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TEN
♦ ♦ ♦ Packed full of information —yet highly entertaining— this story will tell you how to live up to these ten commandments
(Above) Of course, Marlene Dietrich was not massaging her scalp when she had this picture taken. But that's the right way to start scalp-massage: fingers firmly placed and spread out, to move the scalp itself. (Right) Myrna Loy's blond wig is dressed in the most attractive way for medium-long, mediumthick hair. A false switch can be arranged like this, too, during the growing-out stage.
By MARY BIDDLE
NO pretty poetic phfase comes to my mind to start this article going in glamorous style. But I don't mind — I'd rather not get poetic about beauty problems. I'd rather give as much specific, honest information as I can about blotchy skins and scrawny necks and duffle-bag figures and dowdy hair. I'll do that very thing — and then I'll thank you to remember that the rest is up to you. To your hard work, your patience and your faithfulness.
The first commandment — and I'll wager you can tell me what it is before I put hand to typewriter — is this : Make and keep your skin beautiful!
Once upon a time, people believed that all healthy people had healthy, beautiful skins. But I'm sure you all can recall among your acquaintances a girl whose health is not good and whose skin, nevertheless, is perfectly gorgeous. Or you can recall the girls in school who shone in gymnasium work and whose skins were — in spite of all — sallow and dreary looking, if not actually bad. Of course, health is the first factor in beauty. But I think we are all sensible enough to admit that we need something else, too. External enemies like dust and germs,
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wind, heat and cold and burning sun are things we cannot control as we can control our internal health to some extent. We must put on creams and lotions and things to counteract their ill effects. Some skins need more attention— more remedial preparations — than others. And that brings us to the question, "What type of skin have I?"
First there's the normal skin — the most beautiful of all, and the mcst rare. A skin like — let me see — like Joan Crawford's, perhaps. I choose Joan because, to me, she has just about the most beautiful skin on the screen. It's neither too dry nor too oily. Nor is it so delicate and sensitive that it won't withstand screen make-up and a reasonable amount of exposure. It's so fine textured and clear that even in close-up stills, with the necessary grease-paint smeared on it, Joan's skin 'gives the appearance of smooth marble. This is the treatment which a normal skin like Joan's should follow : cold cream cleansing first; soap and water cleansing after; final liberal dashings with cold water. When applying cream, follow the lines of the little arrows drawn on the three pictures of Frances Dee on page 34. If you wish to soften and