| Show M c fr Ot 1 JI 1 r f W I Heres Here's Happy News Y You Girls 1 Cosmetics Are Here for Duration J By JEAN CRAIGHEAD WASHINGTON The gals will be able to keep their noses noses' from getting shiny despite the war In a bit of good news for the ladies ladles the war production board Friday said that while the generous generous generous gen gen- erous supply of cosmetics may have to be somewhat reduced there will be makeup make and enough of it Controlled only through t h r o 0 ugh W P B allocations of war im raw materials manu- manu are free to make powder lipstick creams mascara mascara mas mas- cara nail polish polish any any cosmetics women want and want and the W W. P P B B said beauty aids are pl plentiful Without the Trimmings Fancy bottles and elaborate paper boxes will wUl be gone for the duration when current supplies are exhausted but despite the problems of critical ingredients transportation and man power no cosmetic has been prohibited and services are equal to reasonable reasonable reasonable rea rea- demand Whether in their familiar containers or plainer ones beauty products are enormously in demand selling more rapidly than before the war the W P B said Unlike English women whose beauty supplies have been sharply curtailed Americans are still able to buy their favorite favorite favorite fa fa- fa- fa preparations As more labor goes into war plants as railroads have even less space for hauling beauty ingredients and finished products products products prod prod- this generous supply of cosmetics may have to be somewhat somewhat some some- what reduced reduced reduced-at at least to the normal level of or 1939 Frivolous extras not widely used will possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly be curtailed to maintain more essential beauty needs But there will be up make-up and nd enough of or it it Powder needs no scarce ingredients ingredients ingre ingre- so there will still be plenty of ot It Lipstick requires wax the supply of which is me limited by war demands plus diminishing imports and previously previously previously pre pre- used important castor oil but even with less wax and substitute oils there will be an ample supply Creams also require wax and certain oils olIs which ar less are less available available available avail avail- able but two excellent substitutes substitutes substitutes are readily obtainable Cosmetic stockings use no scarce Ingredients and are expected expected expected ex ex- to help stretch the hosiery supply again this sum sum- mer New beauty products are rare now but special insulation creams have been developed for forthe forthe forthe the skin protection of women war workers Deodorants too are proving especially Important for women doi doing g hard rd p physical work and they do not suffer any shortage of Ingredients Big Difficulty Production difficulties are acute however for beauty products products products prod prod- r requiring e qui r i n g appreciable amounts of alcohol This primary primary primary mary war necessity Is disappearing disappear disappear- ing from hair preparations colognes perfumes In addition to using alcohol require essential essential essential essen essen- oils of real flowers usually from Europe so this product is the gals gal's major war casualty Nail polish shows s h how o w s little change although this product and lipstick may be further re if In colored selections later on Hair dyes and bleaches annot art an ar arnot not seriously short There will still be permanent wave solutions eels and while new waving nn ma- machines m chines and driers cannot i be made W P B e assures na 4 nance of existing machines |
