GOOD GROOMING

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8833, 14 October 1942, Page 4

GOOD GROOMING

ESSENTIAL TO LOOK SMART LITTLE THINGS COUNT 'V THEY CREATE DISTINCTION Little things seem unimportant, but massed together they create distinction. Matching rouge with lipstick is an important point, and if you want to make the harmony complete your nail varnish should tone with both. Tho way each of these three things is applied makes a tremendous difference. You can put rouge on so that it is like a mask, and place it so that you look ten years older. Or you can blend it softly, so that it flatters you and lifts your face to youth. Rouge should never ‘be applied hurriedly. Take a few extra seconds and blend it carefully, and you will be well rewarded, cheek-bones and then smooth it out Put a little fairly high up on the towards the ears. Keep on smoothing until there are no hard edges. If you are going out for an evening and want your rouge to “stay put,’’ place it underneath your foundation lotion, tl;en put the lotion on top and powder as usual. In this way it will never fade and will bloom charmingly for the entire evening.

The effect of any make-up will be spoiled if the nose is allowed to shine. The best way of guarding against this is to apply a spot of non-shine lotion on the tip, immediately before powdering. Lipstick can allure or repel. So many people apply it only on the outside of tho mouth, as if they were never going to open their lips. Of course, they do open them, and there is a horrible dividing line which is most unbecoming. While the outside is a vivid red, the inside, by contrast, is a sort of rnauvy pink. The correct way to use lipstick is lo open the mouth and put it right inside, so that the effect is tho ’same when you laugh as when you are solemn.

The care of the hands is very essential if one desires a well-groomed appearance. Many women think that because theirs are very useful hands which are devoted a great deal to household matters or gardening, it is quite impossible to keep them dainty. Such an idea is a mistake, for the useful hand can be kept just as- attractive as one that has never had to “rough it.” All that is needed is ’ a little care and thought. The secret of success is never to neglect the hands, even for a day. Onco the skin is allowed to get rough and chafed it means an open door to various other troubles. The use of gloves is not always practical, however, so if a dirty job has to be undertaken when the skin is chafed, minute particles get underneath and are not always easy to remove. A smooth skin will not pick up dirt, except just upon the surface. This is whore proper care comes in. There is a right way and a wroug way to wash the hands; the water must never be very hot, and unless it is naturally soft a little water-softener should be added; after washing them every trace of soap must be rinsed off. If the skin is inclined to be rough, glycerine will make an excellent finish; just a few drops poured upon the hands while they are still wet and then rubbed all over. When there is very little time to spare over thoroughly drying the hands, a little fine oatmeal dusted over them will absorb any moisture.