CREAMS AND OTHER COSMETICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 87, 4 July 1927, Page 5

CREAMS AND OTHER COSMETICS

IN THE VANITY BAG By MARION MORTON The vanity bag is a very important article of the toilet. It may be just a small one for use during the day, or for the dance, or it may have to last for a week-end visit. What to pack in the bag will depend upon how long the contents are required, and the season of the year. But there are certain things every bag must contain. For the Blonde The fair girl must pack a powder that is a faint flesh tint, the dark one will need one a little deeper. A dead white is never required; it is un-

natural. A dance bag must carry a special powder for hot hands. One tablespoonful of powdered borax mixed with one tablespoonful of an ordinary toilet powder will be very useful to dust over the palms of the hands two or three times during the evening. For the week-end a little fine oatmeal is useful. When it is used as a dusting powder after the bath it will keep the skin smooth and prevent roughness of neck and arms. A dainty puff will be wanted, and nothing is better than white cotton wool. If off for the week-end, then a good sized piece must be packed in the bag, a small piece being pulled off for use, and thrown away directly it is soiled. Cream or Oil Every bag must carry vanishing cream; it is so useful to protect the skin, especially against the sharp winds of spring. The week-end one must contain a good greasy cream for use at bedtime, for a week-end usually means plenty of open-air life, and healthful as that is, it is apt to roughen the skin. The secret of using a cream is to rub it well in and leave it on all night. Olive oil can take the place of a cream, and it can be carried quite well if it is placed in a wide-mouthed bottle with a piece of cotton wool lightly filling up the bottle, then when the oil is poured in the wool will suck it up and should there be a smash the oil will be quite safe. Curing Dry Lips A colourless lip-stick should always be included in the week-end vanity bag, because nothing cures cracked lips so quickly. A touch of the stick and any roughness will vanish. A tiny cake of soap is one of the most useful things that any bag can contain: then one is independent of a "general” soap. It is always the wisest plan to use one’s own. or else use none. There is no gain in packing a bag with needless things. Just a few really useful toilet accessories are all that one needs.

If woollen underclothing becomes discoloured under the arms it may be easily and thoroughly cleaned by washing in tepid soapy water to which a teaspoon of ammonia has been added. Double the life of your clothes-peg? by soaking them in water for an hour or two before using. Even spilt pegs may be restored to usefulness this way if first bound together with string. To save frequent cleaning of silver spoons, forks, etc., wrap them in brown paper and place in an air-tight Jer They will keep clean for months, and will show no sign of tarnish.