Use Of Cosmetics

Southland Times, Issue 23378, 9 December 1937, Page 14

Use Of Cosmetics

Correcting Deficiencies TN using cosmetics, it is important that , one should know how to apply them successfully to enhance good features and distract attention from poor ones. The correct application of make-up will make dull features alert and interesting. There are two basic colours in rougeyellow red and blue red. These two shades are found in the natural colouring of youth. If uncertain of one’s colouring when choosing rouge and lipstick, consult a make-up expert instead of buying in a haphazard fashion. To-day, fashion demands that make-up complement colour in clothes. For in-

stance, when wearing brown, though the natural colouring be blue red, the lipstick and rouge should have yellow red tones; and to cover up the, bluish tendency of the complexion, a deep cream or pale sun-tan foundation cream or lotion must be used, accompanied by a matching shade of powder. The result will be effective and harmonious. A most inartistic effect results from using one colour on the lips and a different one on the cheeks. In applying rouge, the object, of course, is to achieve a natural effect. The shape and size of the face must

I. taken into consideration, the colour being blended over the correct area, with the edges merging softly into the rest of the skin. Paste or cream rouge is best for the skin; it gives a more natural effect if correctly applied, and is more economical than dry rouge, because so little is needed for make-up. Cream rouge is not as popular as it should be. The reason may be attributed to the fact that many people do not know how to apply it with the best results. Unless the skin has been softer. d with cream or a suitable foundation, cream rouge will go on patchily. If diffi-

culty is experienced in this direction, it is a good idea to dip the finger lightly fc- cream and then in the rouge. Dry rouge is useful as a “touch-up” on the c mpleted make-up during the day or evening. It is said that the ideally proportioned face may be divided into three equal parts. The distance from the hair-line to the bridge of the nose, and that from the bottom of the nose to the end of the chin, should equal the length of the nose. Hard and fast rules for applying rouge cannot be given, as no two faces are alike; but it is important to remember that colour draws attention to itself and detracts from other parts of the face. For instance, the older woman should keep her rouge high on the face to draw attention from the saggling lines about the mouth and chin. With the hollow-cheeked type, care must be taken not to carry rouge into the hollows, but concentrate on the cheekbone. The long, narrow face can be given an illusion of breadth by placing rouge high under the eye and blending out c - the temple, with the heaviest ac.ant kept high and towards the outside of the face. Rouge placed in the indentation of the upper lip tends to shorten the appearance of a long, thin nose. Rouge on the eartips has the effect of broadening the appearance of a thinfaced woman who likes to brush her hair back behind the ears.