The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

' 7^L_ IWMUP BOX Ask Marilyn! Her Beauty Task Is to Help You Bask in Beauty THE FASCINATING FIVE: No, I'm not speaking of those adorable quintuplets but of a special beauty set to give you a complexion as divinely soft and smooth as a baby's. There's a cake of superfatted soap that lathers profusely; a cleansing cream to rid the face of its daily dust and make-up; a jar of special fluffy cream to cover minor blemishes and impart a pearly shimmer to the skin; a box of feathery face powder; topped off by a bottle of classic Eau de Cologne. The whole outfit has the same clean fresh outdoor fragrance that characterizes the cologne. I just had to have all five and so will you, for the price of the set is within the most limited budget. HINTS TO THE HIRSUTE: Hosiery this spring is triple-sheer and noteworthy is the popularity of navy blue stockings of cobweb texture. All the more reason that your limbs must be free from ugly superfluous hair. Now is the time to remove the dark unsightly growth that destroys the beauty of sheer silk stock ings. Use of a new double-surface pad with snap fastener is an easy and effective way of doing the job. True, the hair will grow in again, but it won't be that dark stubble that is often the aftermath of shaving, and is that a consolation! BETTER BOSOMS: Seems as though everyone is either too flat-chested or too buxom because recent mention of this so vital subject in this column brought inquiries by the carload. Had to reorder new circulars so there's plenty to go round. Be sure to send your stamped envelope for this month's circular . . . it's just brim full of gay and exciting beauty news from — Thcuaip If you would like further information about the articles described, and other beauty news, write enclosing stamped envelope to the Beauty Editor, Make-up Box, Tower Magazines, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. "If my eyes screen well, it's no particular credit to me," says Merle Oberon. The charming star with Maurice Chevalier and Walter Byron in "Folies Bergere." (Below) mmnmt . Care of the eyes and tricks with make-up lend depth, expression and beauty to commonplace eyes Merle Oberon 's Beautiful Eyes WHEN I was a little girl, I was terribly unhappy about my eyes. Truly I was!" said Merle Oberon earnestly. "Children are so sensitive about the casual remarks of adults, you know, and the more often they said 'unusual' the more passionately I longed for the round blue eyes which were my childish standard of beauty." She sat in a large easy chair, a turquoise blue satin robe wrapped about her slim, supple figure. She's not nearly as tall as she appears on the screen and her slanting hazel-green eyes, chestnut hair, tip-tilted nose and soft, pleasantly full lips, which curl enchantingly at the corners, give her a mischievous rather than exotic expression. "As I grew older, I was told that my eyes would screen well — that they were my biggest asset. As a matter of fact, I sometimes consider them a drawback. I'd infinitely rather have the critics say, 'She gave a poor performance' or 'She was splendid' than 'What exotic eyes!' You see, the fact that my eyes screen well is no particular credit to me as an actress — care of the eyes and skillful make-up will do as much for any girl." We asked Merle Oberon for advice on eye beauty, for surely her eyes are among Hollywood's most beautiful, both on the screen and off. "First of all, there's nothing attractive about tired, dull and listless eyes. That's why eyes should be bathed morning and night, to remove dust and relieve eyestrain. And, whenever there's time, I saturate pads of cotton in astringent, place them over my eyes and relax for a few minutes. It brings a shining, rested look not only to the eyes but to the whole face. Few girls under twenty years of age need special creams, but a bit of rich tissue cream or oil smoothed on the lids every night when you're young is a safeguard against the squintlines and laughter-lines that form later. "There are, of course, many make-up tricks which are suitable for the screen only — too heavy an application of eyeshadow, or lashes beaded with mascara, for example. Incidentally, the practice of tweezing the brows to a thin line is definitely a thing of the past. Only one girl in a hundred can tamper with the natural line of her brows and improve it. Yet not so long ago it seemed that the remaining ninety-nine had been over-industrious with their tweezers, with disastrous results! Of course. brows must be well-groomed. With my tweezers I remove stray hairs that spoil this natural line. If brows are light, they should be accentuated with brown eye pencil, using black only if the brows are. black. Eyeshadow should be applied only to the upper lid and the portion of the lid that folds back, but in the evening a delicate shadow may be carried almost to the brow. The secret of applying mascara for thick and silky lashes is to use two little brushes. With a little moisture and very little mascara on one brush, start brushing the lashes on the upper lids upward, going over the lashes again and again until the desired effect is obtained, then using the dry brush to separate each lash. Here's another trick I use when making up my eyes for the screen which might be practised for evening makeup. With a small camel's hair brush and a bit of white grease paint, I draw a fine line above my lower lashes. Then I touch the inner corners of my eyes with rose grease paint. This makes the eyes appear simply tremendous. "Eyes play such an important part in the character of the face, in the expression of emotion, that no woman can afford to neglect them." 36 The New Movie Magazine, May, 1935