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

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EAUTY ADVICE Carol Lombard's hands are like herself— slim, well-groomed, lovely. But they wouldn't remain so if she didn't take care of them— oh, no, indeed! They could quickly become grubby, rough and most unattractive as to fingernails if she didn't use a lotion and a hand cream and give those lustrous nails ten minutes' care a day + + + YOU don't mind if I do a little weeping on your shoulder this month, do you? I'm all upset on account of the condition of the American hand. The American feminine hand. I almost never see a pretty one. And I want you to understand that I'm not screaming for small, perfectly shaped hands either. I mean just nicely groomed, white, soft hands and pretty, lustrous nails. Most hands I see are either ill-kept or old-looking or hoth. Even ladies of great wealth and high degree are so frantically pursuing outdoor sports these days that their hands look fifty years old when they're twenty-five. The ladies on' the Continent have the right idea. There, a lovely hand is important. Perhaps that's because a Frenchman or an Italian will pay compliments to a pretty hand, while an Write to Mary Biddle about your own beauty problems. She'll be delighted to help you in working them out. You may write more than once if you like. Address Mary Biddle, MODERN SCREEN, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Enclose a threecent stamped, self-addressed envelope, please American gentleman doesn't give a whoop, as long as a rudimentary cleanliness is observed. But please, ladee-eez of the society for better looking manual extremities, let us, in the name of beauty, give more attention to our hands. We'll sit down at our dressing tables and admit a lot of things: we'll admit that our hands are not small; that they're not particularly well-shaped ; that the fingers are stubby at the ends, perhaps, instead of beautifully tapering. And we'll admit that all those things don't really matter. Then we'll admit some things that do matter : that the skin has a rough, granular look; that the cuticle is something terrible; that the nails are filed in the wrong 6 Hands! Learn these simple rules to keep them lovely. Other hints, too, in profusion shape: that the tips of the nails have a grayish look, although one couldn't actually call them dirty; and that the polish we are wearing is too bright and too red for our mode of life. If you look aboui among your favorite movie stars, you'll find precious few truly beautiful hands, as classic beauty is judged. Constance Bennett and Dolores Del Rio are the only stars I can think of at the moment who have the tiny, slender, tapering hands poets rave about. But you'll never see an illgroomed hand among the movie stars ! They're all lovely with the loveliness that care and time can give. Most of them show character. I'm thinking of Ruth Chatterton's expressive hands, which are not beautiful according to the artist's standards. And Joan Crawford's, which look so strong. But I'll leave the character part of it to you and talk So draw up your chairs, everybody. FIRST, washing. Never use very cold or very hot water to wash your hands. Tepid water is best. Never use a soap that you wouldn't use on your face. Use a soap that is free from animal fats. Use a nail brush, not onlv on the nails, but on your whole hand. Yes, go on, scrub 'em well— it won't hurt you. It'll scour away a lot of dead tissue that causes so many hands to look rough. It stimulates circulation, too, and takes away the coldness and clamminess you find so disagreeable m a handshake. Dry your hands (Continued on page 89) about the grooming.