FACE CREAMS AND POWDERS.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3265, 5 February 1935, Page 6

FACE CREAMS AND POWDERS.

AN EXPERT'S ADVICE. SUIT YOUR MAKE-UP TO YOUR FROCK. (By a Beauty Specialist, in the Wellington "Dominion"). Are you using the right shade of powder? . < Powders look quite a different colour under different lighting, and sometimes even the colour of your dress will change the appearance of the powder you happen to be using. A grey day, for example, makes your skin look shades duller. I would like you to try this little experiment so that you will grasp my meaning more easily. Make up your face when wearing a rose-coloured dress, and then change your dress into a dark blue or black, and see the horrid difference to your complexion. Different Shades. Always wear different shades for indoors and outdoors. Keep three shades of powder on your dressingtable—deep pink, pale or deep ochre, and white or Rachael No. 1. It won't take you long to discover when and with which dress to use the different shades, and on occasions you can mix the.powders and make your own blend. For good dressing, a powder, base is a necessity, and for a dry skip the best powder base is a little cold cream spread carefully and evenly over the face. For an oily skin a lotion of lemon juice, mixed with an equal amount of rosewater and five drops of glycerine will hold the powder beautifully and prevent, the grease from breaking through the powder. Wben applying rouge, dab a little on the chin and the lobes of the ears, and you will be agreeably surprised at the difference in your appearance. Green and Mauve. Green powder will tone down a florid complexion, or a colour that is too high. Mauve powder worn by a blonde for evening gives the skin a beautiful transparency. Green powder with a black frock rather enhances one's appearance; but mauve powder should not be worn during the daytime. When applying lipsalve always work a little cold cream into the lips first, "and i then work* t&f" lipsalve in with the finger-tips. Apply in the centre of the mouth first, and gradually work towards the corners; but never actually into them, as it will make mouth appear dreadfully large. If you object to lipsalve, a little white vaseline smeared over the" lips will prevent that cracked appearance. Suit Your Colour. The following list will help every girl to choose the powder which is best suited to her colouring:— For Blondes.—Blondes with a real pink and white complexion, blue or dark eyes, or for the woman with a sallow skin: Rosee. Pale complexion, dark hair and black eyes: Blanche. Brunettes.—With a fair skin, or she who would like to tone down a bright colour: Rachael No. 1. The true brunette with dark hair, blue or dark'eyes: Rachael No. 2. Fresh complexion, light brown hair and blue eyes; or the type with reddy | gold hair, brown eyes: Natureile. Olive complexion with dark hair and dark eyes: Ochre. As a last word of advice, I wish to remind you that make up is like everything else. The less used the better. Wet Weather Beauty. Why spoil your complexion with tears when by using the latest, waterproof beauty aids you can have a good old howl and still look beautiful, or you can go out ii\ the wettest weather without feeling and looking like.a bedraggled duck ? First, there is the cream. This cream is a pinky colour, which is impervious to water, and gives a delightful dull colour under the powder. So far there is no waterproof powder; but even if the powder is washed off the face by the spattering raindrops, the cream will still look perfectly natural. In fact I would advise cream only for these wet mornings. The cream can be removed with warm olive oil. It is rather expensive; but if it is used only for wet weather it should last a long time. Then comes the rouge. This must be applied before the powder and after the cream. Waterproof or kissproof lipsticks are well known, and do not need any description. But I would advise smearing the lips with a little cold cream before applying any lip salve. The well-known brands are perfectly harmless; but some of the cheaper lines occasionally contain acids which are harmful. Then for the eyelashes and eyebrows there are waterproof darkeners, so really the modern girl is quite water and tearproof.

ROYAL WEDDING RINGS Royal brides were not always content with a plain wedding-ring of Welsh gold. Both in the Middle Ages and in the gay days of the Restoration the wedding-ring was an elaborate affair set with precious stones. In the case of Mary Queen of Scots there is mention in her will of "a diamond ring bequest she has written in her o\Vn enamelled in red," and, opposite this hand, "Cest celui de quoy je fus espousse—Au roi qui la mie donne." But even in those days the plain, unadorned ring was coming into favour. A

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