HAIR BEAUTY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18659, 30 August 1930, Page 11

HAIR BEAUTY.

A fallacy which never dies is that if the general health is good the hair will look after itself, and inevitably be good as well. On the contrary, the very robustness of the physical health can take much of the strength of the hair. Spring as well as autumn takes its toll of the old hair. If the new hair is up to standard all well and good; but it is advisable to give the scalp every possible assistance (n its effort to put forth this new growth. A really excellent hair preserver and growth promoter is one can be made at home. Finely powder half an ounce of camphor and moisten it with two tablespoonfuls of gin. Put this into a pint bottle and fill up the bottle with water. Twice a week the lotion should be applied to the roots of the hair with a sponge. Shampooing the hair regularly with a good home-made hair wash is an excellent tonic also. Melt 21b. of soft soap in a pint of hot water and add a small teaspoonful of powdered borax and half a pint of bay rum, and shake the mixture well together. Rub the wash well into the roots of the hair and rinse well with warm water. This amount will last a long time if kept corked in a bottle. It is a good plan to have a sprinkler stopper to the bottle.