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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 19, 1938.

Brush For Hair IS Coming

Beauty

USING a brusit for beauty!

Our..grandmothers" would have been horrified at the very thought.

Yet to-day, when wonen are better looking and younger looking than ever they were, good brush- for such a lot. inlr work counts

the that is regularly brushed in smartest and healthiest, and same applies to complexions.

the Your

skin cannot be really clean nor your make-up well-groomed without the akl of at least two brushes,

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Most of us nowadays use a

to renove surplus plexion brushi powder and tidy up the face gener- ally. After powder has been pressed on to the skin with a large soft puff, the brush spreads it evenly and leaves a rofl malt surface with no hint of patches and caking. It pre- vents that "scrubbed on" look that badly made-up faces have.

But the other complexion brush does even more valuable work. Skin that many men specialists tell us have excellent healthy skins because of the stimulating massage effect of their shaving brushes. The action of the bristles stirs up the sluggish glands and nerves beneath the skin; the soap and warm water whirled round in the brush cleans the face as nothing else can. Herce are fewer inen than women reach middle-age with double chins and sagging face contours. Regular Facial Treatment

there who

As a result of this, nowaday benu- ty specialists are advocating regular facial treatments with sonped brush. It is excellent for greasy and rather heavy skins, It you use a special skin brush and a really good superfalted or

grean soup.

Down

A new

Countess Haugwitz- Re- rentlow favours. this style -wings taken off the side of the face and an out- turned roll curl at the back.

"SALT SERVICE"

Once a week is enough for the averCALT will clear a Are required for age complexion; twice if your skin grilling. It will also stop smoke is very olly,

uni blaze if sprinkled on anything that is burning

Use tepid water only and work up

a very inild lather. Brush with a

Copper articles should be cleaned This will

circular movement for about a with lemon juice and salt minute, then wash off very thorough-remove any verdigris.

ly with warm water. Never allow

the soap to dry on your skin, and

To remove stains frem Maths und

complete the stimulation by brush.wash-basins, rub with dry salt be- Finish with the brush dipped in cold fore cleaning in the ordinary way. water to close the pores.

Choked sink pipes can be cleared

Face brushing is best done at night by pouring bolling salt water down. after the skin lins been cleansed with

When soup has been over-salted,

a_good quality cold cream. Wipe add a peeled and halved potato. This off the excess and then begin work will absorb the surplus sitt. with soap and brush. Pay particu-

tar attention to the crevices where

dust and binckheads gather at the

about

at the Back

ent

Thebius - WaPe (above)

which softens short hack hair- contoursZ------ the site hair taken up unl off face. Coiffure by Emile, who holds the royal weer- rant for Queen Elizabeth's hair-dressing,

On the left in a hair. down-the-back style, which will be a future vogue. The side hair is taken up and twined over the head. Back hair curled in Victorian ringlets, with short curls on brow-top.

Christmas

BRISTMAS gifts this year combine economy and

novelty with the practical.

BATH CONFETTI, colourful as it sounds. Resembles tinted cachous-in in container with cork base and lid, Produces for bathroom convenience,

a foun and colours the bath exotic- ully.

Coloured BATH COMPACT FLOWERS which dissolve into foam o contact with water, and ure ur- ranged like a posy in a circular silver

box.

"NIGHTIE" CASES take the shape of supercilious sitin dogs, with silk- fringed ears and feet,

Serving the same purpose are dulls daintily clothed in checked taf- fela crinolines and poke bonnets, an amazed inquiring expression in their blue eyes.

HOT-WATER-BOTTLE

COVERS

UESE hair styles have a special significance at a time when hairdressers

are being asked whether the Edwardian style is a permanency. Mayfair experts now believe that even the return of the picture' dress not see the Edwardian colore universally adopted.

Imve achieved a new importance in Hair will not stay up at the back, except on the few it really favours. Parls, where wool Polar bent cub chicken are among the those with slender throats and well-shaped heads. Iv involves too much and fluffy time in the busy woman's day and takes a hidr-dresser ten to fifteen ex-latest designs. tra minules to comb out and arrange after setting..

chin and sides of the nose, but work same careful day-time make-up, and generally in an outward, semi-rotary it will repay you well with smooth ination. Rinse in clear water and and youthful beauty. If it has

special will then try by patting, never course sallow look, let-it have rubbing.

brush cleansing of its own once a week, with n final applica- Whatever you do, don't forget your tion of a mild astringent instead of neck. Give it the same brush cold water. treatment, the same cleansing, the

A. B. C.

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CHRISTMA Gifts

HERE ARE A FEW ITEMS from our coMPREHENSIVE

RANGE OF MOST APPROPRIATE GIFTS

PERFUMERY

BY ALL THE FAMOUS

MAKERS

YURTH

GIRDLES, BELTS, HANDKERCHIEFS, GLOVES, SCARVES, STOCKINGS, HATS,. SHOES, UNDERWEAR,

ETC., ETC.;

- DOLLS seem to have followed fa- shion. The Victorian doll, thirly Inches in height, complete with quaint silk dress, many petticoats and parasol, may take the honours while the Princess in popularity; Elizabeth doll has a fresh party frock nota palest pink.

Side hair and the hair which tops the brow, however, will continue to take up. There will be more soft, fan-like forehead fringes, but heavy ones.

Hale falling softly in the nape of the neck marks a complete reversal of the page-boy era, which has lasted because it stayed so tidily sleek.

Soft broken-up, curls, even ring. lets, will emphasise many feminine heads before the New Year.

ban

CHANGING STYLE

HANGE' over a hairstyle after a shampoo rather between shampoos, 10 avoid bruised sensation to scalp.

Sleeping in pinned-up hair will not pointed slightly

but insert pins harra the hair,

outward to nvold pricking scalp.

When encouraging natural wave, The ringlets version has been study your parting. Hair nearly al- angle, ways grows at an oblique adopted by the Duchess of Kent, Start the wave at an angle at which though she is one of the few who hair starts out from parting. If it cap look charming with an Edwar-falls slightly forward, the first wave should be coaxed to come towards brow, then taken back.

dian colure and often adopts it.

If hair falls back from parting, talte first wave back, then bring for

• The tidiest way to dispose of long(ward un to brow. Similarly with side-pieces which have now one

short curls on top of head.

If hair refuses to respond to pin-

upwerd is to roll and twine them 'control use combs, but place them on top of the head.

Back hair in Victorian type two- Inch long ringlets-centre front hair In short curls. This is quite simple to comb and arrange once "set,"

before curling ends of hair over, so that they are not too obvious.

When taking up the hair merely for an evening or special occasion, to which are attached Use combs wired velvet bows In black, or in ribbon to match your gown.

Nail Biting In Children

How To Cure It:

NAIL biting is an unpleasant habit which in time becomes a menuce

health.

Fingers are frequently dirty; and pieces of nails, if swallowed, are liable to irritate the stomach and bowels, Persistent biting may lead to breaks in the skin, with the entry of germs and a septic Anger.

Nail-biters are frequently shunned by other children.. A quite usual outcome of this is an inferiority complex with murked nervous- ness, mainly twitchings, dreams and nightmares.-

Do not delay corrective measures. Keep the nails alert and give the child a manicure set will directions on using it. Simulate a wish to have well-kept nails like its parents,

Improve, the general health by increased outdoor exercise and ade- quate nourishing food and encourage, congenial companions who are not nail biters.

Children should wear wachable gloves in bed, while during the day their nails should be painted with something unpleasant, yet harmless,

such as aloca.

Cures are often hastened by having a dentist fit metal caps to the bock teeth to prevent the front ones closing tightly. These should not be worn longer than necessary, otherwise the teetli will decay.

Occasionally, it may be advisable to consult a paych-therapist with n view to hypnotle treatment,

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