Skirt. Recoloration Of The Hair

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 63, 16 March 1938, Page 14

Skirt.

Recoloration Of The Hair

Platinum Blondes On The Wane

A S the platinum bio- de craze is definitely on the wane, tl.e recoloration of hair is occupying the thoughts of many.

The majority of women have but the vaguest ideas of the processes necessary to bring about a change of colour and imagine that the transition from blonde to brunette, or vice versa, is as simple as winking. Actually there are many disadvantages in changing the colour of one’s hair, the principal one, and probably the one most frequently overlooked, being the necessity for periodic re-touches. Normal hair grows from a quarter to half an inch a month, and the tell-tale line near the roots of dyed or bleached hair can cause many an embarrassing moment. If a bleached head of hair is naturally dark, the new growth near the scalp will show quite noticeably within a fortnight, or probably in a week. If the hair is white and has been recoloured, the new hair wil' be obvious after about tv/o weeks. The white hairs can successfully be hidden by brushing with a pencil manufactured specially for the purpose. This, of course, is only a temporary expedient, but if the hair is of slow growth the intervals between the recolouring process may be prolonged for two months. Longer than that, it would be difficult to disguise the white hair. As certain people are susceptible to dye poisoning, one should attempt to dye her own hail or allow others to do so without first making a predisposition test. This is done by applying the dye to a small area on the hair line behind the ear fine covering it with collodion. It should then be left undisturbed for 12 hours, when the collodion should be removed and the skin washed with soap and water. If no irritation has been experienced and there is no redness or inflammation, the sl.in is free from predisposition, and the colouring may be used. Experiments carried out in America

show that one person in every 10,000 has an idiosyncras;. to dye. The platinum b’onie who wants to go a shade or two darker, or to return to her natural colouring, is often faced with a problem. Ihe application of a dye of the desired shade would seem the ideal way out; but dye, when applied to spongy bleached hair, has a way of developing rapidly to a very dark shade. So, before attempting a change of colour, the blonde would be well .-»dvised to recondition her hair with a series of oil treatments, and then submit her hair only to an expert in recoloration. Blonde hair, even when not natural, has the effect of making a youthful complexion appear fresher and clearer, so that when the hair is re-coloured to its natural shade there is often a feeling of dissatisfaction. To avoid too sudden a change, it is a good idea to make the transition gradually, commencing with a shade only half a tone darker than the platinum.

It is an interesting fact that the modem synthetic blonde does not mind the world knowing that her hair is “touched up a bit,” while a few years ago a permanent-waver, when confronted with an obviously peroxided blonde, had the greatest difficulty in getting her to admit to more than “just a little lemon in the rinsing water.”