HOME SHAMPOOING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 276, 20 October 1938, Page 16

HOME SHAMPOOING.

MORE OF AN ART THAN IT SEEMS

A great many women shampoo their own hair at home. One seldom thinks of a shampoo as an art. True, it doesn’t exactly require the skill of a re-style haircut or an individualised fingerwave. But, as with everything else, there is a right and wrong way. And the more little inside tricks you know, the more successful your home shampoo is bound to be. • For instance, if the shampoo follows a warm oil treatment, it is best to start the shampoo bv applying the soap V)ther first. However, if no oil treatment precedes the shampoo then it is host to start by rinsing the hair thoroughly-with warm water, preferably using ia bath or shampoo spray. .This removes surface dust and dirt. Above all, put a ban on 6oap in bar form. Never apply the bar of soap directly to the hair. Instead, shave the soap, pour, a pint of water over it, allow it to simmer over a low flame. When .dissolved, strain it through two layers of cheesecloth and allow to cool. I Then it is ready to use. Work up a rich lather, rinse several times! Repeat the lather and the rinsing. If you have no shampoo spray, gel under the shower.. It is a delightful experience to have : the water pouring .through the hair until every bit of 'soap is completely rinsed away.. Dry the hair lvetween turkish towels by light rubbing and scalp massage. There are any number of satisfactory shampoos. A nine grade of soap is particularly good for light or grey hair, tar soap for brunette lvair; pure lemon soap for blonde hair; liquid green soap for dandruff. Before the shampoo it is a good “trick” to brush the hair and lightly (very lightly) scrape up any dandruff with a comb. Following the shampoo it is wise to use a glorifying rinse.