TIRED HAIR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19780, 29 October 1927, Page 6 (Supplement)

TIRED HAIR.

What a charm the girl posesscs to whom Nature has been kind and given beautifully coloured hair! writes an authority overseas. I mean the hair with natural sheen and gloss, or the hair that has glinting lights and sometimes looks auburn, and sometimes chestnut-brown. Yet, how do many of the girls who own these gifts look after them! You see the colour gradually dying out, and the rich shades fading away, simply through carelessness and neglect. Much of th*? carelessness lies in using the wrong shampoos! Of course, loss of health often ruins the colour of the hair, and when this is so. a doctor should be consulted about a tonic. Hut some girls I have known with lovely hair, have utterly ruined it by using strong soda and

water for a shampoo, and others have altered the natural colour by employing the wrong hair tonic. For Blondes. The girl with corn-coloured hair should use camomile heads steeped in warm water for the last rinsing water after she has really washed her head. The camomile should be put in a muslin bag, and the water poured over it into the jug and then the hair soaked in the decoction. After a fortnight, the effect disappears, but the liaii can be brightened again by going through the same process. If this should make the hair rather dry, use some golden or fine olive oil to the roots of the hair—just a drop on the fingertips, and well rubbed in the roots. Even the girl with mouse-coloured hair can get glints in her hair by making a camomile lotion, and using a little every day on a, piece of cotton wool dipped in the solytion and applied to the hair. The camomile heads should be covered with spirits of wine and left to soak for five days and then strained. For Brunnettes. The girl with chestnut hair may use a henna shampoo for her hair every month, as this is harmless, thought the effect dies away unless the henna is used every time the hair is washed. It should not be used too strong, as henna has a tendency to dry the hair, and a little oil may be employed from time to time to massage the roots of the hair. Some girls grow grey very soon and get alarmed at the sight of the colour fading away from their shingled or non-shingled locks. I advise them to use the yolk of an egg beaten up with warm water for their shampoo, as the yolk contains food for the hair, namely iron and sulphur. Before applying the water, tho hair should be thoroughly oiled, either with coconut oil or olive oil, and then the shampooing with the egg and water can be done. We city dwellers rarely get enough sun and air for our " woman's glory," and I find that the only way to combat this evil is to take your hair down and sit by your open bedroom window as soon as you* come back in the evening, h|kl injl the morning, too, if you have time.