THE OIL SHAMPOO

Taranaki Daily News, 14 November 1934, Page 10

THE OIL SHAMPOO

BRITTLE HAIR TREATMENT. For invigorating the scalp, and for improving the texture of dry and brittle | hair, few treatments can compare with the oil shampoo. Your hair-dresser will give the treatment, but you can * quite well have the shampoo at home if I expense is a consideration. Pour some pure olive oil into a’small i basin, stand the basin in a pan of water, ' and heat the water slowly in order to warm the oil. While the oil is heating, [ prepare the hair. Brush it thoroughly I to remove all dust and dandruff, and j also the invigorate the scalp. Then soak I a towel in hot water, wring it, and wrap it closely round the head. I When the oil is warm, remove the towel from the head and, keeping the ' basin stijl in the hot water, dip the finger-tips into the oil and rub this into the scalp to make it thoroughly greasy. Then, working in small circles, massage well, beginning at the forehead and extending down the back of the head to the neck. Now open out the fingers and draw them together again as though trying to pick up a portion of the scalp. Continue the massage ana "plucking” movements for twenty minutes. Use a liquid shampoo. A good one can be made by cutting fine shavings from a bar of Castile soap, dissolving them in

hot water, and straining through muslin. A coconut oil shampoo is also very good, as it provides an abundance of lather. . Falling hair is often caused by dryness of the scalp, and the oil shampoo is one of the best ways of stopping this. It may have to be taken once a week, for a month or two, but the hair usually shows a wonderful improvement after the second shampoo and massage.