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Show BEAUTY TALKS By AIARJORIE DUNCAN COTTON FLUFFS MUCH space has been devoted to sermona on sanitary measures. In better bred families one finds individual in-dividual wash cloths, combs and brushes. But a rather light-hearted attitude persists with respect to the powder puff. Seldom does It get its due share of cleansing and scrubbing. scrub-bing. And a soiled, greasy-surfaced powder puff can do more damage In a day than facial preparations can remove In a week. Take blackheads, black-heads, for Instance the bane of the complexion and life of thousands of women. Many are the causes of blackheads. And not the least of these is the soiled powder puff continually con-tinually grinding powder into the oily, shiny surface. Cotton fluffs make excellent powder puffs. The other day I visited the home of an acquaintance and was delighted delight-ed to see two small baskets filled with "individual powder puffs," as she calls them. She trimmed the baskets herself purchased them very inexpensively ; similar to small sewing baskets they are. She lined them with blotting paper saturated with her favorite perfume. Over that she used cotton padding and stitched pale green satin over all. Over the satin she always has a cellophane cel-lophane or tissue paper lining, which can be changed as frequently as she pleases. This keeps the satin from becoming dusty and soiled and also keeps the puffs free from dust The puffs are made from small squares of cotton. The four corners are gathered together, twirled to make a small handle, tied with a wee bit of gay colored ribbon if you wish and there you are. These puffs may .be bought leady-made leady-made in drug and department stores, or you can make them yourself. The lovely-lady of my story keeps a few in her purse at al times. She never uses a puff more than once then immediately discards. And she always al-ways has a supply on hand for emergency emer-gency purposes and for the proverbial prover-bial friend who makes a habit of "May I use your powder puff?" Safer and infinitely more sanitary, sani-tary, these little guest baskets of "individuals" can always add a note of gayety and prestige to your dressing dress-ing table. Try it. If your skin Is very delicate and sensitive, before using any bleaching bleach-ing preparations on your face, take this test Apply the bleach you intend in-tend using to your arm, above the elbow. Do this at night before retiring. re-tiring. In the morning, if the skin shows no irritation you may feel confident that It can be used on the face safely. If the skin does show irritation a milder bleach will be necessary. BUDGET FOR BEAUTY TT IS not necessarily the woman who has enough time and money to experiment with every newfangled new-fangled novelty that achieves the utmost ut-most in personal loveliness. No more than the woman who clutters her home with a great many knick-knacks, knick-knacks, or her person with furs and jewels. We aD know at least one wise woman who, gifted with a discriminating discrim-inating sense of values, has achieved a charming home and an adequate and becoming wardrobe. We all know many women whose incomes have been cut in the past few years, but whose sense of proportions hag increased. And essentials have not suffered thereby. Therein lies the secret of successful budgeting of time or finance. Assemble your cosmetis wardrobe as you do your wearing apparel. Be systematic and sensible about it Experiments are often costly. Therefore There-fore decide first just what It Is you really need, thereby eliminating any unnecessary waste. Learn also the best methods for the use of your essentials, es-sentials, thereby insuring the best results in the shortest possible period. pe-riod. Now apportion your budget You cannot afford any novelties? Fine. Start with the essentials. Can you have just one, two or three items? Then choose the one that will work best for you. The most Important step In any treatment is proper cleansing, therefore every woman should have the logical cleansing medium for her complexion. What next? For the dry skin a nourishing nourish-ing skin food, for the oily skin an astringent for the blemished skin a healing preparation, and so on. The wise woman will start with, let us say, a coat, get a hat to harmonize har-monize and then around this foundation foun-dation dress, shoes, gloves, bag. Likewise with the cosmetic ward robe. Build on the essentials. Every feminine heart delights in having the non-esentials, too, but these can be filled In as her budget permits. It is very encouraging to know that many women accomplish a lot on comparatively little. By that I do not mean that the finer beauty preparations can be had for the asking or for the proverbial song. But too many women spend too much on foolish fill-ins. Weeding Weed-ing out non-essentials and planning odc's cosmetic wardrobe system- atically and sensibly, one can suc- ceed in getting the best at a saving. ; Bell Syndicate WJfU Scrvlc. |
