Clever Beauty Secrets

Ladies' Mirror, Volume I, Issue 9, 1 March 1923, Page 47

Clever Beauty Secrets

Revealed by a London Chemist

This series of articles by E. W. Smith, M.P.S., a qualified registered London chemist and pharmacist, is particularly investing because of its authoritativeness. Considering the bewildering mass of toilet requisites now offered to the public, Mr. Smith’s simple and homely suggestions should come as a great relief to the puzzled beauty seeker. The dispensing chemist, above all others, is in a position to judge results from long experience with thousands of cases. Mr. Smith has made a special study of the chemistry of beauty culture for many years, and the time is ripe for some such expert’s clear statements, backed by the authority of experience and knowledge. Renewing Complexions It is foolish to attempt to cover up or hide a sallow complexion, when you can so easily remove the sallowness itself. Rouge and the like on a brownish skin only emphasises the defect. The better way is to apply pure mcrcolized wax — same as you would cold cream—putting it on at night, removing it in the morning with warm water and soap, following with a dash of cold water. The effect of a few applications is simply marvellous. The half-dead cuticle is absorbed by the wax —painlessly, gradually, in tiny imperceptible particles—revealing the beautiful velvety white new skin beneath. No woman need have a sallow, blotchy, pimply or freckled complexion if she will just get some good mercolized wax and use as suggested. Feminine Moustaches To women who are annoyed by disfiguring downy hair growth, a method of permanently eradicating the same will come as a piece of good news. For this purpose pure powdered pheminol may be used. Almost any chemist should be able to supply an ounce of this drug. The recommended treatment is designed not only to remove the disfiguring growth instantly, leaving no trace, but also to actually kill the hair roots without irritating the skin. The Kiss Curl I cannot too strongly condemn the use of the hot curling-iron. It means death to the hair eventually. Moreover, it is entirely unnecessary. The hair can be made beautifully wavy and curly to any extent and in any form desired, merely by using such a simple ingredient as pure silmerine. This perfectly harmless liquid should be applied to the hair with a clean tooth brush at night. In the morning you will find that a very beautiful natural wave and curliness has resulted, and the effect will last many days. The liquid silmerine is very beneficial and is not sticky or greasy. A couple of ounces should last a very long time. The Magnetism of Beautiful Hair Beautiful hair adds immensely to the personal magnetism of both men and women. Actresses and smart women are ever on the look out for any harmless thing that will increase the natural beauty of their hair. The latest method is to use pure stallax as a shampoo, on account of the peculiarly glossy, fluffy and wavy effect which it leaves. As stallax has never been used much for this purpose it comes to the chemist only in Vl Ih. scaled original packages, enough for twenty-five or thirty shampoos. A teaspoonful of the fragrant stallax granules, dissolved in a cup of hot water, is more than sufficient for each shampoo. It is very beneficial and stimulating to the hair, apart from its beautifying effect. What Women Hate Every woman hates a shiny nose and a dull or greasy complexion. Few know that there is an instantaneous remedy at hand in the home, one that is absolutely harmless, and that defies detection even under the closest scrutiny. If you have no cleminite in the house, get about an ounce, and add just sufficient water to dissolve it. A little of this lotion applied to the face will instantly cause the grcasincss to disappear, and the skin will have a perfectly natural, velvety, youthful bloom that any woman might envy. The effect will last for many hours, and no powder is required, even under the most trying conditions, indoors or out. To prepare the face, neck and arms for a long evening in a hot ballroom nothing can compare with this simple homemade lotion.