I’ve tried out another old homemade shampoo recipe: the 1893 glycerin-lime juice-shampoo. 😀
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Category Archives: Historical Natural Hair Care
DIY Bran Hair Wash Recipe
I read about bran hair wash in an old book: It said that the bran cleans the scalp naturally and makes shiny hair. For the bran shampoo you’ll just need two ingredients; and according to the article, the bran solution can also be used as mild face wash. Continue reading DIY Bran Hair Wash Recipe
Heat, Hair & Hair Color – Victorian And Edwardian Hair Care
Daytime hairdressing
It’s restful for the scalp if the hair isn’t all the time dressed in the same way: ‘In the early part of the day, when simple frocks are worn, it may be twisted or braided at the back, making an elaborate coiffure for afternoon. This insures the head being cool in all places at different times.’ (Health And Beauty Hints, 1910)
‘It is a good thing, about noon, to take out one’s hairpins and to toss the hair loose. It looks pretty and it does the hair a world of good […] letting the air circulate through it.’ After washing and drying the hair, ‘leave the hair hang loose for two hours. […] The girl with the prettiest hair in the world makes it her pleasure to let her hair hang down the day it is shampooed. She braids it loosely and she ties it with a picturesque bow of ribbon. Then she puts on a lovely afternoon gown and is at home to her friend. Her coiffure, or the lack of it, is put down to novelty. Certainly it is becoming.’ (Chicago Tribune, 1907)
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Pomade And Hairspray – Victorian And Edwardian Hair Care
Hair pomade
Pomade and oil is used for cleansing and healing the scalp, making the hair glossy and smooth. ‘In using oil, the animal and vegetable oils should always be preferred, as mineral oils, especially the petroleum products, have a very poor affinity for animal tissues. Continue reading Pomade And Hairspray – Victorian And Edwardian Hair Care
Victorian Castile Soap Shampoo Recipe
Edwardian Egg White Castile Soap Shampoo Recipe
Salt Shampoo – Edwardian English Hair Wash Recipe
Edwardian Egg Yolk Wine Shampoo Recipe
Did you ever want to wash your hair with an eggnogg? Then this might be the shampoo recipe for you!
30+ Homemade Shampoo Recipes – Victorian And Edwardian Hair Care
30+ Homemade natural shampoo recipes – wash your hair like a Victorian lady!
‘The necessity of cleansing the hair is imperative from every point of view; as much for health as for cleanliness, since the hair and scalp cannot be healthy, any more than the skin, unless they are thoroughly cleansed of impurities.
The oily glands of the scalp become choked and they are irritated to over-secretion, making the hair oily, or dandruff is caused. The hair follicles also become unhealthy, so that the hair grows poorly or falls out.’ (The Fountain Of Youth, 1905)
Shampoo was usually homemade in the Victorian and Edwardian era. So there were many homemade shampoo recipes: Some use castile soap as basis, some use natural cleansers, such as egg, wheat bran or salt, and some use saponin-containing plants, such as quillaia bark.
I’ve tried some of the shampoo recipes (you find a link “-> tried” under the recipes). If you try one of these historical shampoo recipes, I’d love to hear your experiences. 😀 Continue reading 30+ Homemade Shampoo Recipes – Victorian And Edwardian Hair Care
Night-Time Hair Routine – Victorian And Edwardian Hair Care
To get beautiful and luxuriant hair, Victorian and Edwardian ladies followed a night-time hair routine: After brushing out tangles and massaging the scalp with oil or hair tonic, they braided their long hair to protect it at night.
‘I believe it is impossible for a woman who does not brush and braid her tresses every night to have as luxuriant locks as one who regards this routine’ (Health And Beauty Hints, 1910, p. 14).
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