Evening star., 1941-11-23
"A HEAD START TO Beauty
Use of hair rinses may
mean makeup changes
70 avoid color clashes
%%~sts Blythe


Greet color aids to enliven dull hair
or to cover up flock of tell-tale grays.
But if you do heighten the color.
use your hair as guide in choosing
your complexion. for even a slight
alteration in hair tones upsets the
natural color harmonies of hair and
skin. So. let the makeup experts.
with whom l discussed this problem.
steer you in the right direction.
But before we 60 further. let US
make the point clear that the advice
in this article refers only to makeup.
We assume that if you are using color
aids on your hair you are already
applying them expertly as far as hair
is concerned. - and for discreet
effects only.
With that in mind, then, tip num-
Der one is: see that your face doesn't
out-shine your hair. Second. if you
have lightened or frightened the
shade of your hair. now do the same
thing for your skin tones. Conversely.
if you darken your hair, then darken
your skin. tones with makeup, not
only for the sake of general har-
mony but to keep down harsh and
unfattering contrast that ages your
face and advertises your secret.
Now, let's get down to cases. Sup
pose, for example, you've swung a
mop of dull or fading hair over on the
golden. the oaken-brown or the titan
side. Well. your makeup should 60
light or bright in the same degree
as your hair. BY light or bright. the
experts mean the clear, sparkling and
pastel shades of makeup. not the
sharp, famboyant or sultry shades
that vie with your hair for attention.
Only One Way
HE only way to tighten or brighten
your skin convincingly is to use
tinted makeup base, plus color
enforcing powder. Powder Of itself
is not enough. Nor can you duplicate
Natures best effects with powder and
rouge, of themselves. A tinted make
up base. however, used under your
powder sheerly for color-strength will
brighten your face as an artists gold
wash brightens canvas. and at the
same time it will give the illusion of a
lively skin tone that you can call your
very own. If your skin is on the pale,
white side, snap it up to healthy
pink with foundation and powder.
Where it inclines toward the sallow.
swing it over to the rosy side with
tawny-pink complexion aid. If the
skin-tone is definitely olive. enliven
it with a rich honey-colored makeup.
Your Ipstick and rouge take their
color cue directly from the predomi-
mating tone in your hair, which is
either gold, yellow or red. So, your
best bits in lipstick and rouge are in
the small arc of the red spectrum that
begins with yellow and ends with
brown. But keep these makeup aids
in the pastel range of shades. Your
cue comes from Nature when she
turns out a blonde with fair hair and
delicate coloring such as Burne-Jones
painted.
Since eyelashes and eyebrows are
a dead give-away. unless you don't
camoufage their original color. make
up for these tell-tale tufts is impor-
tant. If the general tone of your hair
is more yellow than red, the most
natural-looking coating for brows and
lashes is a neutral or tannish brown.
But if you've been successful in run
ming up titan tones in your hair.
the red-brown crayon and mascara
are your best color tools.
Eyelashes are not the easiest things
in the world to coat all the way with
color, since the roots are hard to get
to. But you can turn the trick with a
square-edged brush, not unlike lip
stick brush, used to stalk down one
lash at a time with your darkening