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VANITIES OF THE PAST

There’s nothing new under the sun—nor under your hat if you are a modern girl. Your counterpart in tho early Roman Empire knew her cosmetics as well as you do.

in those days a henna shampoo, used for dyeing the hair yellow or reddish, was obtained by pounding up henna leaves. Eyebrows and eyelashes were blackened by vegetable soots. Oil made from wild olives was used to prevent tho falling of hair, and for premature greyness a hair tonic was made from myrrh and ladanum mixed with myrtle oil and wine.

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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 227, 8 September 1936, Page 10

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VANITIES OF THE PAST Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 227, 8 September 1936, Page 10

VANITIES OF THE PAST Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 227, 8 September 1936, Page 10