The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-13
WOMAN'S REALM
Clarifying
Yourself
By Alicia Hart

Beauty ana smartneSS IN Your
hands depend less these Gays on a
long tapering nail, more on the
shape and CLEAN and subt,ety with
which your manicure says, "She
leads busy life-she is quick, clever
and charming in everything she
does.
Shorter nails are stressed by
outstanding specialists. Forced
glamor tips, extending way be-
vond the natural edge of the fling
er, they say, soon will be out for
the duration. More emphasis is
given to the natural shape of the
nail, which expresses pride in the
hands character and usefulness
as wei as in its grace. Glamor,
IN a word, is no longer enough.
Not that glamor is out. With
shorter nails in vogue your hands
need not less, but better, care.
Artful grooming is essential. More
than ever you need to know your
own hand type and the little tricks
and sound manicure procedure
which both accent the hands per-
sonality and minimize its imperfec-
tons.
ANALYZE YOUR HAND
FOR MANICURE EFFICIENCY
Why not analyze your hand and
select new efficiency manicure?
You can pick out your type by
cons ulting the accompanying
sketches. They Illustrate five
basic types by which noted cx-
pert CASTLES the hundreds of
hands which pass inspection daily
in her salon.
There is the cradle rockers
hand With apology 1t says:
Il serve my country with knit
ting needle, thread, scissors, and
by skillful homemaking.
This hand often is round, small,
plump. 1t is likely to have fingers
wide at the base and quite round
nails.
Lighter shades OF polish are in
Dictated. However, if the hand
is very broad and plump, the
fingers tapering, you might focus
your attention on the latter, more
attractive aspect by using deeper
shades of polish. A moon at the
base will make this nail seem less
round.
Next comes the craftsman type.
1t shows industry, poise, depend
ability. Many homemakers have
it. This hand, too, is small and
round, but usually it has acorn
shaped nails.
The same polish considerations
covering it entirely except for a
ever, this nail is flattered most by
cavering it entirely except for a
wing" at each side of the tip. File
it with rounGcd tip, no forced
oval.
Women with typical executives
hands are tempted unwisely TO
cut corners. Characteristically long,
square, sturdily built, these fingers
show initiative, strength OF person.
atty, verve.
Usually the nails are square and
broad. Corners preserve their
distinction; cutting destroys it,
and Weakens The nail. Rather,
,slenderize them by using deep
polish and leaving a narrow edge
of white at each side. File slightly
round
Pear-shaped nails often identi-
fly the athlete and likewise the
munitions factory worker. Deep
polish flatters this hand, especial
~ when it is short and broad OF
palm. But polish artfully appli-
ed. Lec.ving wings" at the base,
and a wide moon as well, makes
these nails look more slender and
oval.
The really oval nail of the born
glamor girls hand is possessed
quite often by the laboratory
worker, the scientist, the artist.
it you have his hand, do glorify
it. The natural oval finger-tip
should be accented by conform
ing edge, long enough to be felt
when the fist is closed, not long
enough to bite into the palm.
This is the nail to call attention
to. Leaving its natural crescent
shaped tip uncovered, and cover
ing the rounded oval base COM
gives special stress 10 its
slender beauty.
For you, the shade of the polish
can be any that suits your taste
and Whim, for your manicure
should show off your whole hand.
hand soap or q sumptuous chest of