Preparing The Hair

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 14

Preparing The Hair

Making Good Waves Better Who was it who said “II faut souffrir d’etre belle”? Whoever it was he, or perhaps it was she, must have gone through something equivalent to the permanent wave, that necessity for the modern woman, comments a London writer. I had one for a present—or rather a cheque to pay for one. It’s all over now, and I’m be-curled and be-waved so beautifully that even the boys remark on it in awestruck accents. But I always think it’s my preliminary work to put my hair in the right temper which makes the “perm” turn out well. My hair is dry, so ten days beforehand I give it a hot oil shampoo. Yes, it’s messy and temper-trying, but worth it. You know the way—divide the hair into partings, rub in warm olive oil with a cloth and then massage well with the fingers, moving the scalp only. My scalp drinks up the oil like a thirsty man attacking a well in the desert. I leave it on overnight, and wrap a silk scarf round my head to protect the pillowslip. Next day I have an egg shampoo. Yolks