Picture Play Magazine (1938)

65 OUOiTIOKS Y LAURA BENHAM fxm T YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BE GIFTS OF CHARM AND FRAGRANCE )F course, you're all knee-deep in Christmas lists this month! But whether you do your shopping early or wait until five minutes before the stores close on Christmas Eve, I believe you'll find cosmetics the ution to most of your gift problems. For the nicest gifts are those that look gay and frivolous \ completely luxurious, yet have practical virtues berth their holiday wrappings. Gifts that afford pleasure ig after the holly wreath have been taken down and the hts stripped from the tree. Certainly cosmetics meet both these requirements, and year they are more handsome, more varied and more satile than ever before. In fact, there's a gift to suit tv taste and every budget as well as every name on ir list. 5o, after scouting around for several months, visiting nufacturers both large and small, looking at gift sets it cost seventy-five dollars and others priced at fifty cent-. 1 going to tell you about the ones I consider the cream the crop. I hope it will make your shopping easier. To begin with, there are the lovely Elizabeth Arden gifts ging from the expensive, elaborate beauty kits to the ■itirk that makes a perfect stuffing for the toe of a Christs stocking. 3f them all, the kit that caught my eye was one containgenerous sizes of everything necessary for skin care & make-up, even including a large jar of the new Velva isque, which is an entire facial in itself. Packaged in an ractive pink box. thi< one of the mediumced kits that would ke a perfect gift for jr mother or for any ler woman to whom wish to give someng really fine and missive. Then, opposite any mber of names on ir list you may well ite "June Geranium isting Powder and ap Set." For this Ar1 duo is both smartking and luxurious I is the sort of gift :ry woman enjoys. It's prisingly modest in ce. too. lipsticks always make e gifts, and this sea son Elizabeth Arden has inn a hand of jewels down the golden case of her famous mirror lipstick, making il even lovelier than before. You can have your choice of simulated rubies, emeralds or sapphires, so if you are seeking a small remembrance for a girl who "has everything," check her name off with this lipstick. Another famous beauty specialist who has done her part to make our Christmas shopping easj is I telena Rubinstein, whose newest kit, the "Week-ender."" is a marvel. Containing no less than thirteen preparations especially combined for either dry or oil) .-kin. this kit is fashioned of leather in several shades, and is shaped like one of the new square bulky hand bags so -mart this season. To make it even more up-to-the-minute, the handle is adjustable and may be worn regular purse length or elongated to -wing from your shoulder. And the price of this stunning bag is incredibly moderate. From this salon, too, has come the fine "Body Smooth," which is a delightfully scented lotion for keeping the skin supple and unchapped during the winter. It's to be used instead of an eau de cologne and packaged with a matching dusting powder, it makes a gift that's really different and is especially appropriate for the woman who has a dry, sensitive skin. Of course no woman can receive too much eau de cologne or dusting powder at Christmas or any other time. \nd I think these two item are especially choice when matched with a hath oil like Doroth) Gray's Bath Essence. You can % % \ ] t i