BEAUTY NOTES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4185, 13 September 1939, Page 4

BEAUTY NOTES

EVEN YOUNG WOMEN HAVE WRINKLES. To beautify the forehead by smoothing out wrinkles and making the skin soft and smooth is now the chief aim of almost every beauty specialist. For the coming fashions in millinery demand that the whole expanse of the forehead should be mercilessly exposed to view, whether it be beautiful or the reverse. Nowadays the woman whose forehead is entirely free from lines is hard to find. Even among those still in their early twenties the close fitting hats, pulled down over the eyebrows, which have been popular-for so long, have caused blemishes on foreheads which should bear none. The simplest and most successful method of removing lines from the forehead and at the same time softening the skin is to apply a forehead mask every night till an improvement has been effected. To make the mask take a piece of butter muslin the length of the forehead and three times as wide. Fold it in three, lengthwise, and saturate it with olive oil or oil of sweet almonds.

■Bathe the forehead with warm water, taking care to remove any day cream or powder, dry lightly, and smear over with a good feeding cream. Place the oiled muslin over the forehead and bandage lightly over it to keep it in position. The muslin should be well saturated with oil but there should not be enough left in it to drip out. DON’T NEGLECT YOUR HAIR. Now for your hair! Never expose it to the sun’s, rays without protection. Wear a hat or tie a scarf round it. There are some splendid lotions specially prepared to keep hair from drying, streaking and fading. If you get your hair soaked with salt water, rinse it immediately under a shower or shampoo it with a tonic. Hot oil shampoos are a boon in summer, as sun, wind and water rot the hair and make it brittle. First apply the hot oil to your hair and scalp. Then soak a large bath towel in hot water, wring it out and cover the hair with it. This causes the oil to penetrate. When the towel cools, proceed with your shampoo. Another hot towel, applied just before you dry your hair, will make it soft and silky. Don’t forget your massage and brushing. Brushing will never spoil a good wave. In fact, it adds to its loveliness. GIVE YOUR NAILS A TREAT. No one can fail to admire slim, well shaped finger tips on hands that have been carefully manicured. It you have rather rounded finger tips, and

would like them to be more pointed, you can improve them by regular massage. But massage, to be really effective, takes a good deal of time, so I am giving you a treatment which is just as effective, but which takes very little time and is wonderfully good, not only for shaping the finger tips, but also for keeping the nails in splendid condition. All you need is some olive oil, cotton wool and five thimbles. First dip a piece of cotton wool into the olive oil, which should be slightly heated. The next stage is to divide the cotton wool that has been dipped in the oil into little strips round the tips of the fingers, taking care to press the wool well down on the finger. The warm olive oil helps to soften the flesh round the nails and prepares them for the shaping treatment.

Place a well fitting thimble on each finger, but 'do not have thimbles which are too tight. If you can persuade someone to prepare your other hands for you, both hands can be treated at once. Otherwise let your hands take it in turns to have the treatment. If you do this at bed time and then pull on an old, loose pair of gloves, the thimbles can be left on all night and results will be much quicker.