Evening star., 1935-04-03


VERY now and then I receive
- letters from groups OF girls
who have included beauty cul-
ture as a part of their club
program. These up-and-com-
ing members of the younger gener-
alton are interested in everything
connected with smart, attractive
personal appearance, from correct
makeup to becoming clothes and the
etiquette of nail varnishes. So today
I am taking up number OF beauty
questions for the benefit Of these girls
and others who have the same prob
lens.
l. The use and abuse of makeup
is one of the most obvious OF these.
Is 15-year-old girl too young to paint
artificial roses on her cheeks, powder
her nose and use mascara? While
this question comes to me again and
again, I think that the consensus
among her contemporaries is that
girl in her early teens should not look
madeup. The effect is too much like
that achieved by small sister when
she dons mothers long skirts and
high-heeled slippers. The chief charm
of the teen-age girl is her genuine
youthfulness, which the older woman
is doing her best to counterfeit. She
looks silly made up like a movie star
and does not deceive any one INTO
thinking that the artificial colorlng
is real There is no reasonable OBJ
lection to a little makeup for evening
parties, because electric lights make
one look pale. 1t is the girls OF IA or
so VINO write me by the scores about
their enlarged pores and blackheads.
The young girls complexion Is more
delicate than the older Woman'S, and
that is why the pores are more easily
coarsened by deposits of powder ana
rouge. Then, too, the Oil glands in
the skin are often unusually active at
this period of life, and it takes many
applications of powder during the
day to take off the oily shine.
2. What beauty aids does a girl OF
high school age really need?
First and foremost, she needs
mild facial soap to use twice day.
A complexion brush should be used
with a circular motion to rub up the
lather and stimulate the skin. Thor
ough rinsing is essential. A number
of cold rinseS should finish the treat
ment. There are times, especially
after exposure to wind and weather,
when even young skin becomes
rather dry in places. 1t then needs
massage with an oil tissue cream
Lips need this oil cream often. Cold
water is an adequate astringent for
the young girls skin. When some
thing stronger is needed for enlarged
pores and excessive oiliness a good
brand of aStringent lotion may be
used. A hand lotion should be in
cluded in the beauty kit also mani
cure preparations. a liquid shampoo
soap, bath brush. face and body
powder, rouge and hpstick for eve
ming wear, dentifrice and tooth
brushes, hair brush and comb. a nail
brush, absorbent cotton and tissue
squares for removing cold cream.
8. Should deep red nail varnishes
be worn at school? In my opinion
it is more youthful and in better taste
to use the paler, natural shades in
the daytime. The vivid shades, when
used at all, should be considered part
of the decorative scheme of an eve
ming ensemble-like jewelry.
f. How can the thin girl become
fatter and the stout one simmer?
My leaflets, How to Gain Weight
and Safe and Sane Reducing tell
how to control and develop the figure.
shall be glad to mail copy to any
reader of this column who sends me
a request accompanied by a Scent
stamped, self-addressed enevelope.