The Best Way To Shampoo

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Best Way To Shampoo

Toning Up the Hair

r PHE v«ry first step in hair care and beauty is cleanliness This calls for a weekly or fortnightly shampoo, daily brushing with spotlessly clean brushes, and the use of nothing but clean combs.

The shampoo is a very important ritual in hair beauty, and for it- buy only the best shampoo powder or liquid. If you make your own, try this: Shred a qake of pure white soap into a pint of water. Pour this into a saucepan, place over heat and allow to simmer until soap has dissolved. Remove, pour into a jar, and set aside to cool. Half this jelly-like substance is sufficient for one shampoo. When you shampoo your hair, moisten first with warm water and then work the mixture into a lather in your hands and apply vigorously to the scalp. Go over the whole head thoroughly. Rinse off in warm water and repeat the procedure."' Use several waters for the last rinsing. Begin with warm and finish up with cooler water. Have the strained juice of a lemon added to a cup of water and follow up the last rinse with this. This cuts the soap from the hair and acts as a mild tonic to the scalp.

Dry the hair thoroughly. Use warm towels, and then, if possible, get out into the sunshine, where you can give it a good brushing.