Philadelphia—The girls have a new way to redden their lips. It is cigarettes that give them the desired gray white complexion accentuating rose bud mouths, according to a dentist, a cosmetician and a local photographer. “The up-to-date young woman noticed the new cosmetic effect which smoking gave them,” a manager of a beauty culture school declared. “She recognized it as something new and different. So she decided to use it to advantage in creating a new style of beauty. That is why the combination of red lips and white cheeks has become popular.
Nicotine dries out the feminine complexion, creating an unusual pallor, beauty experts and physicians said. However, it is said, the cigarette aids in drawing moisture to the lips. The constant moistening reddens them. So, although the face is bleached by smoking, the effect of the cigarette is much better than that of the lipstick.
“The cigarette is the best lipstick she can procure and use,” said John Ivazian, photographer. “Constant moistening of the lips keeps them bright and red.”
“Twenty per cent of my famine patrons smoke cigarettes,” declared Dr. S.C. Brown, dentist. “I can always detect a girl cigarette smoker. Her complexion is whiter and her features more defined.”
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Monday, March 8, 1926
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