1947-03-29 — Page 5

SATURDAY · FEATURE

WOMANSENSE

BEAUTY QUIZ

By LOIS LEEDS

Posed for Lois Leeds.

Here's a Beauty Quiz from me to accessory. Exomple-Purple

you.

Do you select colours that flatter your Face and your Figure?

Do you ever think before you buy accessories-"Will they go with the clothes that I have? Are they suit- able for what I do, where 1 go?".

Do you buy a hat just because it's pretty? Do you stop to consider the way that you wear your hole, the type of clothes that you will wear with It? Do you select a hat "frame" your face?

to

Do you keep your gloves elean or do you say, "Oh, it doesn't mat- ter," and go on wearing gloves that need cleaning and with the Angern in need of repair?

your

Do you forgét

to put on powder base and go out looking)

"blotchy" and shiny?

really look into your

eye-

shadow is lovely when a bunch of violets is worn at the throat, Green gloves can be cleverly accented by Green eyeshadow.

Teen-agers!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1947,

The Royal tour evening gowns

royal

Evening gowns wardrobe for South Africa are elaborately embroidered and be- Jewelled. These sketches by Bat- ternby show?

Left: Princess Elizabeth's Hart- nell evening dress, reminiscent of the Stuart period. In soft lime green slik taffeta, full sleeves are low on at: off-the-shoulder neckline. Antique gold motifs are newn at Intervals over the entire dress-gold stars and flowers, and sprays of thy gold leaves and beads.

Mother won't

this make-up

THEN father or mother say

ta their

14-year-old by Jill Morrison

daughter, "Take that

their

"Do you forget to wear the acces-; sories that make you look well muck off your face"-it may looks at all. Far from it. This is groomed, such as a string of pearls, be a bit harsh on make-up, but the time when they should be pre-

bracelet, a clip?

up to a point, they're right. paring the foundations of Do you comb your hair in public? | There's something about cos- future good appearance, Are you always late for your ap-metics on the very young skin pointments? Do you

that makes the wearer look mirror when you are putting on precocious rather than attrac- tive. The early teens are probably the only time in a girl's whole life when she can be independent of any help in this respect and still look her -best..

your makeup?

Do you apply your lipstick care- fully, placing a tissue between the lips to remove excess lipstick? Think over these questions.

Your Quiz to Me

1

What perfume best suits Blonde?-Light flower fragrances.

What shade of eyeshadow is most becoming to a brown-eyed girl?- Green eyeshadow glyes depth Brown eyes.

¿

to

to

Must eyeshadow be matched the colour of one's eyes?—No, it is more "eye appealing" to match it to the color of your dress or to

And when mother says “muck,” difficult it was, only the day before, she's probably remembering how

to persuade her teen-nger to wash! As I do, she shudders to think what her girl might be doing to her skin-piling stuff on it before she's really learned how to take dirt off. But this doesn't mean that icen agers shouldn't be interested in their

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Centre: Wom over an authentio white silk-covered crinoline frame is one of the Queen's beautiful crinoline gOWNS.

Made of thick white slipper satin, the wide low neckline and huge kkiri is crusted with gold and glit- ter.

Right: One of the prettiest frocks in Princess Margaret's selection of tulle evening dresses, of cring whlte tulle, it is embroidered with delicate opalescent Bowers In pink, pale blue and liver.

mind

Upatick-but Too early yet for

ilp-salve can be used glycerine or on lips that tend to crack.

BY

Y the time you're sixteen you will have mastered these fun- damentals of "beauty culture, and can safely put on some make-up for partics.

But avoid a theatrical appearance. You haven't had time to acquire the poise-you need to wear it success- fully.

You know how silly un older woman seems when she tries to be- have like someone of your age.

Don't make the same mistake the other way round.

Your aim is to get good Your tools for the job? Simply without anyone being able to detect toothbrush, hairbrush, nailbrigh, the make-up. Here's how to do it. Cosmetics?

On a clean skin-use just a film of good shampoo, colourless foundation cream. Choose toothpaste, soap and water-all used"

ม powder one lone darker with enthusiasm.

than your skin for the most natural of effect.

For the rest, fresh air, plenty sound sleep and exercise.

A simple hair style, depending on the shine of your hair for its effect, is best for you. Tapered, It will be easily kept tidy. Neatness general- ly is a good habit you should deve- lop.

AB

BOVE all, cultivate the habit of washing your face and neck EVERY NIGHT before bed- time..

Don't get a.complex about the shine on your nose. On a healthy skin It's attractive. So much so, In fact, that there's a craze in America at present, among older women even, for "buffering" the face after make- up has been applied, to achieve this youthful effect of shine.

Only when it's excessive and due to greasiness need you bother, and In that case powder won't help. It

bluckthends may even cause

and

open pores if used carelessly. It is much better to cure the greasy con- dition.

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New York Spring Silhouette

By DOROTHY

ROE

"Hussy" styles, daring but discreet, are the news of Jo Copeland's spring fashion col- lection, shown for members of the visiting fashion press, in New York for the semi-annual style showings.

Miss Copeland, famous for her sleek cocktail suita and dressy after- feminine noon styles, goes in for allure in a big way this season. Gowns which are skin tight through the torso, and adrolily draped to ac- cent hipline and bustline curves.

Drapery, berthas, puffed peplums, hip swathing and casending ruffles are all employed by the unterrifled Miss Copeland to dramatise the female form divine. She accents the long torso line, prevalent throughout all collections, uses her drapery or flounces placed low on the skirt, and sometimes adds a pro- vocative slit.

Anne Miller shows "white collar girl" styles such as a black and white shepherd's check suil with a green silk blouse, a white collar and tle. A black silk fallle suit results black

has a "dictionary print" blouse and lapels, showing French phrases and their translation.

The collection... also features a middy top silhouette, and balloon sleeves on ashantung sult with cocoa bolero-and-1

-black skirt, Clare Potter, one of the winners fashion of last year's American critics' award, greets the return Irish linens with pure joy, and shows a series of summer spectator sports and evening dresses in this glamour fabric.

and

Use a light-toned lipstick smooth it in with the little Anger Leave it to set, then press the lips together on a piece of paper to re- move the surplus and leave only the colour.

Nothing looks worse on a teen- nger than a very heavily made-up mouth.

Never pluck eyebrows to a thin line. Remove the stray hairs from under the brow-line only. Take off any powder still clinging to and lashes with a wet finger.

brows

IN the later teens you can use

this make-up every day. Be just a little bolder for special occa- sions with a brighter lipstick and a touch of rouge blended cleverly in the right places.

Her hand-painted cottons arc again featured in her collection, in outfits for daytime, playme and evening, all colourful, original and gay. **A highlight of her "At Home". outfits is a pink blouse with plented peplum, worn with black taffeta pants.

She likes country clothes, being a member of the landed gentry her- self, and shows the kind of casual, colourful country dinner dresses that all women love. These often have drawstring necks and waist- lines, and are done in splashy hund- painted cottons, which can be laun- dered with the family wash and still come up smiling.---Associated

You can Indulge, in the paler shades of nail varnish. These go well with the less sophisticated type of clothes so becoming to your age. Press.

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When violets and primroses peep. from the hedgerows, and delicate wood, anemones hide their tragila beauty in the woods; when blue-

bells spread in a heavenly carpet around the grey green arid silver bolcs of birch and beech trees; and later, when wild roses festoon the hedges and give a bridal air to sum- mer, it is a poor heart that does not beat thankfulness at this ever- repeated miracle.

Perhaps that is why a gift of flowers has a beauty all its own.

From the willing posy offered from the hot band of ittle child to the rare blooms an admirer sends to his lady, a bouquet retains this magic quality, suggesting a delicate compliment of love and regård,

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men-

· I am glad our national emblem is the rose; “and I am glad all the sweetest things sound awcetor when: they are "nid with flowers,”

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