Evening star., 1954-10-03
GLomou IS Their Business
janet Leigh Growing Up Is Interesting

member q red dress I bought.
It was expensive and ! wore
1t to every party ! attended.
It was so wrong, but at that
time I chose 1t because I
thought 1t would make me
stand out.
''I remember looking at the
poised, glamorous personals
ties and being awed by them.
It never occurred to me that
at one time they were as awk-
ward and unsure as I was. It's
a mistake to let yourself be
discouraged by this type Of
Sophistlcation because it is
possible for you to acquire all
the things they have achieved.
Almost every girl in her
teens wants to look older"
Janet continued. ''She will
wear longer earrings, wells and
tight black dresses, but this
only calls attention to her ex-
treme youth because there Is
no inner sophistication to 60
with it.
Be Honest With Self
"The most important thing
is always to be honest with
yourself and choose clothes
which express you and in
which you feel comfortable. 1t
is a great mistake to be in
fluencei by a salesgirl who
gives you a big pitch about
what you can wear. Remem-
ber, she is generally more in
terested in a sale than in
what is right for you.
"You haye to learn to an
alyze yourself as well as 9th
ers. Be objective. This is not
easy it took me a long time
to learn how to look at myself
impersonally. Be grateful for
your good points and play
them up but also learn to
make the best Of the things
that can't be changed.
I'm buying clothes expect
to make mistakes but profit
by them and try never to make
that error again. You have to
learn not to be awed by a
)u:urier's name, the expen-
sive tag, or how beautiful it
looks on the model. The i'm
portant question is what does
it do for me?'
"This applies to hair. too,"
Janet explained. II cut my
hair short for Naked Spur
and it was right for that part
but personally / like It long
because I can wear it loose or
pin it up. The fact that short
hair is the fashion does not
influence me.
Lovely Hair
Janet has lovely hair-soft
and shining.
1T brush it a lot" she said.
"and wash it every other day.
When I'm not on a picture I
do it myself and dry it with a
hand dryer. When I have an
early appointment the next
day, I have to go to bed with 1t
In pin curls but I always wear
a cap.
"But to return to the subject
of growing up, an important
point is to learn how to take
criticism but to discrimate be-
tween what is constructive and
what is catty.
''PoiSe comes with an IN
quiring mind: with a desire for
learning and with a realiza-
ton that almost every person
who seems SO learned now was
at one time insure"
Janet wears no makeup
base or powder. IF you have
a good skin love to see that
shiny look" she explained.
"And almost every girl can
have a good skin if she learns
how to keep it clean. So often
you cream off your makeup
and think your face is clean,
but there is just enough cook
left to clog your pores and ruin
your complexion. This is why
I prefer to remove my makeup
with a special solution which
washes of. There are several
popular ones.
"A makeup girl at MGM
told me about this. You
smooth it over your face, wet
your fingers and it fathers.
Then I hold a washcloth with
hot water over my face, to open
the pores before rinSing 1t OF.
It really has worked very well
with me-"
I wanted to know If Janet's
skin didn't get dry without
creams.
II use a milky lotion when
I've been horseback riding or
in the sun. But I do watch
it and when I find my skin is
drying out, I shall change be-
cause I think it's very import
ant to know when to start
doing more"