HAIR PROBLEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22353, 26 February 1936, Page 6

HAIR PROBLEMS

THE PERMANENT WAVE EFFECTS OF SEA-BATHING The joys of bathing and outdoor life in summer are completely spoiled for a good many women by tlieir worrying hair problems. How can. they keep the hair from getting clung and greasylooking, they ask, without resorting to continual shampooing and all the long business of drying and resetting. When on holiday it is a problem certainly, but it is one which can be solved by a little care and the right anti-grease treatment and lotion at the right moment. All this appplies especially to women with permanent waves who cannot ahvavs fly to the hairdresser after long days on the beach or tennis court. So drying lotions and dry shampoos must come to their aid if they wish for shining, gleaming locks free of grease, dust or sea salt. A Special Shampoo If you are going away from town and want to keep your hair looking well without washing or hairdressers, have it thoroughly shampooed before leaving in the following way: —Shred half a cake of olive oil soap into half a pint of water. Simmer this until all the soap is melted and then allow it to cool to a soap jelly. Stir into the jelly one beaten egg yolk, two ounces of bay rum, and one tablespoonful of eau de cologne. Your chemist or beauty specialist will make it up for you. Shampoo the hair with this mixture in the usual way, rinsing well with plenty of water. This shampoo preparation has at least three things to recommend it. It brightens the hair, prevents dandruff, and keeps greasiness at bay wonderfully. That is rule number one in the summer quest of lovely locks. It is certainly worth a little thought and trouble, because hair beauty makes up quite half our appearance and especially when one spends so much time out of doors hatless. Anti-grease Lotion Rule number two begins with the anti-grease lotion to be used twice a week, or whenever the hair shows any sign of lankness beside the parting. Nothing looks more unprepossessing and ill-groomed than that. Get your chemist to make you up this mixture: Three ounces of surgical spirit, a few grains of quinine, and an ounce and a-half of spirit perfume. With this lotion, and brushing massage, your hair should keep fresh find gleaming even during a sea bathing holiday in the hottest weather. Many girls are afraid to brush their "perms." They imagine that it will take out the wave. This is a mistake. Brushed in the correct way, which is away from the head, not flat against it, the wave will be brought up rather than spoiled. Also, it is quite impossible to keep the scalp clean and fresh without vigorous brushing, to say nothing of the stimulating effect that brushing has on the hair follicles and all the nerves of the head. One hair authority maintains that the girl who brushes her hair for ten minutes daily with a stiff-bristled, clean brush, will not go grey or have any dandruff troubles. Brush the hair thoroughly then, loosely, away from the scalp. When the head is really hot and stimulated apply the quinine lotion. Value of Friction Separate the hair and rub it well into the scalp with a small piece of cotton wool. Friction the hair, too, along the partings where there is any tendency to oiliness, but do not damp the hair all over. In fact, keep the hair well fluffed out from the head until the lotion is quite dry, which it will bo in a few minutes. Tho spirit in this preparation makes it very volatile, and it simply absorbs all the grease and dries leaving the whole scalp cool and fresh and the hair looking as though you had just come from the hairdressers. Finally, when the hair is quite dry, comb the waves into place and press them back into their set with the fingers. If any of the ends are not quite so crisp as you could wish, damp them with a little warm sugared water, curl them up with fringe pins and allow them to dry. One tip to remember when looking after your permanent wave in the summer is not to brush when you come in damp from exercise. To do so will only spread the dampness over your whole head and flatten your wave. Loosen the hair and cool and dry before brushing. Also, avoid getting it wet with salt water by wearing a well-fitting bathing cap.