CORD FOR CURLS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 89, 10 January 1938, Page 4

CORD FOR CURLS

To Aid The Sensitive Scalp

Those who wear their hair in curls, whether they patronise the “porin’’ or prefer to set and reset their naturally straight locks from scratch, find themselves equally obliged to use some form of curlers upon occasion to produce the desired effect. Many different sorts of patent curlers are on the market, but as all of them consist in part of hard .substances, such as metal bars, wooden rollers, or wire enclosed in wool or cotton, women with tender heads, and those whose sleep is affected by the considerable discomfort of patent curlers, are hard put to it. to utilise the sleeping hours for creating daytime curls. The old-fashioned rags are still more widely’ used than may be supposed; this is because rags-are so soft and they do not, so to speak, interfere between the pillow and the scalp to which they are attached. But, for this reason, rags are not the ideal curlers, being too thin in themselves.

Crocheted or knitted curlers have their points. They are both soft and thick and they wash easily. But perhaps the best curler of all is made by cutting up into convenient lengths a fairly thick piping cord of the sort sold for upholstery. Such cord, besides being washable, retains its rounded shape and its softness. It is effective, yet does not drag the hair or hurt the most sensitive scalp. There is no bending and unbending of wires or clamping of catches. At the same time, it is far easier to adjust an'd to untie than a rag or knitted strip. Finally, the lengths of cord are amenable to packing, and have none of that somewhat forbidding appearance common to other curlers, either on the head or in the toilet-table drawer. For children’s hair cotton piping cord is ideal, but most mothers will find it useful for their own locks as well.

Mr. and Airs. McGibbon, Wanganui East, left during the week-end for Nelson, where they will in future re-’ side.

Aliss Nora McLaren, Hataitai, who has been staying at “Hillsbrook,” Havelock Noj>h, has left for the East Coast, where she will stay at the Te Puia Hot Springs Hotel.