“BEAUTY BUYERS.”

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1931, Page 18 (Supplement)

“BEAUTY BUYERS.”

GIRLS IN THEIR ’TEENS. I « —— “Quite a new development in my business,’’ said the 'beauty specialist, “lies in the number o»f young girls who are 'brought by tlheir mothers for various treatments. Several come for freckle treatment, and many, many more for figure massage. _ Others are sent regularly for complexion care, or rough lips. Formerly, mothers would wait till their daughters grew up 'before spending money on their personal appearance; to-day, they prefer not to wait.” Whether or not it is possible for mothers to be over-careful in such matters is a matter for discussion. There are several youthful complications which time eradicates, without anv artificial aid. Among these iA the skin trouble called “acne” —the little black secretion which generally makes itself a nuisance in the tcOns, but vanishes with the twenties. Also the “lumpy” figure which often distresses a young girl, 'but which, with careful diet and the right amount of exercise, will eventually give place to a finer contour. . . ■ , 'But many a mother is unwilling to allow Nature to do her own work, of correction, and so the beauty specialists arc reaping a harvest. At the same time, some of them have no hesitation in assuring their clients that they are attacking the problem from the wrong end. The gymnasium and the -tennis court are 'better ciires than t'he beauty parlour, and will bring about the desired results with greater economy,