it is better to set them aside in the daytime and leave them until they are needed at night; for their sparing use on the upper lids helps bring out the color of the eyes and makes them look larger than they naturally are, especially if they are deep-set.

It is a mistake to suppose that eyelid make-up must be of the same color as the eye. The opposite color may be the very one that brings out the beauty of your eyes, and you have only to experiment. There is the greenish gray for blondes, for example, or the silver shade that lends the lids the look of dew at dawn.

Use eyelid cosmetics precisely, and know that brown is lovelier in the daytime than black. Pass the brush over the eyelashes from below upward (as in figure 3) before applying the cosmetics; then moisten the brush a little before using them.

Your eyelashes will make the eye look twice its size if you clean them with a special little brush every evening; then use a special preparation to soften them.

There is another way of making the eye look large: remove the hairs of your eyebrows from below (as in figure 4). The hair between the brows should be removed if your eyes are close to one another, and the brow lengthened at the outer corner with a special pencil.

And do not forget to brush away whatever powder clings to your

brows and lids after you have finished making up your face.

The best time for massage is in the evening, after the day's labors are done, and the movement should be light, given the delicacy of the skin around the eyes. Use a nourishing cream ten minutes before you go to bed; massage gently with your fingertips from the outside toward the nose under the lower lids, then from the nose outward over the upper lids,

for a few minutes. After this, remove the surplus cream with a piece of cotton dipped in an astringent — then straight to bed for eight hours of quiet sleep, the sure renewer of your beauty...

Translated from the magazine Good Taste