Fashions and Furbelows.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18939, 9 December 1929, Page 13

Fashions and Furbelows.

Notes by Special Contributors

FOR CHAPPED HANDS.

Melt together equal parts of yellow vaseline and paraffin wax and pour into empty face-cream jars to set. When i-00l this makes an excellent ointment for the hands in winter or summer for the housewife or garden worker. Always rub on the hands after washing and it will keep them soft and smooth. It is not sticky or dirty. The recipe was given to me by an orchardist who had spent all his, life oh the land and who sustained many scratches and cuts while pruning trees. The ointment prevented abrasions from becoming nasty sores.

A PARIS GIRL SAYS—

Felt hats are still popular. They are so comfy; and, if they’re good and not too extreme in design—they 11 last right into the winter. But if you’ve got nice eyes and a pretty little nose—please don’t hide them. The “pull-over-your-face” fashion in hats is quite, quite dead. Push your brim back boldly—even your forehead should show these days. You needn’t grow your hair, you know, unless you really want to. Many of us in Paris have give up the effort! But don’t be too severely cropped. If you’ve still longings for the “Eton,” relax just a tiny bit, and have a “little boy’s” head—not public school sternness. Your coiffure should be delightfully careless—but not rumpled, please! Artificial jewellery continues its vogue, and the latest examples are the prettiest we have had. You must try to get some of the matching china flower-bracelets and necklets, which we love so much here. They’ve emigrated to England, and they’re so chic and not at all expensive. We’re very flowery altogether in Paris. Those dainty gloves with gauntlets embroidered with roses and daisies and forget-me-nots are charming—aren’t they? But if you buy a pair, see that the dominant colour in the design matches your coat or frock. By the way, why shouldn’t you work those little blossoms on to the gauntlets of plain gloves yourself? Start on the fabric variety, and progress to kid when you’re an expert! Then, as to real flowers, if you’ve nasturtiums in your little garden, copy us. and make the most of them. The fashionable florists here sell dear little nosegays—nasturtiums (one colour to one bunch) “frilled” with their cool, green leaves. We gardenless ones are only too glad to buy anything so attractive, I can tell you—and the tiny bouquets look very artistic in the windows, where they' are grouped in half-dozens in baskets with tall handles. There’s an idea in decoration for you!

TRIMMING RINGS.

Coloured bone rings sewn haphazardly upon your jumper, bag and hat crown by means of gaily coloured wools give such an attractive decoration to clothes which are a little bit “weary.’ Let the stitches with which you attach your rings be large and bold, please, won’t you? If you find any difficulty in getting your coloured bone rings you could quite easily dye some yourselves with an ordinary dye.