Restoring Lustre to the Hair.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XII, 19 March 1904, Page 64

Restoring Lustre to the Hair.

Dr. Calsarato, for some years beauty specialist to Sarah Bernhardt, writes on this subject as follows:—The hair when washed loses for some days its suppleness, and is more apt to break. In order to remedy this, and give it back its lustre, you only require to anoint it slightly, at night before retiring, with some of the following brilliantine: — I’erovaseline,, 25 grams; eau de Cologne, 25 grams; nitrate of pilocarpine, one gram. Some people who have dry hair contract the habit of wetting it every day, either with water or with an alcoholic lotion, iu order to dress it better and give it a harmonious direction. I cannot sufficiently condemn this habit, which is hurtful from all standpoints. Not only does it produce neuralgia, but it rots the hair, predisposes it to fall out. and induces baldness. ft is for some reason —outside, however, of a disease of the scalp—your hair is growing weak, in order to strengthen it and make it return to its original state you will only have to rub it lightly twice a day with some of the following lotion:—Tincture of cinchona, ■thirty grams; old rum, one hundred and twenty grams; acetate of ammonia, twenty grams. Is it necessary to cut the hair in older to give it more vigour and strength? Unless when suffering from a pernicious fever or from some serious disease of the scalp it is not at all necessary to cut the hair. One may, every three months, singe the ends front one half inch to one inch only—but no more. I said before that the sealp needed air—plenty of air. This constant air must be given, either by letting your hair hang down your back as long as possible or by brushing and combing it.