It’s amazing the way Palmolive has helped my complexion! I’m so glad you told me why it’s good for dry, lifeless skin!

I prefer it, too, for my bath – particularly in hot, sticky weather! Palmolive’s soothing lather is so refreshing, leaves skin smooth!

Lovely skin from head to toe for the girl who bathes with Palmolive!

There’s a good reason why Palmolive is so good for dry, lifeless skin! It’s made with olive and palm oils! That’s why it’s lather is so different! It cleanses thoroughly yet so gently that it leaves skin soft, smooth, soothed!

And that’s why Palmolive is such a delightful bath soap, too! Its rich, gentle-cleansing lather removes perspiration odor, dust and dirt so completely – and helps keep your skin lovely from top to toe – “Schoolgirl complexion” all over!

Made with olive oil!
That’s why Palmolive is so good for keeping skin soft and smooth!

Palmolive Ad from 1940.

By Alicia Hart

Nervous tension affects the beauty of your hair as well as your skin. No doubt you’ve had days when your scalp felt extremely “tight.” This is a sure sign that you’ve neglected to give it the necessary stimulation.

Daily scalp massage is just as essential to hair beauty as weekly shampoos and nightly brushings. The oil glands beneath the scalp’s surface contain the natural oil which provides your hair with glow and luster. Frequent massagings make for even distribution of oil throughout your hair.

Here are two professional methods of scalp massage. First, using your favorite hair cream, apply a little to your finger tips. Place your thumbs at the back of your head and let your fingers, not your nails, massage your scalp thoroughly. You’ll know if your doing it correctly, because you’ll feel your scalp “loosen” and relax.

It is important you know the difference between scratching your scalp wilh your finger tips and rotating it with your finger tips for greater stimulation. Starting at the base of your neck, work slowly towards the sides of the head. Then work over your ears towards the front of your scalp.

The second method employs a plastic massage brush. This brush contains bristles to act as extra fingers for thorough massage. Using the brush, be sure to massage that section of scalp at the hairline, for that is where some of your powder and makeup collects.

From the Edwardsville Intelligencer. Edwardsville, Illinois. February 7, 1951.

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Harmonizing Lips and Nails

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27. — There are just two ways to solve the problem of which shade of nail polish to buy. The easiest is to match it with your lipstick. This is always correct, but it does limit your choice of wardrobe colors.

The other way is to harmonize rather than match the two. This method, has the approval of Max Factor, jr., Hollywood make-up adviser to the film stars. Because it permits a greater variety in her personal color scheme, Carmen Lorales, who played one of the feminine leads in “The Long Voyage Home,” prefers this harmonizing of shades.

Keynote Color

Whichever system you follow, remember that lipstick should be selected first. Don’t be tempted to buy a luscious shade of nail polish or harmonize your lipstick with it. Do just the opposite.

Your lipstick is the keynote color of your entire cosmetic grooming. People look at your lips before they notice your fingertips. Real artistry comes in when you harmonize the three color high spots – lips, nails and costume. This is not quite so simple as a two-color scheme, but it has greater possibilities for flattery and variety.

Lipstick Trio

Lipstick itself should, of course, be chosen to complement your natural skin tones – This does not mean, necessarily, that only one shade of lipstick is possible for each woman. You’ll find that you can wear at least two different shades — one darker, one brighter.

Sometimes you will blend the two, sometimes you’ll use the darker one for daytime and the other for evening. It’s a good plan, too, to have a shade that hardly tints your lips to use when you are not striving for decorative effects but want to look perfectly natural.

Posed by Max Factor, jr., and Carmen Lorales for Lois Leeds.
Your lipstick is the keynote color of your cosmetic grooming. Harmonize your lips and nails with your costume.

Nail-Polish Wardrobes

For a complete nail-polish wardrobe to use with these three shades of lipstick you’ll want besides, a matching set of nail polishes several harmonizing shades in lighter or darker tones. The latter you will select with your favorite clothes colors in mind. Combining in this way the two methods of choosing nail polish shades you can be sure to have the right cosmetic harmonies at all times.

Today’s Beauty Questions

Dear Miss Leeds – I have to wear my fingernails very short because of my work. My hands are short and broad. Should I wear dark nail polish?
Clarabelle.

Answer – Dark polish will make your hands seem shorter and will call attention to the stubby nails. Better use a light shade, harmonizing with but not matching your lipstick. Cover half-moons and tips of nails with the polish when nails and fingers are short.

Dear Miss Leeds – How can I remove blackheads from nose and cheeks so that they will vanish forever? I take them out one day and they are back the next.
Lou Bonnie.

Answer – You cannot solve this problem in a day, or a month. Not only must the skin be cleansed thoroughly every day, at least twice with a warm complexion brush, warm water and soap, but it must be stimulated and refined. please send me a three-cent stamped, self-addressed envelope for my folder “Care of the Skin.” This tells how to banish the blackheads, not by magic, but by patient day-by-day treatment.

From The Charleston Gazette. Charleston, West Virginia. February 28, 1941.