Cleansing The Hair

Nothing but good can be derived from a due attention to cleansing the hair. Of course, an immoderate use of water is not beneficial. Once a week is perhaps desirable, but this will depend upon the individual; persons with light, thin and dry hair will require it more seldom than those with thick, strong hair, or who perspire very freely. Nothing is better than soap and water. The soap should be mild, and well and plentifully rubbed in the hair.

How To Cleanse And Prevent The Hair From Falling Off

Take two large handfuls of rosemary leaves, a piece of common soda about the size of a hazel nut, and a drachm of camphor. Put it in a jug, pour on it a quart of boiling water, and cover it closely to keep the steam in. Let it stand for twelve hours, then strain it, and add a wine-glassful of rum. It is then ready for use. If the hair falls off much, the wash ought to be applied to the roots with a piece of sponge, every other day, taking care to wet the skin thoroughly. Then rub dry with a towel, brush well, and use only as much pomade as will keep down the short hairs, as the wash makes the hair soft and glossy.

Castor Oil Cream For The Hair

Put half a pound of fresh lard into a basin, and pour a quart of boiling water over it; stir it, that it may be well melted. When cold, take it off the water, squeeze it dry, and beat it with a wooden fork till in soft cream; then add, by degrees, an ounce and a half of fresh castor oil and twenty-five drops of essential oil of berga-mot, or any other perfume preferred. Beat it till quite like a thick cream. Put it into covered toilet pots.

Pomatum For Children's Hair

Pick carefully and wash a quarter of a pound of beef-marrow; put it into an earthen jar, with a quarter of a pound of fresh lard; stand it in boiling water till melted and clear; then strain it into a basin, add a gill of rose water. Stir it well, and let it get cold. Break it up and squeeze it through the rose water till it begins to be soft; then press out the water, and beat it with a wooden fork; add one ounce of pure olive oil, and half an ounce of violet-scented oil. Beat till it is quite smooth, and put it into covered toilet pots. (The mixing of every kind of pomatum had better be done in a cool place; more particularly when castor oil is used.)

Children's Curls

If the hair be soft and fine, try brushing it with a brush dipped slightly in spirits of hartshorn; or melt a bit of white wax the size of a nut-kernel, in an ounce of olive oil, and dress the hair in curls with it.

Curling Fluid, For The Hair

Melt a piece of white beeswax about the size of a filbert in an ounce of olive oil, and add one or two drops of otto of roses.