SECRETS OF HAIR BEAUTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 6 (Supplement)

SECRETS OF HAIR BEAUTY.

You can do a very great deal even if i "?Oiiv hair is naturally dull and of that 1 'ypo which simply will not arrange itself j or take a wave or. a curl, writes an eminent specialist; The first thing to see to is the hygiene of your liair. Is your hair healthy ? Are the liait follicles well nourished? Does the blood circidate freely to the scalp ? Cleanliness is the first essential to perfect hair hygiene. ,; To keep the hair clean and in good ■condition, thorough and constant brushing is necessary. Yes, even for the shingled, the bobbed, and the Eton cropped. And it must be brushing, mark you. with a clean hairbrush. Hairbrushes should be washed daily. Hair brusned regularly with brushes which are kept meticulously clean does not have to be shampooed more than on re in two or three Weeks even if it is short hair, which pets greasy very much more quickly than does long hair, as all the shingled and bobbed have proved. Five minutes' brushing in the morning 'find at ni.jht time should, therefore, be a Tegular rule. For short hair a stiff hairbrush is not Tieeded ; one of the small shingle brushes is quite sufficient. It should be of medium hardness. Very hard brushes do more harm than good, for they break the hair, especially if it is very fine. 'J here !?-" a. knack of brushing the hair sufficiently vigorously to set the oil glands in action. Watch an expert hairdresser brush your hair next time you go to have it cut and waved, arid you will Realise• what I mean. 'i'or dry hair, rub a little alive oil well ■: -into the hair a few hours before the shampoo. All hair, whether dry or greasy, should be washed in soft water. | in districts where the water is hard, roriix should bp used to softei. it; and always, L you can, add two tablespoon !uls j. to the last cautul of rinsing