Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-07
Eyebrows and LAshes.

"Oh, dear" sighed young woman
the other day. There is so much to
this beauty business. First it's the fig
ure, then the complexion, then it's my
hair, my hands and my nails"
Quite true, there is great deal to
this business Of trying to make the most
of ones beauty, and even our young
friends list of subjects to be considered
is far from complete. She forgot to
mention important details such as dou-
BILE chins and chinlines, facial wrin-
kles, dry skin, oily skin, blackheads,
enlarged pores, eyes and eyebrows, sal
lownesS, old-lookinC ears, attractive
coiffures, becoming colors and clothes,
artistic makeup; one might 60 on and
on. While all this may seem somewhat
formidable, wouldn't it really be much
worse If beauty was absolutely depend
ent upon just one essential? AS 1t Is.
practically every one has at least some
claim to beauty. The girl who Is not
blessed with a peaches-and-cFeam COM
plexion may have figure so dainty
that she is most attractive; or another
may have q skin so perfect that one
hardly notices that her figure is rather
angular and ungainly.
It has long been conceded that 1t
its not only the right but also the duty
of every girl and woman to be as beau
tiful as possible. This being true, it
surely behooves every woman to ana
lyze herself carefully, find out what
claims to beauty she may have, make
the most of these and find out just
what she needs to develop, and then
learn just how to emphasize her good
points and minimize her poorer ones.
Every one can think Of some woman
among her acquaintance whose out
standing claim to loneliness comes from
beautiful pair Of eyes, with long, curl
shaped eyebrows.
These features can do much toward
making the eyes themselves appear
more colorful, deep and lovely. A
bright, happy expression, however, will
do much toward making any eyes at
tractive, regardless of their color. The
eye color itself Is, of course, inherited
and cannot be altered at will. How
ever, there are ways and means Of CIV
ing 1t q more attractive appearance by
being careful In the selection OF colofs
for costumes, jewelry, hats and access
series. Eye shadow and eyebrow PEN
cils may be used for deepening or ae-
centuating the color over and under the
eyes for evening wear under artificial
lighting.
fortunately the style of plucking the
eyebrows until nothing was left but a
tiny line of hairs Is past. A few years
ago this fad was prevalent. One saw the
most astonishing and unnatural effects,
exaggerated curves, straight lines and
mismated pairs of eyebrows. But the
biggest disadvantage of the plucked eye
brow is not only its inartistic shape, but
the care 1t requires. Milady found that
the hairs grew in so rapidly and looked
so untidy that they must be tweezed out
over an over again. Like other extreme
fads this one had only very short ex-
iStence and now the natural but well
groomed eyebrow has returned to stay.
However, there are cases when the re-
Inoval Of q few struggling hairs about
the brows is very desirable. When the
eyebrows appear to join over the bridge
of the nose they give a severe and some
times rnalevolent expression to an
otherwise attractive face. Eyebrows of
this type make the eyes seem too close
together. The most satisfactory way of
dealing with these super1uous hairs is
to have them permanently removed by
electrolysis. This is q permanent way
of removing the Objectionable hairs, but
1t Is a very tedious task and, of course,
takes considerable time when the brows
are heavy, and 1t is expensive.
The hairs should never be shaved OF
or taken on with depilatory. Tweezing
them out at regular intervals is better,
though, Of course, they will continue to
grow in again. One must be careful not
to make too much space between the
inner ends of the eyebrows. because this
will give vacant expression to the face
Struggling hairs on the upper eyelid just
under the eyebrow should be removed
with tweezers In order to give q neat
appearance. To remove the undesired
struggling hairs, first apply . hot COM
press made from clean absorbent cotton.