Some Beauty Secrets

Otago Witness, Issue 3828, 26 July 1927, Page 65

Some Beauty Secrets

By

MIMOSA

My .'yivice to smart women who demand the very best results is to leave r.lost toilet preparations alone. When facial applications are necessary, get only the pure ingredients just as they come to the chemist himself. I will tell you in this column from time to time just what to get and just how to use it. Do not be persuaded into buying some cheap toilet preparation instead. Any chemist can supply you with genuine original concentrated ingredients, if he will, and I know personally that most firms make a speciality of selling original packages of all kinds of pure ingredients neat, both direct and by post. I can point out to you, however, many useful hints, which involve no expense at all.

“ How To Shampoo.”—Try pure stallax. I think you could get as small a quantity as two or three ounces. A remarkably got d shampoo is made by dissolving a tcaspoontul of stallax in a cup of hot water. This cleanses the scalp well, and makes the hair very soft, glossy and wavy.

Run Down.”—lf you cannot sleep well, nerves just a trifle unsettled, remember tha body is like a piano and needs to be kept tuned up to concert pitch. The ideal body tuner is Iron-Ox Tiny Tonic Tablets. They strengthen and invigorate the whole system and give instant relief from that “ tired out,” “ done up ” feeling. “ Rejuvenating The Skin.”—You should not be discouraged because the face bleach you are using isn’t effective; at certain seasons of the year all skins are more or less discoloured or freckled, and a face bleach is hardly adequate. A substance which 1 highly recommend is Mercolized Wax. It is a creamy product with wonderful absorptive properties, and in about ten days, if applied nightly, you will find that the old skin has almost imperceptibly entirely flaked off and the fresh skin unaerneatn is apparent. This method is harmless, and the results achieved are most beneficial to one's looks and to the skin itself. About an ounce will do.

“ Eyebrows and Lashes.” —Have you tried brushing your eyebrows with a small soft brush ? An excellent plan is to apply mennaline to stimulate the growth of the eyebrows and lashes as well. Get only an ounce. It can be applied with the finger-tip. I think you will find that your brows and lashes will soon become more luxuriant after such treatment.

“ Annoying Perspiration.”—For the offensive perspiration odour you complain of I would by all means use a little white pergol; applied to the affected surface with the finger-tips, it will instantly stop the trouble.

“ Stimulating Hair Growth.”-—You should follow the instructions given in this article* and in addition make up a good hair and scalp tonic. Take an ounce of boranium and mix it with a quarter pint of bay rum; rub into the scalp occasionally. It stimulates the growth of hair and prevents dandruff. You will soon see marked improvement in the general condition of your hair.

“ A Graceful Figure.”—Clynol Berries will do for you what they have done for hundreds of others like you. Quickly, easily, and with absolute safety you can remove all traces of fat without exercises, starvation diet, or the weakening effects of fat-reducing baths. Three or four Clynol Berries taken daily, one after each meal, will, in a few short weeks, reduce your figure to its original graceful proportions. The chemist either keeps or can easily procure them.

“ Removing Unsightly Hair.” —Powdered pheminol is the most practical thing with which to remove the superfluous hair. Apply it directly to the surface affected, and the hair will wilt so that it can be rubbed off in two or three minutes, leaving no trace. An ounce will last quite a long time. “ Avoiding Rouge.”—Yes, I agree with you that rouge is easily detected, but because of that you need not be without colour. It seems essential in a few cases like yours. There is a powder, very little known to the public, called colliandum, which blends so remarkably with the skin that its use cannot be detected. Of course, some skins require very little colour, and you must be careful to know your style. “ A Soap Hint.” —Pilenta is a very good complexion soap that has been recommended to me by many who find its use delightful. It has a very soothing effect on the skin, and at the same time it is a good cleanser. 1 have not found as good a one, as yet. “ Improving the Lips.”—A poor circulation is usually the cause of that blue, bloodless appearance of the lips you complain of, and for troubles of that kind you should consult your physician. But why let an old-fashioned prejudice keep you from seeking a harmless artificial aid temporarily ? A soft stick of prolactum applied to the lips gives a beautiful and perfectly natural colour and prevents dryness.

Another rule which I disregard is that one should not warm oneself over the lire before going out into the cold. I believe in getting well warmed; then, when one puts on one's wraps and turns out, it takes a good while for the cold to penetrate, and if one walking the exercise warms one before the outside cold can take effect. But all must find their own rules for health and comfort. Though the gloom and cold of winter are sometimes trying, there is a charm in an alternation of seasons that most who have grown up in the cooler temperate regions of the world would not exchange for the perpetual summer of tropical and semi-tropical countries. Each season has its beauties and delights, and their succession brings constantly renewed interest. As the closing lines of K. L. Stevenson's poem, ‘‘The House Beautiful,” put it: — To make this earth, our hermitage, A cheerful and a changeful page, God’s bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suflice.