an ounce of oleminite and dissolved it in water. This she dabbed over her face and neck, and allowed it to dry on the skin, while, to give a slight colour to the oheeks, she applied a little eolliandum with a piece of cotton wool. Colliandum is quite unique, as it cannot be detected, and as the atmosphere of the room grows warmer so the colour deepenß slight, giving an absolutely natural appearance.