Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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BEAUTY ADVICE Do cold wintry blasts make your skin rough and harsh? This well known beauty expert tells you how you may avoid this Dear People: Instead of printing pictures of your favorite stars powdering their noses or giving themselves shampoos, I'm going to use this space every now and then to jot down little items which might be of interest to you. They'll be items which are not strictly applicable to beauty, but which are applicable to the problem of more attractive, alluring individuality. First: I've noticed here and there among smart, tastefully dressed women that violently red fingernails are still in favor. This, in spite of what beauty experts say about scarlet nail polish being passe. So you can suit yourself. Personally, I hate long, red fingernails. I suppose you know that the Eugenie hat, as it was originally introduced into the country, is thoroughly "out." Very much modified versions of it are much more chic. The Eugenie and Renaissance influences are much in evidence in evening clothes. Short jackets are still good, so if your only fur coat is hopelessly short and you can't afford a new one, whack the old one off at the hipline and have a furrier remodel it. Wear woolen dresses and pray that the winter won't be too severe. Blonds, they say, are favored. The hair dye business is doing rather well. Use your own judgment. Don't make the mistake of wearing fussy clothes to any footbail games you may attend. Casual, but smart, sport clothes are the thing. I'll be keeping my eyes open for more jottings for next month. Mary Biddle By MARY BIDDLE I THINK I'll just ramble around a bit this month, if you don't mind. I have before me several grubby little bits of paper on which are scribbled such cryptic little reminders as "Dis. eld. wther. eff. on beaut." Which, being interpreted, means, "Discuss the effect of cold weather on beauty." And then there's "Men. new hr. ton. and hnd. crm." That means, "Mention new hair tonic and hand cream." Don't be too impatient— I'll elaborate in a moment. First, the cold weather problem. It seems that we no sooner finish repairing the ravages of summer heat and sun than we have to commence thinking about icy winds and chapping cold. Most people, as a matter of fact, look better in the winter than they do in the summer. Make-up doesn't run away in trickles of perspiration and marcels and waterwaves stay put for a much longer time. But there are definite winter problems just as there are definite summer problems. The biggest problem is chapping of hands, face, and lips, and that horrible, raw-beef redness which assails delicate skins. You all know, of course, that it is sensible to use lotion or cream steadily to combat these ugly things. I'm not going to tell you anything as fundamental as that. But I would like to offer a few suggestions that may help to keep skins smooth and white and attractive all through the winter. Be sure to dry your hands and face thoroughly. "Good heavens!" you say. "Anyone would have sense enough to do that !" I'm not sure. I know that for my own part, especially in the office, I often have given my hands a hasty and perfunctory dabbing on roller tissue or a coarse, unabsorbent towel and let it go at that. Take time to dry your hands and face thoroughly — and your body, too, after bathing. As to lotions, there are a score of them, and at least half a dozen are tried and popular the world over. I advise everyone to use a hand lotion during the winter, anyway. There's a new one that has just come to my attention which is a splendid skin softener. It's a thick liquid and you only need to use a little bit to do the trick. Mothers of small babies might note that it's excellent for chaffing. It has a slightly medicinal odor (which doesn't last after you apply it to the skin) and the base seems to be glycerine. HAVE you ever longed for a cream which would do everything— cleanse, soften, tone up the skin, and act as a powder base? Well, cheer up. There'll be one on the market in a very good brand in just a few minutes. I'll speak of it again. One other thing about cold weather problems : eat more — that is, unless you're very much over weight. Eat more fats and sugars. You'll not only feel better, but the results will show in your complexion, too. Changing the subject, I want to tell you about something that I wouldn't believe if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. I ran into a friend of mine the other clay whom I hadn't seen for three years. At that time she had just undergone a severe illness. Naturally, her whole system suffered but perhaps the most tragic thing of all was the effect of the illness on her beautiful hair. It had been a beautiful golden blond, and it became absolutely colorless and showed signs of becoming grey. However, when I saw her just recently, her hair was again shining and blond — not quite as light as it used to be, but lovely, just the same. "Well," I said, "so you finally decided to up and dye it." My friend said that she had not dyed it — that the steady use of a hair tonic — the name of which was entirely unknown to me before — had restored her hair to health and beauty and color. She said that she'd started to use this tonic without much hope — with that oh-well-things-couldn't-beworse attitude. She didn't want to dye her hair and had, as a matter of fact, become resigned to her fate. She just thought the tonic might make her hair thicker, that was all. The re(Continued on page 103) 11