Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

94 SCREENLAND The Truth about Cosmetics By Mary Lee One of the really distinguished women of the screen, Aileen Pringle, in her very modern boudoir. Miss Pringle enjoys the scents and lotions that come in stunning bottles because they help "dress up" her dressing table.' THE Ambrosia company has gone and done it again. Ambrosia is the firm — and the product ■ — that launched liquid cleansers so successfully about two years ago. They put across Ambrosia so thoroughly that every other beauty house had to adopt liquid cleansers into their lines. And a very good thing that was, too, for we did need correct counter-balance against the heavy creams so many of us had been using. Now Ambrosia itself is putting out a cream — but it's a different cream from the rest, and very very nice indeed, I assure you. It comes in the same spiffy little bottle with the black top that Ambrosia appears in and sells for the same price, that is, in one and two dollar sizes. It has been on the market for a couple of months, but I have saved it to write about until now, as I consider it one of the finest "summer" products I've yet come across. The old theory of beauty care used to be that the skin dried out in winter and must be cared for particularly during that time. Do you recall how our maiden aunts used to wear veils through February and March to keep their skins from chapping? The skin does dry out in winter, particularly where the owner of the face lives in a steam-heated apartment, but the winter drying is as nothing to the summer-time drying, now that the sun-tan vogue has been so thoroughly accepted. One case of moderate sunburn can dry your skin more Ambrosia, the popular liquid cleanser, has a new sister — a liquid cream, as soft as real cream, and very useful. than ten winters. Hence my enthusiasm for a cream with penetrative and nourishing qualities, which this Ambrosia cream genuinely seems to have. Having myself a tendency toward dry skin, I've been trying out this cream and I recommend it very highly. It is a liquid, as soft as real cream, and very softening. Another great thing about it for summer is that it is the best little sunburn cure I've yet heard about. Of course, you shouldn't get sunburned, if you value your skin. But if you do, dash this Ambrosia cream on quickly and you'll be delighted with the way in which it takes out the soreness and the burn. Also as a base under makeup, to act as protection against excessive burning or tanning, I know you'll find this cream more useful than a dozen sunshades. Another product particularly needed in summer is a good depilatory. You simply can't wear short sleeved dresses and go stockingless if you are shaggy. It's offensive and unsightly and "just not done." So to overcome this handicap comes a new Zip production. Zip in cake form you undoubtedly know about, but Zip in cream form is something new, and much more pleasant to use. It comes in a tube and is pleasantly scented. It takes only five minutes to use and its results are amazingly lasting. It is not so strong as the cake Zip but I like it better. And the price is simply marvelous — fifty cents for a big fat tube of it. Further in the summer line comes a body oil from my pet house, Lentheric. It is to be rubbed over the body before sun bathing and it will make you appear brown without being brown actually. You probably know that it isn't so smart to be "dark-skinned" this summer, particularly in evening clothes, so this is one of (Continued on page 125)