The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-25
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NEA service staR Writer
By Alicia Hart

If you know her quite casually and haven't really definite knowledge about her personal tastes and pre- ferences, don't give her beauty prep arations for Christmas. The laven- der you adore may smell just plain musty to her. A powder someone recommended may make her skin look sallow and her appreciation of your judgment less flattering. If, however, you, know her fair lv well or have had a chance to 0b- serve closely her skin and the prep
 arations she generally keeps on her dressing table, you can't go wrong
 by picking cosmetics. There probably isn't a girl or woman who doesn't
 adore them-the more she gets the merrier her Christmas.
 A bottle of perfume, of course, is
 the gift de luxe. Pick it because you know the recipient will like the odor and because it is a good brand which won't lose its spicy or floral
 scent son after she gets it. Remem-
 Der that a diminutive dacon of her
 favorite, expensive perfume is g much smarter buy than several
 ounces of something she'll give to
 the maid the oay after Christmas. Perfume in Small Vials Nowadays, most manufacturers realizing that American women
 have become educated to good
 perfumes, put their best brands
 in small vials as well as large, handsome bottles. One house has copied exactly its large containers and sells replicas of them in dram sizes.
 Consider bath preparations for any and all women. Next to per- fumery, these are considered the height of luxury. She may in- dulge in creams and she has to have makeup; but, especially if her income is at all limited, you can safely wager she doesn't buy bath salts, jugs of body lotions, exquisite soaps and handsome boxes of bath powder.
 Undoubtedly, a 1ong-handled bath brush, packed with nail brush and tooth brushes to match will make gratitude to your burn brightly in her heart for months to come.
 If you've heard her say (all wo- men say it) that it's 8 bore and nuisance always to have to switch lipstick, compact, comb and mirror from one purse to another, how about one Cor even two or three) of the new utility purse envelopes with space for all the things she has to carry. Fill at least one with a sup- ply of her favorite daytime or even- ing cosmetics.
 Other Practical Presents
 A huge bottle of toilet water, an equally large one of hand lotion, half 8 dozen giant cakes of expen- sive bath soap, three or four lip- sticks in 8 set, 8 half-pound jar of her favorite cleansing or tissue cream-all these are practical as well as luxury presents.
 Compacts, for evening and for street, are more intriguing than ever. The sports-minded girl will ap- preciate the stunning leather ones, attached to cords and fobs which are to be worn through lapel or buttoned to the pocket of riding brooches.
 For one who brides herself on items which match, there are new and unusual compact, lipstick and mascara sets of sleek suede, silver, gold and enamel. Jeweled compacts, for evening, are slim and small, yet have space for everything. One nice vanity of this type has cigarette compartment that slides forward to reveal space for loose powder and rouge. Others, in and in tapestry, are so well equipped that they take the place of evening bags.
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