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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 21, 1939.

Summer Grooming And Amusing Beauty Gadgets

BY PATRICIA LINDSAY

During the hotter weather, groom- ing can be somewhat of a chore! With energy sapped by humidity and heat, it becomes pretty difficult for women to keep up a regular beauty routine. Yet meticulous grooming is a "must" if we wish to keep as fresh looking as crisp organdy and as cool as a lime- adel

Of course, the daily bath and show- er is a primary law, and they become more inviting if we have a refreshing cologne to splash over our newly bath- ed skins, and a fragrant body powder, to insure longer hours of comfort!

tucked between the refill and the handle! With cach stroke of the brush, the perfume penetrates through specially punctured holes and thus your hair is alluringly

and evenly scented!

Of course the brush may be used without the scenting, if you desire, for its true merit is the hygienic fea- ture of the removable bristle refill. 'The frequent washings of the bris- tles will not harm the appearance of the handle-back (which is not case with other good brushes.) Satin- wood, ebony, blue and pink give you a, handle choice.

HOT WEATHER MAKE-UP

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A gay gadget which makes body- powdering less an effort, is a new - You know that you should never feather soft goat's hair brush, which apply fresh make-up over old, you whisk gently to have it shed a such clogging of your skin pores in- rist of beautifully scented powder! vites minor blemishes. But until ધ્ર Its transparent crystal handle con- tains a month's supply of powder, and refiis for it are available in two famous fragrances at a modest price Many a chic lady will have it in her cabana this summer and shall see that her guest's. has one in the bath! The difficulty will be to keep the man of the house from snitching it, for he'll swear it was designed for his after-shaving pleasure!

new compact was introduced, it was a difficult problem to cleanse your face each time you wanted to put fresh powder on your nose! Now a very unusual compact has made its debut which has been long awaited by beauty editors.

In one of its compartments, in a little well, is a supply of saturated cotton discs which are pore-deep cleansers and delightfully cooling and refreshing to boot! A metal cover to the well preserves their moisture.

Another brush innovation comes from England. A house famed for its good brushes has designed a most The other compartment boasts of amusing affair which scatters a frag- moisture-proof powder and cake rance through your hair as you brush rouge (you have choice of shades) it to a high sheen! Easily removed and a lipstick serves as a clamp to from the back are the bristles in a hold the compact closed. No fumbl- sanitary base, and after it has been ing around your bag for your separate thoroughly cleaned you slip it back beauty aids-the four necessary ones into place with absorbent pad satur- are all together in a case ornately de- ated with your favourite fragrance signed in enamel and gold.

With a whisk of a soft goat's hair brush your skin is scented and soothed with a filter of fragrant powder in one of two famous

scents.

How's Your Hair?

High-Dress Worries

BY HELEN HUNT Famous Hollywood Halr Stylist

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For the effect here shown, part hair on side. Section front of top in pin curls. Make pin curls going upward at sides, so that they will comb into upward roll. Back is straight, ending in roll from ear to ear, made with large rollers.

Is the high hair dress becoming to you?

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Hairdressers' associations where are eager to put over the new "up" styles, and so are trying to in- duce screen stars to wear them, be- lieving that the public will follow the fashions set by stara.

In the day of Mary Pickford and Mary Miles Minter, actresses' hair styles had no effect on their fans. No girl of 18 or over felt she could go about with her hair hanging down her back in curls, as those stars did. She would have looked ridiculous.

Later, screen sirens like Naldi, Pola Negri and Barbara

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TO-DAY'S COMMANDANT Whon the shampoo is com- pleted, dry the hair bỷ hand with a towel until it is dry enough to brush easily. Try to dry your hair In the sun when possible and brush outwardly, giving the brush a half twist as you brush. This stimulates the scalp as well as lending sheen and luster to the hair.

Marr wore more sophisticated hair styles, but apparently they were not such typed hair dresses that fans no- ticed. or followed them.

Clara Bow's wild flapper wind- blown had its imitators and so did Colleen Moore's Dutch bob, but it was Greta Garbo's long bob that swept the country first. Later Ginger Rogers'. pageboy, Norma Shearer's Juliet and Claudette Colbert's bangs were copied. The platinum hair brought in by the

late Jean Harlow whitened locks from coast to coast.

To-day actresses hesitate to adopt the high hair dress, except for short sequences or for special scenes, be- cause they are afraid it will add age to their looks. It will do so for any one unless you are careful what type of hair dress you adopt.

If you are avoiding the high hair dress you may find this one flatter- ing instead.

NEXT-CONSIDER YOUR NOSE Copyright Ledger Syndicate

This is another of a series of articles on hairstyles, a most Important subject to, all women. The series is written by Holon Hunt, famous Hollywood hair stylist and head of the hair. dreasing department of Columbia Studios.

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(Relaksed by The Dell fyndicato, Ina)

The trouble with running away from a problem is that one runs right into complications.

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