THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 25, 1989
Beauty and You
≈ by PATRICIA LINDSAY
LILY PONS BELIEVES BEAUTIFUL HANDS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
French women know, the charm, vital. And in concert work, when of lovely hands, and opera stars you are on the stage alone, hands know how important they are, too, are even more apparent and they
Lily Pons, being a French opera must be as graceful and beautiful star, is doubly concerned about her as thoughtful grooming can make alim, tapering fingers! The petite them," emphatically stated Miss prima donna is convinced that Pons. "Every woman should be beautiful hands are as important al conscious of hand beauty!" beauty asset as clear, lovely skin!
"You cannot be successful in an emotional scene if you do not know how to use your hands. They are
Witty Kitty
The mentally sketchy girl-friend says it burns her up the way old man Sol stands around waiting to scorch a guy,
HER EXERCISE Hand and finger exercises play an important role in Miss Pons' hand care.
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"At least a dozen times during the day I pretend to pull on a pair · of snugly fitting gloves. I start at the top of each finger and work the skin down, concentrating on the nail area and the knuckles. Such. massage keeps the cuticle down and makes the knuckles flexible.
"Another easy exercise is to let
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LILY PONS permits her fingernails to grow long to make her
the hands flop loosely from the hands appear more tapering.` wrists whenever you think to do
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it. Let them relax, and wave them cosmetics. A mild soap even if good lotion to use after drying her back and forth or rotate them. her hands are stained from garden- hands, and This eases the muscles and permits ing
the fingers to be agile."
scads of oil and (a favourite pastime !), gloves if her hands become chapped
a pumice stope to re- or otherwise affected by the wea-
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Before stepping out from the move stubborn spots, wings onto the stage, Miss Pons holds her hands high above her head with fingers outstretched for at least a minute to let the blood rush away from her hands. This little precaution keeps her hands white for at least ten minutes afterward. Put this pretty thing into print shouldered sleeves. There's some-- Nervous women should remember as soon as possible you'll find it thing decidedly young and sum-- that trick and practice it whenever so becoming for summer after-mery about every line and detail. they feel self-conscious. It helps noons when you want to look cool of this unusually pretty design. greatly to give you poise for any and fresh and very, very feminine, entrance!
GET INTO PRINT
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