If neither naturelle nor rachel seems to march your skin, you can combine the two shades-and perhaps the result will be the perfect shade for you. If, for instance, you like the basic tone of rachel, but feel the need of a little more color in your powder, you can add a tiny bit of Peaches and Cream powder, or even a faint flush of pink. There are so many different types of complexion, so many subtle adjustments to color harmony in hair eyes, and skin, that it is really too much to expect that half a dozen shades of powder will furnish the perfect shade for every skin. The vogue of mixing your own powder, in addition to being fashionable, is sound common sense artistically. We all cannot have powders especially made for our own use, but we can blend our own special variety.

Only a short time ago one of the bright, particular stars that beam on Broadway attracted attention by having a famous Parisian beauty specialist make a minute examination of her skin with a view to determining just what kind of face powder would be best suited to her complexion. Most face powders in the 1920s came in a limited range of shades and, like nail polishes, women who could afford it, on both sides of the Atlantic, could have a face powder blended by an expert to suit their complexion. The idea of hand blending powders to suit individual clients was not invented by Charles of the Ritz.

Clients coming to a Charles of the Ritz salon could have their complexion expertly analysed so that a shade of powder or rouge could be mixed to suit their particular colouring. One of the features of the make-up range was individually blended powder and rouge. In 1928, Charles of the Ritz launched a complete skin-care and make-up range.

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