Fashions and Furbelows

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18182, 15 June 1927, Page 11

Fashions and Furbelows

NOTES BY SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS.

PUFF PARS.

;e LITTLE HINTS ABOUT THAT ALLIMPORTANT BEAUTY AID. n There is no puff to equal the one made of swansdown, but a new swanss down puff is a perfect horror, scattere ing its fluffs all over the face and v clinging to eyelashes and brows, t Here is the secret told in a few :1 words—how to make the new puff bei have properly. 4< First of all, it must be shingled; the j “down” is nearly always too thick in a

new puff. Clip it neatly with a pair of manicure scissors until you have a nice, tufty surface, shake the puff free from superfluous fluffs, and then, filling your left palm with clear glycerine, commence to dab the puff into it. When the glycerine is evenly distributed, dip the puff into your powder jar, and notice the way the powder clings to it, just as it does to your old pet puff that is really too soiled to carry any longer. A back puff is a necessity to the dainty girl, for without one it is impossible to keep one’s back in perfect condition. A really nice puff is an ex- I pensive item, but any girl can make ’ Take a shoe-tree (one with a flexible I ste.l support), and over the wooden toe-piece slip a lamb’s wool puff making a little slit in the edge of it! then sewing it together when the toepiece has been inserted.

A loofah, or portion of one, might be treated in the same way by sewing a neat pad made from a discarded loofah on to the other shoe-tree. Thus can the fastidious girl keep her back and shoulders in perfect condition.

DO YOU KNOW?

It is much cheaper to buy ammonia from the chemist in concentrated form and prepare it yourself than to buy it already prepared in bottles? Mix one quart of alcohol with one quart of soft water, shake well together, then add one quart of concentrated spirit of ammonia. Half a teaspoonful of ammonia to half a teaspoonful of alcohol, rubbed on with a damp cloth, will remove grease spots? Inkspots on marble, wood or paper, treated with ammonia, can be made to disappear ? Ammonia wall quickly cleanse a hairbrush? After cleansing, rinse well in clean cold water. Jewellery can be cleaned with equal parts of ammonia and water? After rinsing in clear water, dry the article with a piece of silk, and polish with chamois leather. Glass can be cleaned easily and quickly with ammonia? Spots in clothes can be removed | more easily if ammonia be added to the washing water? Let them soak in it for an hour or two before washing. For cleaning the hair ammonia is excellent? A few drops added to the water leaves the hair bright and clean. Rinse well with clear water afterwards. For cleaning silver ammonia is a labour-saver? Put half a teaspoonful into the suds, wash the silver quickly, using a small brush, rinse in hot water, dry with a clean towel, then polish with a chamois skin. No further cleani ing is necessary. j For washing window's, mirrors, etc., ammonia again saves labour? Add a little to the -water, and note the rapidity with which dust and dirt is removed. Ammonia helps to sweeten dishcloths and floorcloths if a little is added to the suds in which they are dailywashed? Let them rema.n in the suds for about half an hour, then wash, rinse, and dry in the open air. Grease can be effectually removed from a carpet by using ammonia? Put I one tablespoonfui into a pint of warm water, add two tablespoonfuls of ox ’ gall, and sponge the mark very carefully. Rinse off with pure alcohol, and wipe dry with a piece of woollen cloth.