Joanna here, thinking about intimate Regency customs.
Hair washing, y'know.
There's a widely held notion that Regency folks were not scrupulously clean in their bodily habits. For instance, I hear, “They didn’t wash their hair. Not at all.
Not ever.
Ick.”
On the other hand, Regency folk might think we smell dreadfully of chemicals,
or we have no human smell at all,
so it may be somewhat in the way we look at things.
Moving on to the matter of hair washing.
In the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, except for a decade or two after 1790, about all women wore their hair long. Those with time and inclination curled, crimped, and powdered to match their highly decorated clothing as they went about town. The great fashionables showed up at grand balls or receptions in confections that towered a foot or more in the air, festooned with fruit, flowers, feathers and jewels.
Those grand hairdos weren’t wigs. They were created from their own long hair, brushed out, piled up high over rolls of wool, and held in place with hair pins, powder and pomatum.
The ordinary housewife kept her hair covered all day by cap or bonnet. There was less primping involved and her hair was less apt to pick up the smell of cooking and the smoke of the city. But she had long hair too. Hair never cut. Hair she could sit on when it was released from its braids.
So how did they keep it all clean?
And did they
keep it clean?
They didn’t do what we’d do. They didn’t grab up a bottle of shampoo from the shelf 
in the shower and rub a squirt or two into a dripping and fairly short mane. Shampoo doesn’t make an appearance till mid Nineteenth Century. Neither do routine domestic showers.
Howsabout this . . . Did they kneel by the hearth, let their sister pour warm water over their head into a big flat basin, scoop up soft soap to make a lather, (or rub a bar of lovely scented soap between their hands,) and wash? Did they comb their hair out by the fire for an hour or two? If it was June, did they take their damp-toweled hair outdoors and dry it in the sun and fresh air?
That’s a good solid maybe for me. But it’s also not a twice-a-week thing.
Because it takes a goodly while to sit and dry long wet hair, so you’d need leisure and not everyone has that even today.
Maybe especially today.
And you’d need fine, sweet, high-quality soap, not lye laundry soap. Before Pear’s Soap in 1807 that might be expensive.
So washing hair in soap and water might have been a bit of a privilege in the Regency.
So what did women do if not soap and water with its long drying time?
Well. For one thing they combed and brushed meticulously every night, cleaning the brush again and again as they went. I’m pretty sure the elaborate French hairstyles were taken down and brushed out by the blinky maid when Madame came home at the crack of dawn.
But women would also have “dry shampooed” their hair. They rubbed in a moist compound, called a pomatum, and then removed it with some fluid or let it dry and brushed or rubbed it away, taking with it dust, flaking skin, and excess oil.
The word pomatum comes from ‘apple’, one of the possible ingredients. It's a generalized term. There were pomatums to fight wrinkles, heal pimples, soothe skin, cure baldness, and so on. The ones for cleaning hair were often made from a high quality fat, fragrance, and a powder or finely-ground solid such as orris root, ground animal bones, or apples. Or, as in the recipe below, eggs.
Wash for the Hair
[This is a cleanser and brightener of the head and hair, and should be applied in the morning.]
Beat up the whites of six eggs into a froth, and with that anoint the head close to the roots of the hair. Leave it to dry on; then wash the head and hair thorou ghly with a mixture of rum and rose-water in equal quantities.
The Mirror of the Graces, By a Lady of Distinction
When I was a child we used to rinse our hair after a shampoo with vinegar, especially if we'd lathered up with soap. I still throw rosemary or lavender sprigs into the water for a bath sometimes.
Do we need quite so many polysyllabic chemicals in our bath?
Some folks say we don't need to "shampoo" so often. Or at all.
What are your thoughts?
I knew someone when I was traveling in Asia who stopped washing her hair with shampoo. She claimed stripping it of all its natural oils like that made hair dry and brittle. She said she had a problem with it being too greasy the first few weeks, but then settled down and was really soft, strong and shiny. She also used an egg wash on it once a month or so. I didn’t think it looked stunningly beautiful or anything, but on the other hand there was nothing about it that said ‘unwashed’. It was just kind of ordinary, blondish hair.
I knew someone when I was traveling in Asia who stopped washing her hair with shampoo. She claimed stripping it of all its natural oils like that made hair dry and brittle. She said she had a problem with it being too greasy the first few weeks, but then settled down and was really soft, strong and shiny. She also used an egg wash on it once a month or so. I didn’t think it looked stunningly beautiful or anything, but on the other hand there was nothing about it that said ‘unwashed’. It was just kind of ordinary, blondish hair.
I knew someone when I was traveling in Asia who stopped washing her hair with shampoo. She claimed stripping it of all its natural oils like that made hair dry and brittle. She said she had a problem with it being too greasy the first few weeks, but then settled down and was really soft, strong and shiny. She also used an egg wash on it once a month or so. I didn’t think it looked stunningly beautiful or anything, but on the other hand there was nothing about it that said ‘unwashed’. It was just kind of ordinary, blondish hair.
I knew someone when I was traveling in Asia who stopped washing her hair with shampoo. She claimed stripping it of all its natural oils like that made hair dry and brittle. She said she had a problem with it being too greasy the first few weeks, but then settled down and was really soft, strong and shiny. She also used an egg wash on it once a month or so. I didn’t think it looked stunningly beautiful or anything, but on the other hand there was nothing about it that said ‘unwashed’. It was just kind of ordinary, blondish hair.
I knew someone when I was traveling in Asia who stopped washing her hair with shampoo. She claimed stripping it of all its natural oils like that made hair dry and brittle. She said she had a problem with it being too greasy the first few weeks, but then settled down and was really soft, strong and shiny. She also used an egg wash on it once a month or so. I didn’t think it looked stunningly beautiful or anything, but on the other hand there was nothing about it that said ‘unwashed’. It was just kind of ordinary, blondish hair.
I know hair, if not washed regularly with chemical soaps, creates a sort of equilibrium of natural oils in the hair and scalp. Some ladies I know took up this challenge a couple of years and just used apple cider vinegar to rinse their hair. Only one made it past the two month adjustment period and raves about the health of her hair! It’s thick and shiny and smooth—not dry or frizzy. The lack of styling products and chemicals stripping the hair of its natural protective oils has restored her hair to a level of health it had never been before.
While I admit to being intrigued, I am not brave enough to try it myself!
I know hair, if not washed regularly with chemical soaps, creates a sort of equilibrium of natural oils in the hair and scalp. Some ladies I know took up this challenge a couple of years and just used apple cider vinegar to rinse their hair. Only one made it past the two month adjustment period and raves about the health of her hair! It’s thick and shiny and smooth—not dry or frizzy. The lack of styling products and chemicals stripping the hair of its natural protective oils has restored her hair to a level of health it had never been before.
While I admit to being intrigued, I am not brave enough to try it myself!
I know hair, if not washed regularly with chemical soaps, creates a sort of equilibrium of natural oils in the hair and scalp. Some ladies I know took up this challenge a couple of years and just used apple cider vinegar to rinse their hair. Only one made it past the two month adjustment period and raves about the health of her hair! It’s thick and shiny and smooth—not dry or frizzy. The lack of styling products and chemicals stripping the hair of its natural protective oils has restored her hair to a level of health it had never been before.
While I admit to being intrigued, I am not brave enough to try it myself!
I know hair, if not washed regularly with chemical soaps, creates a sort of equilibrium of natural oils in the hair and scalp. Some ladies I know took up this challenge a couple of years and just used apple cider vinegar to rinse their hair. Only one made it past the two month adjustment period and raves about the health of her hair! It’s thick and shiny and smooth—not dry or frizzy. The lack of styling products and chemicals stripping the hair of its natural protective oils has restored her hair to a level of health it had never been before.
While I admit to being intrigued, I am not brave enough to try it myself!
I know hair, if not washed regularly with chemical soaps, creates a sort of equilibrium of natural oils in the hair and scalp. Some ladies I know took up this challenge a couple of years and just used apple cider vinegar to rinse their hair. Only one made it past the two month adjustment period and raves about the health of her hair! It’s thick and shiny and smooth—not dry or frizzy. The lack of styling products and chemicals stripping the hair of its natural protective oils has restored her hair to a level of health it had never been before.
While I admit to being intrigued, I am not brave enough to try it myself!
I know people who wash their hair every day. Not difficult with a shower. I’ve always been a once a week gal myself. When I was young I would shampoo and rinse twice every time until I read an article that said once is enough unless you work in a coal mine.
I remember as a child watching my great aunt wash her hair with rain water collected from the downspout in barrels. She had beautiful hair.
I know people who wash their hair every day. Not difficult with a shower. I’ve always been a once a week gal myself. When I was young I would shampoo and rinse twice every time until I read an article that said once is enough unless you work in a coal mine.
I remember as a child watching my great aunt wash her hair with rain water collected from the downspout in barrels. She had beautiful hair.
I know people who wash their hair every day. Not difficult with a shower. I’ve always been a once a week gal myself. When I was young I would shampoo and rinse twice every time until I read an article that said once is enough unless you work in a coal mine.
I remember as a child watching my great aunt wash her hair with rain water collected from the downspout in barrels. She had beautiful hair.
I know people who wash their hair every day. Not difficult with a shower. I’ve always been a once a week gal myself. When I was young I would shampoo and rinse twice every time until I read an article that said once is enough unless you work in a coal mine.
I remember as a child watching my great aunt wash her hair with rain water collected from the downspout in barrels. She had beautiful hair.
I know people who wash their hair every day. Not difficult with a shower. I’ve always been a once a week gal myself. When I was young I would shampoo and rinse twice every time until I read an article that said once is enough unless you work in a coal mine.
I remember as a child watching my great aunt wash her hair with rain water collected from the downspout in barrels. She had beautiful hair.
on the subject of vinegar, hair has scales and the vinegar closes up the scales that the shampoo has opened. this helps the hair resist dirt a bit better.
I spin and like to start with a fleece. the online instructions say that wool is a protein fiber, and needs to be finished with an acid to close up the scales, just like human hair.
on the subject of vinegar, hair has scales and the vinegar closes up the scales that the shampoo has opened. this helps the hair resist dirt a bit better.
I spin and like to start with a fleece. the online instructions say that wool is a protein fiber, and needs to be finished with an acid to close up the scales, just like human hair.
on the subject of vinegar, hair has scales and the vinegar closes up the scales that the shampoo has opened. this helps the hair resist dirt a bit better.
I spin and like to start with a fleece. the online instructions say that wool is a protein fiber, and needs to be finished with an acid to close up the scales, just like human hair.
on the subject of vinegar, hair has scales and the vinegar closes up the scales that the shampoo has opened. this helps the hair resist dirt a bit better.
I spin and like to start with a fleece. the online instructions say that wool is a protein fiber, and needs to be finished with an acid to close up the scales, just like human hair.
on the subject of vinegar, hair has scales and the vinegar closes up the scales that the shampoo has opened. this helps the hair resist dirt a bit better.
I spin and like to start with a fleece. the online instructions say that wool is a protein fiber, and needs to be finished with an acid to close up the scales, just like human hair.
Back in the dim and distant past before blow dryers, when weekly washing was the norm, I can remember washing my thick hair, setting it with rollers (sugar water or beer were recommended as setting lotions), going to bed (it is not comfortable to sleep with your head full or rollers), getting up in the morning and discovering that my hair was still damp. A nuisance—especially in winter when I had to go out in the freezing cold.
All that advice about brushing your hair 100 strokes makes sense when you realize that you were brushing out the dirt, and braiding long hair before going to bed was a necessity if you didn’t want to wake up with a tangle of knots.
Back in the dim and distant past before blow dryers, when weekly washing was the norm, I can remember washing my thick hair, setting it with rollers (sugar water or beer were recommended as setting lotions), going to bed (it is not comfortable to sleep with your head full or rollers), getting up in the morning and discovering that my hair was still damp. A nuisance—especially in winter when I had to go out in the freezing cold.
All that advice about brushing your hair 100 strokes makes sense when you realize that you were brushing out the dirt, and braiding long hair before going to bed was a necessity if you didn’t want to wake up with a tangle of knots.
Back in the dim and distant past before blow dryers, when weekly washing was the norm, I can remember washing my thick hair, setting it with rollers (sugar water or beer were recommended as setting lotions), going to bed (it is not comfortable to sleep with your head full or rollers), getting up in the morning and discovering that my hair was still damp. A nuisance—especially in winter when I had to go out in the freezing cold.
All that advice about brushing your hair 100 strokes makes sense when you realize that you were brushing out the dirt, and braiding long hair before going to bed was a necessity if you didn’t want to wake up with a tangle of knots.
Back in the dim and distant past before blow dryers, when weekly washing was the norm, I can remember washing my thick hair, setting it with rollers (sugar water or beer were recommended as setting lotions), going to bed (it is not comfortable to sleep with your head full or rollers), getting up in the morning and discovering that my hair was still damp. A nuisance—especially in winter when I had to go out in the freezing cold.
All that advice about brushing your hair 100 strokes makes sense when you realize that you were brushing out the dirt, and braiding long hair before going to bed was a necessity if you didn’t want to wake up with a tangle of knots.
Back in the dim and distant past before blow dryers, when weekly washing was the norm, I can remember washing my thick hair, setting it with rollers (sugar water or beer were recommended as setting lotions), going to bed (it is not comfortable to sleep with your head full or rollers), getting up in the morning and discovering that my hair was still damp. A nuisance—especially in winter when I had to go out in the freezing cold.
All that advice about brushing your hair 100 strokes makes sense when you realize that you were brushing out the dirt, and braiding long hair before going to bed was a necessity if you didn’t want to wake up with a tangle of knots.
When I was growing up, we didn’t have showers, just tubs and I had hair I could sit on. It was a (literal) pain in the neck. We would wash it on our knees under the tub faucet or in the kitchen sink twice a week. We clipped it up when we took our baths as not to get it wet between washings. We wore it up or braided to keep it out of things too. I can quite sympathize with several of these points. I don’t like the flowery smell of most shampoos so I’m exceedingly picky. The concept of just washing it with vinegar is slightly appealing. LOL I can only imagine the brushing it took. Blah. Is it any wonder mine doesn’t even touch my ears these days? LOL
When I was growing up, we didn’t have showers, just tubs and I had hair I could sit on. It was a (literal) pain in the neck. We would wash it on our knees under the tub faucet or in the kitchen sink twice a week. We clipped it up when we took our baths as not to get it wet between washings. We wore it up or braided to keep it out of things too. I can quite sympathize with several of these points. I don’t like the flowery smell of most shampoos so I’m exceedingly picky. The concept of just washing it with vinegar is slightly appealing. LOL I can only imagine the brushing it took. Blah. Is it any wonder mine doesn’t even touch my ears these days? LOL
When I was growing up, we didn’t have showers, just tubs and I had hair I could sit on. It was a (literal) pain in the neck. We would wash it on our knees under the tub faucet or in the kitchen sink twice a week. We clipped it up when we took our baths as not to get it wet between washings. We wore it up or braided to keep it out of things too. I can quite sympathize with several of these points. I don’t like the flowery smell of most shampoos so I’m exceedingly picky. The concept of just washing it with vinegar is slightly appealing. LOL I can only imagine the brushing it took. Blah. Is it any wonder mine doesn’t even touch my ears these days? LOL
When I was growing up, we didn’t have showers, just tubs and I had hair I could sit on. It was a (literal) pain in the neck. We would wash it on our knees under the tub faucet or in the kitchen sink twice a week. We clipped it up when we took our baths as not to get it wet between washings. We wore it up or braided to keep it out of things too. I can quite sympathize with several of these points. I don’t like the flowery smell of most shampoos so I’m exceedingly picky. The concept of just washing it with vinegar is slightly appealing. LOL I can only imagine the brushing it took. Blah. Is it any wonder mine doesn’t even touch my ears these days? LOL
When I was growing up, we didn’t have showers, just tubs and I had hair I could sit on. It was a (literal) pain in the neck. We would wash it on our knees under the tub faucet or in the kitchen sink twice a week. We clipped it up when we took our baths as not to get it wet between washings. We wore it up or braided to keep it out of things too. I can quite sympathize with several of these points. I don’t like the flowery smell of most shampoos so I’m exceedingly picky. The concept of just washing it with vinegar is slightly appealing. LOL I can only imagine the brushing it took. Blah. Is it any wonder mine doesn’t even touch my ears these days? LOL
There’s a whole world of meaning in long hair.
Not just for women in Western cultures, either. The Viking warrior (or Comanche or Sikh or Samurai) felt his masculinity as firmly bound into his long hair as any Medieval maiden, her womanliness.
I kinda see the early Twentieth Century in the West as when the modesty, magic, and sensuality of a woman’s hair stopped being a matter of length and became something more subtle. I am so much in favor of this.
And like you, I dislike having stuff on me or around me that carries distracting smells. One simple, natural scene. One. That’s it.
There’s a whole world of meaning in long hair.
Not just for women in Western cultures, either. The Viking warrior (or Comanche or Sikh or Samurai) felt his masculinity as firmly bound into his long hair as any Medieval maiden, her womanliness.
I kinda see the early Twentieth Century in the West as when the modesty, magic, and sensuality of a woman’s hair stopped being a matter of length and became something more subtle. I am so much in favor of this.
And like you, I dislike having stuff on me or around me that carries distracting smells. One simple, natural scene. One. That’s it.
There’s a whole world of meaning in long hair.
Not just for women in Western cultures, either. The Viking warrior (or Comanche or Sikh or Samurai) felt his masculinity as firmly bound into his long hair as any Medieval maiden, her womanliness.
I kinda see the early Twentieth Century in the West as when the modesty, magic, and sensuality of a woman’s hair stopped being a matter of length and became something more subtle. I am so much in favor of this.
And like you, I dislike having stuff on me or around me that carries distracting smells. One simple, natural scene. One. That’s it.
There’s a whole world of meaning in long hair.
Not just for women in Western cultures, either. The Viking warrior (or Comanche or Sikh or Samurai) felt his masculinity as firmly bound into his long hair as any Medieval maiden, her womanliness.
I kinda see the early Twentieth Century in the West as when the modesty, magic, and sensuality of a woman’s hair stopped being a matter of length and became something more subtle. I am so much in favor of this.
And like you, I dislike having stuff on me or around me that carries distracting smells. One simple, natural scene. One. That’s it.
There’s a whole world of meaning in long hair.
Not just for women in Western cultures, either. The Viking warrior (or Comanche or Sikh or Samurai) felt his masculinity as firmly bound into his long hair as any Medieval maiden, her womanliness.
I kinda see the early Twentieth Century in the West as when the modesty, magic, and sensuality of a woman’s hair stopped being a matter of length and became something more subtle. I am so much in favor of this.
And like you, I dislike having stuff on me or around me that carries distracting smells. One simple, natural scene. One. That’s it.
I, too, remember the days of getting up with my long, thick hair still damp from last night’s washing and wincing my way out into the frigid January winds. (Was it really that cold or does my memory exaggerate?)
I’m surprised any of us survived to grow up.
I am 100% behind washing hair with soap and water or shampoo. I would have hated the brush brush comb comb method of degreasing hair.
I, too, remember the days of getting up with my long, thick hair still damp from last night’s washing and wincing my way out into the frigid January winds. (Was it really that cold or does my memory exaggerate?)
I’m surprised any of us survived to grow up.
I am 100% behind washing hair with soap and water or shampoo. I would have hated the brush brush comb comb method of degreasing hair.
I, too, remember the days of getting up with my long, thick hair still damp from last night’s washing and wincing my way out into the frigid January winds. (Was it really that cold or does my memory exaggerate?)
I’m surprised any of us survived to grow up.
I am 100% behind washing hair with soap and water or shampoo. I would have hated the brush brush comb comb method of degreasing hair.
I, too, remember the days of getting up with my long, thick hair still damp from last night’s washing and wincing my way out into the frigid January winds. (Was it really that cold or does my memory exaggerate?)
I’m surprised any of us survived to grow up.
I am 100% behind washing hair with soap and water or shampoo. I would have hated the brush brush comb comb method of degreasing hair.
I, too, remember the days of getting up with my long, thick hair still damp from last night’s washing and wincing my way out into the frigid January winds. (Was it really that cold or does my memory exaggerate?)
I’m surprised any of us survived to grow up.
I am 100% behind washing hair with soap and water or shampoo. I would have hated the brush brush comb comb method of degreasing hair.
That is just fascinating.
I kinda remember my older sisters saying that vinegar cut the grease left behind by soap, like bars of hand soap, as opposed to the detergents in shampoos. They also used lemon juice and — one daring unconventional sister — beer.
I don’t know how much of this was science, how much practical knowledge, and how much was myth. That spinners have similar concerns working with wool delights me.
I can see some wise, practical country heroine treating her own hair like her fleeces and vice versa.
That is just fascinating.
I kinda remember my older sisters saying that vinegar cut the grease left behind by soap, like bars of hand soap, as opposed to the detergents in shampoos. They also used lemon juice and — one daring unconventional sister — beer.
I don’t know how much of this was science, how much practical knowledge, and how much was myth. That spinners have similar concerns working with wool delights me.
I can see some wise, practical country heroine treating her own hair like her fleeces and vice versa.
That is just fascinating.
I kinda remember my older sisters saying that vinegar cut the grease left behind by soap, like bars of hand soap, as opposed to the detergents in shampoos. They also used lemon juice and — one daring unconventional sister — beer.
I don’t know how much of this was science, how much practical knowledge, and how much was myth. That spinners have similar concerns working with wool delights me.
I can see some wise, practical country heroine treating her own hair like her fleeces and vice versa.
That is just fascinating.
I kinda remember my older sisters saying that vinegar cut the grease left behind by soap, like bars of hand soap, as opposed to the detergents in shampoos. They also used lemon juice and — one daring unconventional sister — beer.
I don’t know how much of this was science, how much practical knowledge, and how much was myth. That spinners have similar concerns working with wool delights me.
I can see some wise, practical country heroine treating her own hair like her fleeces and vice versa.
That is just fascinating.
I kinda remember my older sisters saying that vinegar cut the grease left behind by soap, like bars of hand soap, as opposed to the detergents in shampoos. They also used lemon juice and — one daring unconventional sister — beer.
I don’t know how much of this was science, how much practical knowledge, and how much was myth. That spinners have similar concerns working with wool delights me.
I can see some wise, practical country heroine treating her own hair like her fleeces and vice versa.
The rain water thing is wise and wonderful where the ground water is hard, which is lotsa places. It was common in the days before water softening got routinely hooked into the systems.
When I travel I’ll sometimes end up in a spot with beautiful soft water that makes soap lather up like mad under your hands.
I remember as a small child running to my mother to tell her something was wrong with the hotel’s water. *g*
She explained it was just “soft”. Went into detail about minerals and geology too.
The rain water thing is wise and wonderful where the ground water is hard, which is lotsa places. It was common in the days before water softening got routinely hooked into the systems.
When I travel I’ll sometimes end up in a spot with beautiful soft water that makes soap lather up like mad under your hands.
I remember as a small child running to my mother to tell her something was wrong with the hotel’s water. *g*
She explained it was just “soft”. Went into detail about minerals and geology too.
The rain water thing is wise and wonderful where the ground water is hard, which is lotsa places. It was common in the days before water softening got routinely hooked into the systems.
When I travel I’ll sometimes end up in a spot with beautiful soft water that makes soap lather up like mad under your hands.
I remember as a small child running to my mother to tell her something was wrong with the hotel’s water. *g*
She explained it was just “soft”. Went into detail about minerals and geology too.
The rain water thing is wise and wonderful where the ground water is hard, which is lotsa places. It was common in the days before water softening got routinely hooked into the systems.
When I travel I’ll sometimes end up in a spot with beautiful soft water that makes soap lather up like mad under your hands.
I remember as a small child running to my mother to tell her something was wrong with the hotel’s water. *g*
She explained it was just “soft”. Went into detail about minerals and geology too.
The rain water thing is wise and wonderful where the ground water is hard, which is lotsa places. It was common in the days before water softening got routinely hooked into the systems.
When I travel I’ll sometimes end up in a spot with beautiful soft water that makes soap lather up like mad under your hands.
I remember as a small child running to my mother to tell her something was wrong with the hotel’s water. *g*
She explained it was just “soft”. Went into detail about minerals and geology too.
You and me both. I’m one of those “strip the body down to the dermis and scrub with harsh chemicals” folks. I think this must be deeply self-revelatory.
I am intrigued by the users of the recipe above, who rinsed with rum and rose water. What did their neighbors and family think as they went about the day smelling strongly of rum?
Or, if they didn’t find the smell odd, what sort of place was the Regency that folks routinely toddled about smelling of hard liquor?
You and me both. I’m one of those “strip the body down to the dermis and scrub with harsh chemicals” folks. I think this must be deeply self-revelatory.
I am intrigued by the users of the recipe above, who rinsed with rum and rose water. What did their neighbors and family think as they went about the day smelling strongly of rum?
Or, if they didn’t find the smell odd, what sort of place was the Regency that folks routinely toddled about smelling of hard liquor?
You and me both. I’m one of those “strip the body down to the dermis and scrub with harsh chemicals” folks. I think this must be deeply self-revelatory.
I am intrigued by the users of the recipe above, who rinsed with rum and rose water. What did their neighbors and family think as they went about the day smelling strongly of rum?
Or, if they didn’t find the smell odd, what sort of place was the Regency that folks routinely toddled about smelling of hard liquor?
You and me both. I’m one of those “strip the body down to the dermis and scrub with harsh chemicals” folks. I think this must be deeply self-revelatory.
I am intrigued by the users of the recipe above, who rinsed with rum and rose water. What did their neighbors and family think as they went about the day smelling strongly of rum?
Or, if they didn’t find the smell odd, what sort of place was the Regency that folks routinely toddled about smelling of hard liquor?
You and me both. I’m one of those “strip the body down to the dermis and scrub with harsh chemicals” folks. I think this must be deeply self-revelatory.
I am intrigued by the users of the recipe above, who rinsed with rum and rose water. What did their neighbors and family think as they went about the day smelling strongly of rum?
Or, if they didn’t find the smell odd, what sort of place was the Regency that folks routinely toddled about smelling of hard liquor?
One thing this does say — and I kinda already knew it. The daily all-out chemical attack on hair oils is not quite as necessary as we think.
Any day you walk away from carrying a major insight is a good day.
I’m still not tempted to give up my twice a week hair wash though. I am surprisingly resistant to new insights, I suppose.
One thing this does say — and I kinda already knew it. The daily all-out chemical attack on hair oils is not quite as necessary as we think.
Any day you walk away from carrying a major insight is a good day.
I’m still not tempted to give up my twice a week hair wash though. I am surprisingly resistant to new insights, I suppose.
One thing this does say — and I kinda already knew it. The daily all-out chemical attack on hair oils is not quite as necessary as we think.
Any day you walk away from carrying a major insight is a good day.
I’m still not tempted to give up my twice a week hair wash though. I am surprisingly resistant to new insights, I suppose.
One thing this does say — and I kinda already knew it. The daily all-out chemical attack on hair oils is not quite as necessary as we think.
Any day you walk away from carrying a major insight is a good day.
I’m still not tempted to give up my twice a week hair wash though. I am surprisingly resistant to new insights, I suppose.
One thing this does say — and I kinda already knew it. The daily all-out chemical attack on hair oils is not quite as necessary as we think.
Any day you walk away from carrying a major insight is a good day.
I’m still not tempted to give up my twice a week hair wash though. I am surprisingly resistant to new insights, I suppose.
I know exactly what you mean about the hair still being damp! For my high school graduation I told the hair dresser that my hair had to be dry to curl it. She tut-tutted me. I was under the hair dryer for 2 hours and they had to remove the rollers to get the air inside the curls so they’d dry! Why don’t they listen to the customers who live with the hair every day??
I wear my very long hair braided in the day and re-braided for bed.
I donated it 7 years ago (it was 3 feet from scalp to ends) and it’s grown back quite nicely. No I won’t be donating it unless the same situation happens again (a close friend’s grandson with cancer). It had been 35 years since I’d last had short hair. I despise short hair on me. Not that it looks bad but it’s soooo much work!!
I wash my hair weekly – or twice weekly in the summer for the cooling effect. But I have to use a leave in conditioner or it drys out too much.
But when the hair was short I had to wash it more frequently and that meant going to work in the cold with damp hair (I ride the bus). Someone asked why I didn’t blow dry it! I did! It still took 3 hours to finish drying!
But when it’s long enough to braid, a bad hair just means you braid it tighter!! 😀
I know exactly what you mean about the hair still being damp! For my high school graduation I told the hair dresser that my hair had to be dry to curl it. She tut-tutted me. I was under the hair dryer for 2 hours and they had to remove the rollers to get the air inside the curls so they’d dry! Why don’t they listen to the customers who live with the hair every day??
I wear my very long hair braided in the day and re-braided for bed.
I donated it 7 years ago (it was 3 feet from scalp to ends) and it’s grown back quite nicely. No I won’t be donating it unless the same situation happens again (a close friend’s grandson with cancer). It had been 35 years since I’d last had short hair. I despise short hair on me. Not that it looks bad but it’s soooo much work!!
I wash my hair weekly – or twice weekly in the summer for the cooling effect. But I have to use a leave in conditioner or it drys out too much.
But when the hair was short I had to wash it more frequently and that meant going to work in the cold with damp hair (I ride the bus). Someone asked why I didn’t blow dry it! I did! It still took 3 hours to finish drying!
But when it’s long enough to braid, a bad hair just means you braid it tighter!! 😀
I know exactly what you mean about the hair still being damp! For my high school graduation I told the hair dresser that my hair had to be dry to curl it. She tut-tutted me. I was under the hair dryer for 2 hours and they had to remove the rollers to get the air inside the curls so they’d dry! Why don’t they listen to the customers who live with the hair every day??
I wear my very long hair braided in the day and re-braided for bed.
I donated it 7 years ago (it was 3 feet from scalp to ends) and it’s grown back quite nicely. No I won’t be donating it unless the same situation happens again (a close friend’s grandson with cancer). It had been 35 years since I’d last had short hair. I despise short hair on me. Not that it looks bad but it’s soooo much work!!
I wash my hair weekly – or twice weekly in the summer for the cooling effect. But I have to use a leave in conditioner or it drys out too much.
But when the hair was short I had to wash it more frequently and that meant going to work in the cold with damp hair (I ride the bus). Someone asked why I didn’t blow dry it! I did! It still took 3 hours to finish drying!
But when it’s long enough to braid, a bad hair just means you braid it tighter!! 😀
I know exactly what you mean about the hair still being damp! For my high school graduation I told the hair dresser that my hair had to be dry to curl it. She tut-tutted me. I was under the hair dryer for 2 hours and they had to remove the rollers to get the air inside the curls so they’d dry! Why don’t they listen to the customers who live with the hair every day??
I wear my very long hair braided in the day and re-braided for bed.
I donated it 7 years ago (it was 3 feet from scalp to ends) and it’s grown back quite nicely. No I won’t be donating it unless the same situation happens again (a close friend’s grandson with cancer). It had been 35 years since I’d last had short hair. I despise short hair on me. Not that it looks bad but it’s soooo much work!!
I wash my hair weekly – or twice weekly in the summer for the cooling effect. But I have to use a leave in conditioner or it drys out too much.
But when the hair was short I had to wash it more frequently and that meant going to work in the cold with damp hair (I ride the bus). Someone asked why I didn’t blow dry it! I did! It still took 3 hours to finish drying!
But when it’s long enough to braid, a bad hair just means you braid it tighter!! 😀
I know exactly what you mean about the hair still being damp! For my high school graduation I told the hair dresser that my hair had to be dry to curl it. She tut-tutted me. I was under the hair dryer for 2 hours and they had to remove the rollers to get the air inside the curls so they’d dry! Why don’t they listen to the customers who live with the hair every day??
I wear my very long hair braided in the day and re-braided for bed.
I donated it 7 years ago (it was 3 feet from scalp to ends) and it’s grown back quite nicely. No I won’t be donating it unless the same situation happens again (a close friend’s grandson with cancer). It had been 35 years since I’d last had short hair. I despise short hair on me. Not that it looks bad but it’s soooo much work!!
I wash my hair weekly – or twice weekly in the summer for the cooling effect. But I have to use a leave in conditioner or it drys out too much.
But when the hair was short I had to wash it more frequently and that meant going to work in the cold with damp hair (I ride the bus). Someone asked why I didn’t blow dry it! I did! It still took 3 hours to finish drying!
But when it’s long enough to braid, a bad hair just means you braid it tighter!! 😀
I can’t help but wonder just how much it would cost today to wash one’s hair with a mixture of rose-water and rum. “Barkeep, a gallon of rum and rose-water, please. Neat.”
I can’t help but wonder just how much it would cost today to wash one’s hair with a mixture of rose-water and rum. “Barkeep, a gallon of rum and rose-water, please. Neat.”
I can’t help but wonder just how much it would cost today to wash one’s hair with a mixture of rose-water and rum. “Barkeep, a gallon of rum and rose-water, please. Neat.”
I can’t help but wonder just how much it would cost today to wash one’s hair with a mixture of rose-water and rum. “Barkeep, a gallon of rum and rose-water, please. Neat.”
I can’t help but wonder just how much it would cost today to wash one’s hair with a mixture of rose-water and rum. “Barkeep, a gallon of rum and rose-water, please. Neat.”
I had braids I could sit on. As soon as I got away from my mother’s control, my hair got shorter every year.
It was always thick, but I was lucky in that it wasn’t hard to dry. I remember a once weekly washing, but frequent usage of kid curlers (which I believe are somewhat easier to sleep in the the larger ones.)
Today, I wash every two to 6 days except when too ill to wash at all. And my hair is very, very short!
It’s getting thin, but is still healthy. It certainly doesn’t look as thin as my mother’s when she died in her 80’s or my paternal grandmother’s when she died about 7 years older than I am now.
I had braids I could sit on. As soon as I got away from my mother’s control, my hair got shorter every year.
It was always thick, but I was lucky in that it wasn’t hard to dry. I remember a once weekly washing, but frequent usage of kid curlers (which I believe are somewhat easier to sleep in the the larger ones.)
Today, I wash every two to 6 days except when too ill to wash at all. And my hair is very, very short!
It’s getting thin, but is still healthy. It certainly doesn’t look as thin as my mother’s when she died in her 80’s or my paternal grandmother’s when she died about 7 years older than I am now.
I had braids I could sit on. As soon as I got away from my mother’s control, my hair got shorter every year.
It was always thick, but I was lucky in that it wasn’t hard to dry. I remember a once weekly washing, but frequent usage of kid curlers (which I believe are somewhat easier to sleep in the the larger ones.)
Today, I wash every two to 6 days except when too ill to wash at all. And my hair is very, very short!
It’s getting thin, but is still healthy. It certainly doesn’t look as thin as my mother’s when she died in her 80’s or my paternal grandmother’s when she died about 7 years older than I am now.
I had braids I could sit on. As soon as I got away from my mother’s control, my hair got shorter every year.
It was always thick, but I was lucky in that it wasn’t hard to dry. I remember a once weekly washing, but frequent usage of kid curlers (which I believe are somewhat easier to sleep in the the larger ones.)
Today, I wash every two to 6 days except when too ill to wash at all. And my hair is very, very short!
It’s getting thin, but is still healthy. It certainly doesn’t look as thin as my mother’s when she died in her 80’s or my paternal grandmother’s when she died about 7 years older than I am now.
I had braids I could sit on. As soon as I got away from my mother’s control, my hair got shorter every year.
It was always thick, but I was lucky in that it wasn’t hard to dry. I remember a once weekly washing, but frequent usage of kid curlers (which I believe are somewhat easier to sleep in the the larger ones.)
Today, I wash every two to 6 days except when too ill to wash at all. And my hair is very, very short!
It’s getting thin, but is still healthy. It certainly doesn’t look as thin as my mother’s when she died in her 80’s or my paternal grandmother’s when she died about 7 years older than I am now.
Fascinating stuff, Joanna, and also in the comments. I love blogs about the minute detail of how people actually lived.
When I was visiting Vienna years ago (for research about the Congress of Vienna for “His Reluctant Mistress”), I visited Schoenbrunn Palace where the Empress Sisi spent a lot of time in the second half of the 19th century. As her portraits show, she had beautiful long hair: see it in this picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria.jpg
The guide told me that washing Sisi’s hair would take a whole day — and she had servants to help of course. What did she wash it with? A mixture of egg yolks and cognac, I was told. And it was dried in front of the fire, too.
Fascinating stuff, Joanna, and also in the comments. I love blogs about the minute detail of how people actually lived.
When I was visiting Vienna years ago (for research about the Congress of Vienna for “His Reluctant Mistress”), I visited Schoenbrunn Palace where the Empress Sisi spent a lot of time in the second half of the 19th century. As her portraits show, she had beautiful long hair: see it in this picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria.jpg
The guide told me that washing Sisi’s hair would take a whole day — and she had servants to help of course. What did she wash it with? A mixture of egg yolks and cognac, I was told. And it was dried in front of the fire, too.
Fascinating stuff, Joanna, and also in the comments. I love blogs about the minute detail of how people actually lived.
When I was visiting Vienna years ago (for research about the Congress of Vienna for “His Reluctant Mistress”), I visited Schoenbrunn Palace where the Empress Sisi spent a lot of time in the second half of the 19th century. As her portraits show, she had beautiful long hair: see it in this picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria.jpg
The guide told me that washing Sisi’s hair would take a whole day — and she had servants to help of course. What did she wash it with? A mixture of egg yolks and cognac, I was told. And it was dried in front of the fire, too.
Fascinating stuff, Joanna, and also in the comments. I love blogs about the minute detail of how people actually lived.
When I was visiting Vienna years ago (for research about the Congress of Vienna for “His Reluctant Mistress”), I visited Schoenbrunn Palace where the Empress Sisi spent a lot of time in the second half of the 19th century. As her portraits show, she had beautiful long hair: see it in this picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria.jpg
The guide told me that washing Sisi’s hair would take a whole day — and she had servants to help of course. What did she wash it with? A mixture of egg yolks and cognac, I was told. And it was dried in front of the fire, too.
Fascinating stuff, Joanna, and also in the comments. I love blogs about the minute detail of how people actually lived.
When I was visiting Vienna years ago (for research about the Congress of Vienna for “His Reluctant Mistress”), I visited Schoenbrunn Palace where the Empress Sisi spent a lot of time in the second half of the 19th century. As her portraits show, she had beautiful long hair: see it in this picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria.jpg
The guide told me that washing Sisi’s hair would take a whole day — and she had servants to help of course. What did she wash it with? A mixture of egg yolks and cognac, I was told. And it was dried in front of the fire, too.
Question – I notice the use of vinegar not only for the hair but also in the previous post for medicine. Wouldn’t the vinegar leave a smell like, oh, I don’t know – vinegar?
Question – I notice the use of vinegar not only for the hair but also in the previous post for medicine. Wouldn’t the vinegar leave a smell like, oh, I don’t know – vinegar?
Question – I notice the use of vinegar not only for the hair but also in the previous post for medicine. Wouldn’t the vinegar leave a smell like, oh, I don’t know – vinegar?
Question – I notice the use of vinegar not only for the hair but also in the previous post for medicine. Wouldn’t the vinegar leave a smell like, oh, I don’t know – vinegar?
Question – I notice the use of vinegar not only for the hair but also in the previous post for medicine. Wouldn’t the vinegar leave a smell like, oh, I don’t know – vinegar?
Sidney, I left the post about using vinegar on a sunburn. It does indeed leave a smell – at least temporarily. I know some people who cannot stand the smell – it actually makes them gag. I’m not crazy about the smell myself. But I like sunburns even less.
Sidney, I left the post about using vinegar on a sunburn. It does indeed leave a smell – at least temporarily. I know some people who cannot stand the smell – it actually makes them gag. I’m not crazy about the smell myself. But I like sunburns even less.
Sidney, I left the post about using vinegar on a sunburn. It does indeed leave a smell – at least temporarily. I know some people who cannot stand the smell – it actually makes them gag. I’m not crazy about the smell myself. But I like sunburns even less.
Sidney, I left the post about using vinegar on a sunburn. It does indeed leave a smell – at least temporarily. I know some people who cannot stand the smell – it actually makes them gag. I’m not crazy about the smell myself. But I like sunburns even less.
Sidney, I left the post about using vinegar on a sunburn. It does indeed leave a smell – at least temporarily. I know some people who cannot stand the smell – it actually makes them gag. I’m not crazy about the smell myself. But I like sunburns even less.
I live in the UK and several years ago there was a TV programme on the BBC about a family attempting to live like Victorians in a period house. All aspects of daily life were managed according to what was done at the time and I remember that the one thing the Mum in the family couldn’t live with was the lack of shampoo. She tried various hair washes and on one occasion nearly ended up with scrambled egg in her hair because the rinsing water was too hot! Eventually, she broke the rules she’d agreed to follow and sneaked off to buy some shampoo!
I live in the UK and several years ago there was a TV programme on the BBC about a family attempting to live like Victorians in a period house. All aspects of daily life were managed according to what was done at the time and I remember that the one thing the Mum in the family couldn’t live with was the lack of shampoo. She tried various hair washes and on one occasion nearly ended up with scrambled egg in her hair because the rinsing water was too hot! Eventually, she broke the rules she’d agreed to follow and sneaked off to buy some shampoo!
I live in the UK and several years ago there was a TV programme on the BBC about a family attempting to live like Victorians in a period house. All aspects of daily life were managed according to what was done at the time and I remember that the one thing the Mum in the family couldn’t live with was the lack of shampoo. She tried various hair washes and on one occasion nearly ended up with scrambled egg in her hair because the rinsing water was too hot! Eventually, she broke the rules she’d agreed to follow and sneaked off to buy some shampoo!
I live in the UK and several years ago there was a TV programme on the BBC about a family attempting to live like Victorians in a period house. All aspects of daily life were managed according to what was done at the time and I remember that the one thing the Mum in the family couldn’t live with was the lack of shampoo. She tried various hair washes and on one occasion nearly ended up with scrambled egg in her hair because the rinsing water was too hot! Eventually, she broke the rules she’d agreed to follow and sneaked off to buy some shampoo!
I live in the UK and several years ago there was a TV programme on the BBC about a family attempting to live like Victorians in a period house. All aspects of daily life were managed according to what was done at the time and I remember that the one thing the Mum in the family couldn’t live with was the lack of shampoo. She tried various hair washes and on one occasion nearly ended up with scrambled egg in her hair because the rinsing water was too hot! Eventually, she broke the rules she’d agreed to follow and sneaked off to buy some shampoo!
I have very thick hair. I have had short hair and long, long hair. When I was into long hair, I finally had to cut it because the weight was giving me headaches.
Even now, when I am older than dirt, I have thick and healthy hair.
Not sure why, though. When I was in high school, I washed my hair with Tide. Not the liquid (it did not exist then), but the Tide that was tiny little white rock like things.
My hair was oily and it was an idea I got that seemed smart at the time. Now I realize it was dumber than a box of rocks. But, even Tide did not kill my hair. I think that makes it something like bamboo….you simply can’t get rid of it.
I have very thick hair. I have had short hair and long, long hair. When I was into long hair, I finally had to cut it because the weight was giving me headaches.
Even now, when I am older than dirt, I have thick and healthy hair.
Not sure why, though. When I was in high school, I washed my hair with Tide. Not the liquid (it did not exist then), but the Tide that was tiny little white rock like things.
My hair was oily and it was an idea I got that seemed smart at the time. Now I realize it was dumber than a box of rocks. But, even Tide did not kill my hair. I think that makes it something like bamboo….you simply can’t get rid of it.
I have very thick hair. I have had short hair and long, long hair. When I was into long hair, I finally had to cut it because the weight was giving me headaches.
Even now, when I am older than dirt, I have thick and healthy hair.
Not sure why, though. When I was in high school, I washed my hair with Tide. Not the liquid (it did not exist then), but the Tide that was tiny little white rock like things.
My hair was oily and it was an idea I got that seemed smart at the time. Now I realize it was dumber than a box of rocks. But, even Tide did not kill my hair. I think that makes it something like bamboo….you simply can’t get rid of it.
I have very thick hair. I have had short hair and long, long hair. When I was into long hair, I finally had to cut it because the weight was giving me headaches.
Even now, when I am older than dirt, I have thick and healthy hair.
Not sure why, though. When I was in high school, I washed my hair with Tide. Not the liquid (it did not exist then), but the Tide that was tiny little white rock like things.
My hair was oily and it was an idea I got that seemed smart at the time. Now I realize it was dumber than a box of rocks. But, even Tide did not kill my hair. I think that makes it something like bamboo….you simply can’t get rid of it.
I have very thick hair. I have had short hair and long, long hair. When I was into long hair, I finally had to cut it because the weight was giving me headaches.
Even now, when I am older than dirt, I have thick and healthy hair.
Not sure why, though. When I was in high school, I washed my hair with Tide. Not the liquid (it did not exist then), but the Tide that was tiny little white rock like things.
My hair was oily and it was an idea I got that seemed smart at the time. Now I realize it was dumber than a box of rocks. But, even Tide did not kill my hair. I think that makes it something like bamboo….you simply can’t get rid of it.
Hands (or hair) down, Best. Post. Ever. Loved it!
Hands (or hair) down, Best. Post. Ever. Loved it!
Hands (or hair) down, Best. Post. Ever. Loved it!
Hands (or hair) down, Best. Post. Ever. Loved it!
Hands (or hair) down, Best. Post. Ever. Loved it!
Oh Joanna, As in your post about towels, you give us so many little details we’d prefer NOT to have in mind while reading romance. But thank you for another wonderful piece!
Oh Joanna, As in your post about towels, you give us so many little details we’d prefer NOT to have in mind while reading romance. But thank you for another wonderful piece!
Oh Joanna, As in your post about towels, you give us so many little details we’d prefer NOT to have in mind while reading romance. But thank you for another wonderful piece!
Oh Joanna, As in your post about towels, you give us so many little details we’d prefer NOT to have in mind while reading romance. But thank you for another wonderful piece!
Oh Joanna, As in your post about towels, you give us so many little details we’d prefer NOT to have in mind while reading romance. But thank you for another wonderful piece!
Fascinating post! I always am taken slightly out of the story when a female character washes her hair and then combs or brushes it dry in front of a fire. That would take so long – longer than the hero leaves when he joins her in her room. I also wonder about brushing wet hair. I think that would tend to break it.
Does anyone know when brushes started being used for human hair care, instead of just combs? The research I’ve done so far indicates it was in the early 1800s, but what did they use to curry their horses before then? Horse combs? I’m specifically interesting in the early 1500s, so not much data that I’ve seen.
Thanks for a really interesting topic.
Fascinating post! I always am taken slightly out of the story when a female character washes her hair and then combs or brushes it dry in front of a fire. That would take so long – longer than the hero leaves when he joins her in her room. I also wonder about brushing wet hair. I think that would tend to break it.
Does anyone know when brushes started being used for human hair care, instead of just combs? The research I’ve done so far indicates it was in the early 1800s, but what did they use to curry their horses before then? Horse combs? I’m specifically interesting in the early 1500s, so not much data that I’ve seen.
Thanks for a really interesting topic.
Fascinating post! I always am taken slightly out of the story when a female character washes her hair and then combs or brushes it dry in front of a fire. That would take so long – longer than the hero leaves when he joins her in her room. I also wonder about brushing wet hair. I think that would tend to break it.
Does anyone know when brushes started being used for human hair care, instead of just combs? The research I’ve done so far indicates it was in the early 1800s, but what did they use to curry their horses before then? Horse combs? I’m specifically interesting in the early 1500s, so not much data that I’ve seen.
Thanks for a really interesting topic.
Fascinating post! I always am taken slightly out of the story when a female character washes her hair and then combs or brushes it dry in front of a fire. That would take so long – longer than the hero leaves when he joins her in her room. I also wonder about brushing wet hair. I think that would tend to break it.
Does anyone know when brushes started being used for human hair care, instead of just combs? The research I’ve done so far indicates it was in the early 1800s, but what did they use to curry their horses before then? Horse combs? I’m specifically interesting in the early 1500s, so not much data that I’ve seen.
Thanks for a really interesting topic.
Fascinating post! I always am taken slightly out of the story when a female character washes her hair and then combs or brushes it dry in front of a fire. That would take so long – longer than the hero leaves when he joins her in her room. I also wonder about brushing wet hair. I think that would tend to break it.
Does anyone know when brushes started being used for human hair care, instead of just combs? The research I’ve done so far indicates it was in the early 1800s, but what did they use to curry their horses before then? Horse combs? I’m specifically interesting in the early 1500s, so not much data that I’ve seen.
Thanks for a really interesting topic.
I saw that show you’re talking about Gail. I’ve seen lots of these types of programmes because I love them and the history they depict. Hand on heart I have to say they were the worst family ever in one of these programmes. They knew what they were getting into but they moaned and whined all the way through.
I saw that show you’re talking about Gail. I’ve seen lots of these types of programmes because I love them and the history they depict. Hand on heart I have to say they were the worst family ever in one of these programmes. They knew what they were getting into but they moaned and whined all the way through.
I saw that show you’re talking about Gail. I’ve seen lots of these types of programmes because I love them and the history they depict. Hand on heart I have to say they were the worst family ever in one of these programmes. They knew what they were getting into but they moaned and whined all the way through.
I saw that show you’re talking about Gail. I’ve seen lots of these types of programmes because I love them and the history they depict. Hand on heart I have to say they were the worst family ever in one of these programmes. They knew what they were getting into but they moaned and whined all the way through.
I saw that show you’re talking about Gail. I’ve seen lots of these types of programmes because I love them and the history they depict. Hand on heart I have to say they were the worst family ever in one of these programmes. They knew what they were getting into but they moaned and whined all the way through.
I’ve had bad skin since I was born. I don’t mean it looks terrible or anything but I have to be particular about what I use. The shampoo I have now has oatmeal in it because any other type makes me itch. When I started the menopause I suddenly became intolerant to all the face creams I had been using. Now I just use a moisturing balm. I can’t use any of the branded creams or lotions. I’m an odd ball 🙂
I wash my hair every second day because it’s so fine it just looks flat no matter what I do with it. I wear my hair short but had it long as a child and I too washed it in a tub in front of the fire and brush dried it there too.
Wonderful post.
I’ve had bad skin since I was born. I don’t mean it looks terrible or anything but I have to be particular about what I use. The shampoo I have now has oatmeal in it because any other type makes me itch. When I started the menopause I suddenly became intolerant to all the face creams I had been using. Now I just use a moisturing balm. I can’t use any of the branded creams or lotions. I’m an odd ball 🙂
I wash my hair every second day because it’s so fine it just looks flat no matter what I do with it. I wear my hair short but had it long as a child and I too washed it in a tub in front of the fire and brush dried it there too.
Wonderful post.
I’ve had bad skin since I was born. I don’t mean it looks terrible or anything but I have to be particular about what I use. The shampoo I have now has oatmeal in it because any other type makes me itch. When I started the menopause I suddenly became intolerant to all the face creams I had been using. Now I just use a moisturing balm. I can’t use any of the branded creams or lotions. I’m an odd ball 🙂
I wash my hair every second day because it’s so fine it just looks flat no matter what I do with it. I wear my hair short but had it long as a child and I too washed it in a tub in front of the fire and brush dried it there too.
Wonderful post.
I’ve had bad skin since I was born. I don’t mean it looks terrible or anything but I have to be particular about what I use. The shampoo I have now has oatmeal in it because any other type makes me itch. When I started the menopause I suddenly became intolerant to all the face creams I had been using. Now I just use a moisturing balm. I can’t use any of the branded creams or lotions. I’m an odd ball 🙂
I wash my hair every second day because it’s so fine it just looks flat no matter what I do with it. I wear my hair short but had it long as a child and I too washed it in a tub in front of the fire and brush dried it there too.
Wonderful post.
I’ve had bad skin since I was born. I don’t mean it looks terrible or anything but I have to be particular about what I use. The shampoo I have now has oatmeal in it because any other type makes me itch. When I started the menopause I suddenly became intolerant to all the face creams I had been using. Now I just use a moisturing balm. I can’t use any of the branded creams or lotions. I’m an odd ball 🙂
I wash my hair every second day because it’s so fine it just looks flat no matter what I do with it. I wear my hair short but had it long as a child and I too washed it in a tub in front of the fire and brush dried it there too.
Wonderful post.
And it would take so much of it, I should think. Gallons and gallons.
And it would take so much of it, I should think. Gallons and gallons.
And it would take so much of it, I should think. Gallons and gallons.
And it would take so much of it, I should think. Gallons and gallons.
And it would take so much of it, I should think. Gallons and gallons.
It was always easier for me to take care of short hair. Mine was so curly I could just cut it quite short and let it frizz.
Longer hair, I had to straighten. So much work.
It was always easier for me to take care of short hair. Mine was so curly I could just cut it quite short and let it frizz.
Longer hair, I had to straighten. So much work.
It was always easier for me to take care of short hair. Mine was so curly I could just cut it quite short and let it frizz.
Longer hair, I had to straighten. So much work.
It was always easier for me to take care of short hair. Mine was so curly I could just cut it quite short and let it frizz.
Longer hair, I had to straighten. So much work.
It was always easier for me to take care of short hair. Mine was so curly I could just cut it quite short and let it frizz.
Longer hair, I had to straighten. So much work.
I keep thinking one would get tired of the smell of eggs very quickly, using them as a shampoo. I wonder folks didn’t find a simpler source of oil. Lanolin or something.
The cognac, though, sounds lovely.
I keep thinking one would get tired of the smell of eggs very quickly, using them as a shampoo. I wonder folks didn’t find a simpler source of oil. Lanolin or something.
The cognac, though, sounds lovely.
I keep thinking one would get tired of the smell of eggs very quickly, using them as a shampoo. I wonder folks didn’t find a simpler source of oil. Lanolin or something.
The cognac, though, sounds lovely.
I keep thinking one would get tired of the smell of eggs very quickly, using them as a shampoo. I wonder folks didn’t find a simpler source of oil. Lanolin or something.
The cognac, though, sounds lovely.
I keep thinking one would get tired of the smell of eggs very quickly, using them as a shampoo. I wonder folks didn’t find a simpler source of oil. Lanolin or something.
The cognac, though, sounds lovely.
It would. I would.
That;s maybe not a problem in medicine where
tasting awful is part of the expectation.
(Though I rather like the taste of vinegar in salads. I use it on its own mostly.)
The smell wears off when you use it in the hair, as I recall. But maybe one just stops noticing and all those years I ran about smelling like a salad.
It would. I would.
That;s maybe not a problem in medicine where
tasting awful is part of the expectation.
(Though I rather like the taste of vinegar in salads. I use it on its own mostly.)
The smell wears off when you use it in the hair, as I recall. But maybe one just stops noticing and all those years I ran about smelling like a salad.
It would. I would.
That;s maybe not a problem in medicine where
tasting awful is part of the expectation.
(Though I rather like the taste of vinegar in salads. I use it on its own mostly.)
The smell wears off when you use it in the hair, as I recall. But maybe one just stops noticing and all those years I ran about smelling like a salad.
It would. I would.
That;s maybe not a problem in medicine where
tasting awful is part of the expectation.
(Though I rather like the taste of vinegar in salads. I use it on its own mostly.)
The smell wears off when you use it in the hair, as I recall. But maybe one just stops noticing and all those years I ran about smelling like a salad.
It would. I would.
That;s maybe not a problem in medicine where
tasting awful is part of the expectation.
(Though I rather like the taste of vinegar in salads. I use it on its own mostly.)
The smell wears off when you use it in the hair, as I recall. But maybe one just stops noticing and all those years I ran about smelling like a salad.
Now, what I want to know is, why do humans have this mane of long, long hair? Why did it evolve?
It seems so perfectly useless.
Now, what I want to know is, why do humans have this mane of long, long hair? Why did it evolve?
It seems so perfectly useless.
Now, what I want to know is, why do humans have this mane of long, long hair? Why did it evolve?
It seems so perfectly useless.
Now, what I want to know is, why do humans have this mane of long, long hair? Why did it evolve?
It seems so perfectly useless.
Now, what I want to know is, why do humans have this mane of long, long hair? Why did it evolve?
It seems so perfectly useless.
Oh, thank you.
I understand why women mostly wore their hair up in buns or braids through most of history, and covered it.
Because it took so much work keeping it clean and sweet.
Oh, thank you.
I understand why women mostly wore their hair up in buns or braids through most of history, and covered it.
Because it took so much work keeping it clean and sweet.
Oh, thank you.
I understand why women mostly wore their hair up in buns or braids through most of history, and covered it.
Because it took so much work keeping it clean and sweet.
Oh, thank you.
I understand why women mostly wore their hair up in buns or braids through most of history, and covered it.
Because it took so much work keeping it clean and sweet.
Oh, thank you.
I understand why women mostly wore their hair up in buns or braids through most of history, and covered it.
Because it took so much work keeping it clean and sweet.
Romancelandia is a mystic kingdom where hair just washes itself and all the heroines can dress like convincing boys.
I think most writers know this stuff. We’ve pretty much all gotten out of a shower or tub with wet hair and spent a miserable, freezing night with it damp. (Unless they never went to visit Aunt Doc on the farm or went to camp.)
We just don’t torture the poor heroines with this much reality. They get heroically stabbed by villains. They don’t get skinned knees.
Romancelandia is a mystic kingdom where hair just washes itself and all the heroines can dress like convincing boys.
I think most writers know this stuff. We’ve pretty much all gotten out of a shower or tub with wet hair and spent a miserable, freezing night with it damp. (Unless they never went to visit Aunt Doc on the farm or went to camp.)
We just don’t torture the poor heroines with this much reality. They get heroically stabbed by villains. They don’t get skinned knees.
Romancelandia is a mystic kingdom where hair just washes itself and all the heroines can dress like convincing boys.
I think most writers know this stuff. We’ve pretty much all gotten out of a shower or tub with wet hair and spent a miserable, freezing night with it damp. (Unless they never went to visit Aunt Doc on the farm or went to camp.)
We just don’t torture the poor heroines with this much reality. They get heroically stabbed by villains. They don’t get skinned knees.
Romancelandia is a mystic kingdom where hair just washes itself and all the heroines can dress like convincing boys.
I think most writers know this stuff. We’ve pretty much all gotten out of a shower or tub with wet hair and spent a miserable, freezing night with it damp. (Unless they never went to visit Aunt Doc on the farm or went to camp.)
We just don’t torture the poor heroines with this much reality. They get heroically stabbed by villains. They don’t get skinned knees.
Romancelandia is a mystic kingdom where hair just washes itself and all the heroines can dress like convincing boys.
I think most writers know this stuff. We’ve pretty much all gotten out of a shower or tub with wet hair and spent a miserable, freezing night with it damp. (Unless they never went to visit Aunt Doc on the farm or went to camp.)
We just don’t torture the poor heroines with this much reality. They get heroically stabbed by villains. They don’t get skinned knees.
My guess — I know virtually nothing about the Middle Ages (or horses) — is that stableboys took up a handful of fresh clean straw and used that to rub down the horses. Then used a comb for the mane.
Earliest brush? Have a looksee here.
http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/895/page/1306/display?page=3
That’s a standard modern-style brush in an army setting in 1700.
And then we have … something …that looks like a very soft brush of sorts and seems firmly Medieval.
detail of Susanna at her bath by Albrecht Altdorfer
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496803402629221782/
That’s from the site:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghizzy1558/medieval-brushhairbrush/?lp=true
where there are other similar.
I dunnoh whether this was a brush, or what.
I suspect Medieval Everyman and Everywoman combed their hair out with fine tooth combs, frequently, and rubbed it down to the scalp with clean cloths.
My guess — I know virtually nothing about the Middle Ages (or horses) — is that stableboys took up a handful of fresh clean straw and used that to rub down the horses. Then used a comb for the mane.
Earliest brush? Have a looksee here.
http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/895/page/1306/display?page=3
That’s a standard modern-style brush in an army setting in 1700.
And then we have … something …that looks like a very soft brush of sorts and seems firmly Medieval.
detail of Susanna at her bath by Albrecht Altdorfer
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496803402629221782/
That’s from the site:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghizzy1558/medieval-brushhairbrush/?lp=true
where there are other similar.
I dunnoh whether this was a brush, or what.
I suspect Medieval Everyman and Everywoman combed their hair out with fine tooth combs, frequently, and rubbed it down to the scalp with clean cloths.
My guess — I know virtually nothing about the Middle Ages (or horses) — is that stableboys took up a handful of fresh clean straw and used that to rub down the horses. Then used a comb for the mane.
Earliest brush? Have a looksee here.
http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/895/page/1306/display?page=3
That’s a standard modern-style brush in an army setting in 1700.
And then we have … something …that looks like a very soft brush of sorts and seems firmly Medieval.
detail of Susanna at her bath by Albrecht Altdorfer
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496803402629221782/
That’s from the site:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghizzy1558/medieval-brushhairbrush/?lp=true
where there are other similar.
I dunnoh whether this was a brush, or what.
I suspect Medieval Everyman and Everywoman combed their hair out with fine tooth combs, frequently, and rubbed it down to the scalp with clean cloths.
My guess — I know virtually nothing about the Middle Ages (or horses) — is that stableboys took up a handful of fresh clean straw and used that to rub down the horses. Then used a comb for the mane.
Earliest brush? Have a looksee here.
http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/895/page/1306/display?page=3
That’s a standard modern-style brush in an army setting in 1700.
And then we have … something …that looks like a very soft brush of sorts and seems firmly Medieval.
detail of Susanna at her bath by Albrecht Altdorfer
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496803402629221782/
That’s from the site:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghizzy1558/medieval-brushhairbrush/?lp=true
where there are other similar.
I dunnoh whether this was a brush, or what.
I suspect Medieval Everyman and Everywoman combed their hair out with fine tooth combs, frequently, and rubbed it down to the scalp with clean cloths.
My guess — I know virtually nothing about the Middle Ages (or horses) — is that stableboys took up a handful of fresh clean straw and used that to rub down the horses. Then used a comb for the mane.
Earliest brush? Have a looksee here.
http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/895/page/1306/display?page=3
That’s a standard modern-style brush in an army setting in 1700.
And then we have … something …that looks like a very soft brush of sorts and seems firmly Medieval.
detail of Susanna at her bath by Albrecht Altdorfer
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496803402629221782/
That’s from the site:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/ghizzy1558/medieval-brushhairbrush/?lp=true
where there are other similar.
I dunnoh whether this was a brush, or what.
I suspect Medieval Everyman and Everywoman combed their hair out with fine tooth combs, frequently, and rubbed it down to the scalp with clean cloths.
And I guess that’s a good comment on whether a brush can be used on wet hair. If wet fine child hair can take it, there’s an argument it works pretty well.
I use scented commercial shampoos myself because I like to think of my hair smelling fancy close up. And the commercial products, to do them justice, do seem to wash out more easily and thoroughly than using bar soap.
For bar soaps I go with the weirdest handmade scented stuff I can find — moss or whole mint leaves — because it is so odd and exciting and anyway I want to support the hand-made-stuff endeavors.
And I guess that’s a good comment on whether a brush can be used on wet hair. If wet fine child hair can take it, there’s an argument it works pretty well.
I use scented commercial shampoos myself because I like to think of my hair smelling fancy close up. And the commercial products, to do them justice, do seem to wash out more easily and thoroughly than using bar soap.
For bar soaps I go with the weirdest handmade scented stuff I can find — moss or whole mint leaves — because it is so odd and exciting and anyway I want to support the hand-made-stuff endeavors.
And I guess that’s a good comment on whether a brush can be used on wet hair. If wet fine child hair can take it, there’s an argument it works pretty well.
I use scented commercial shampoos myself because I like to think of my hair smelling fancy close up. And the commercial products, to do them justice, do seem to wash out more easily and thoroughly than using bar soap.
For bar soaps I go with the weirdest handmade scented stuff I can find — moss or whole mint leaves — because it is so odd and exciting and anyway I want to support the hand-made-stuff endeavors.
And I guess that’s a good comment on whether a brush can be used on wet hair. If wet fine child hair can take it, there’s an argument it works pretty well.
I use scented commercial shampoos myself because I like to think of my hair smelling fancy close up. And the commercial products, to do them justice, do seem to wash out more easily and thoroughly than using bar soap.
For bar soaps I go with the weirdest handmade scented stuff I can find — moss or whole mint leaves — because it is so odd and exciting and anyway I want to support the hand-made-stuff endeavors.
And I guess that’s a good comment on whether a brush can be used on wet hair. If wet fine child hair can take it, there’s an argument it works pretty well.
I use scented commercial shampoos myself because I like to think of my hair smelling fancy close up. And the commercial products, to do them justice, do seem to wash out more easily and thoroughly than using bar soap.
For bar soaps I go with the weirdest handmade scented stuff I can find — moss or whole mint leaves — because it is so odd and exciting and anyway I want to support the hand-made-stuff endeavors.
I’ve always had long hair, and yes, it can take a while to dry, BUT it can also be washed in long braids, and/or easily arranged while damp. Once I started heating my house with wood, the drying time shortened significantly. I don’t think Regency summers were nearly as humid as some of our American summers,and almost every dwelling would have had a constant fire somewhere to help with drying everything. I’ve also tried just marching around outside in bitter weather, since the humidity is so low in very cold air. My hair might be drying, but for sure in that circumstance, it’s also freezing.
I’ve always had long hair, and yes, it can take a while to dry, BUT it can also be washed in long braids, and/or easily arranged while damp. Once I started heating my house with wood, the drying time shortened significantly. I don’t think Regency summers were nearly as humid as some of our American summers,and almost every dwelling would have had a constant fire somewhere to help with drying everything. I’ve also tried just marching around outside in bitter weather, since the humidity is so low in very cold air. My hair might be drying, but for sure in that circumstance, it’s also freezing.
I’ve always had long hair, and yes, it can take a while to dry, BUT it can also be washed in long braids, and/or easily arranged while damp. Once I started heating my house with wood, the drying time shortened significantly. I don’t think Regency summers were nearly as humid as some of our American summers,and almost every dwelling would have had a constant fire somewhere to help with drying everything. I’ve also tried just marching around outside in bitter weather, since the humidity is so low in very cold air. My hair might be drying, but for sure in that circumstance, it’s also freezing.
I’ve always had long hair, and yes, it can take a while to dry, BUT it can also be washed in long braids, and/or easily arranged while damp. Once I started heating my house with wood, the drying time shortened significantly. I don’t think Regency summers were nearly as humid as some of our American summers,and almost every dwelling would have had a constant fire somewhere to help with drying everything. I’ve also tried just marching around outside in bitter weather, since the humidity is so low in very cold air. My hair might be drying, but for sure in that circumstance, it’s also freezing.
I’ve always had long hair, and yes, it can take a while to dry, BUT it can also be washed in long braids, and/or easily arranged while damp. Once I started heating my house with wood, the drying time shortened significantly. I don’t think Regency summers were nearly as humid as some of our American summers,and almost every dwelling would have had a constant fire somewhere to help with drying everything. I’ve also tried just marching around outside in bitter weather, since the humidity is so low in very cold air. My hair might be drying, but for sure in that circumstance, it’s also freezing.
Wood dries stuff out, no question of that. I can lay wet outdoor stuff over the back of a chair near the woodstove and it’ll be bone dry in an hour.
I think of England as pretty damp — not so much humid in a Virginia fashion as sort of a cold, sullen grip of chill and wet.
When I was in London I had to alternate how I parked my car. If it was always facing the same way I started growing moss on one side.
Wood dries stuff out, no question of that. I can lay wet outdoor stuff over the back of a chair near the woodstove and it’ll be bone dry in an hour.
I think of England as pretty damp — not so much humid in a Virginia fashion as sort of a cold, sullen grip of chill and wet.
When I was in London I had to alternate how I parked my car. If it was always facing the same way I started growing moss on one side.
Wood dries stuff out, no question of that. I can lay wet outdoor stuff over the back of a chair near the woodstove and it’ll be bone dry in an hour.
I think of England as pretty damp — not so much humid in a Virginia fashion as sort of a cold, sullen grip of chill and wet.
When I was in London I had to alternate how I parked my car. If it was always facing the same way I started growing moss on one side.
Wood dries stuff out, no question of that. I can lay wet outdoor stuff over the back of a chair near the woodstove and it’ll be bone dry in an hour.
I think of England as pretty damp — not so much humid in a Virginia fashion as sort of a cold, sullen grip of chill and wet.
When I was in London I had to alternate how I parked my car. If it was always facing the same way I started growing moss on one side.
Wood dries stuff out, no question of that. I can lay wet outdoor stuff over the back of a chair near the woodstove and it’ll be bone dry in an hour.
I think of England as pretty damp — not so much humid in a Virginia fashion as sort of a cold, sullen grip of chill and wet.
When I was in London I had to alternate how I parked my car. If it was always facing the same way I started growing moss on one side.
This makes sense to me. I, too, don’t wash my hair every day and other then shampoo, I use no products on it. My natural curl handles it much better. I don’t have the nerve to try it for a month.
This makes sense to me. I, too, don’t wash my hair every day and other then shampoo, I use no products on it. My natural curl handles it much better. I don’t have the nerve to try it for a month.
This makes sense to me. I, too, don’t wash my hair every day and other then shampoo, I use no products on it. My natural curl handles it much better. I don’t have the nerve to try it for a month.
This makes sense to me. I, too, don’t wash my hair every day and other then shampoo, I use no products on it. My natural curl handles it much better. I don’t have the nerve to try it for a month.
This makes sense to me. I, too, don’t wash my hair every day and other then shampoo, I use no products on it. My natural curl handles it much better. I don’t have the nerve to try it for a month.
I’m willing to try just about anything, but I think I’d feel odd and uneasy if I went more than a few days without shampooing my hair or washing my face with soap and water.
… I suppose it’s what you’re used to, y’know. Probably my great grandchildren will wrinkle their noses in disgust and say something like — she didn’t have antigravity cleaners. Not at ALL.
I’m willing to try just about anything, but I think I’d feel odd and uneasy if I went more than a few days without shampooing my hair or washing my face with soap and water.
… I suppose it’s what you’re used to, y’know. Probably my great grandchildren will wrinkle their noses in disgust and say something like — she didn’t have antigravity cleaners. Not at ALL.
I’m willing to try just about anything, but I think I’d feel odd and uneasy if I went more than a few days without shampooing my hair or washing my face with soap and water.
… I suppose it’s what you’re used to, y’know. Probably my great grandchildren will wrinkle their noses in disgust and say something like — she didn’t have antigravity cleaners. Not at ALL.
I’m willing to try just about anything, but I think I’d feel odd and uneasy if I went more than a few days without shampooing my hair or washing my face with soap and water.
… I suppose it’s what you’re used to, y’know. Probably my great grandchildren will wrinkle their noses in disgust and say something like — she didn’t have antigravity cleaners. Not at ALL.
I’m willing to try just about anything, but I think I’d feel odd and uneasy if I went more than a few days without shampooing my hair or washing my face with soap and water.
… I suppose it’s what you’re used to, y’know. Probably my great grandchildren will wrinkle their noses in disgust and say something like — she didn’t have antigravity cleaners. Not at ALL.
The aquatic ape theory (Elaine Morgan) suggests that while we were bobbing about in bays and such on the edge of the oceans, the babies used it as an anchor; they’d not have to swim quite so accurately to Mama as otherwise. In support of that, she mentions that during the last stages of pregnancy, the ratio of thick hairs to thin on an individual’s scalp increases. Visual difference negligible, but as a safehold for a swimming baby? Much better. Also, women don’t go bald until quite late in life, while men can do so while still young–babies hang onto their mothers in primate groupings, especialy while being nursed.
The aquatic ape theory (Elaine Morgan) suggests that while we were bobbing about in bays and such on the edge of the oceans, the babies used it as an anchor; they’d not have to swim quite so accurately to Mama as otherwise. In support of that, she mentions that during the last stages of pregnancy, the ratio of thick hairs to thin on an individual’s scalp increases. Visual difference negligible, but as a safehold for a swimming baby? Much better. Also, women don’t go bald until quite late in life, while men can do so while still young–babies hang onto their mothers in primate groupings, especialy while being nursed.
The aquatic ape theory (Elaine Morgan) suggests that while we were bobbing about in bays and such on the edge of the oceans, the babies used it as an anchor; they’d not have to swim quite so accurately to Mama as otherwise. In support of that, she mentions that during the last stages of pregnancy, the ratio of thick hairs to thin on an individual’s scalp increases. Visual difference negligible, but as a safehold for a swimming baby? Much better. Also, women don’t go bald until quite late in life, while men can do so while still young–babies hang onto their mothers in primate groupings, especialy while being nursed.
The aquatic ape theory (Elaine Morgan) suggests that while we were bobbing about in bays and such on the edge of the oceans, the babies used it as an anchor; they’d not have to swim quite so accurately to Mama as otherwise. In support of that, she mentions that during the last stages of pregnancy, the ratio of thick hairs to thin on an individual’s scalp increases. Visual difference negligible, but as a safehold for a swimming baby? Much better. Also, women don’t go bald until quite late in life, while men can do so while still young–babies hang onto their mothers in primate groupings, especialy while being nursed.
The aquatic ape theory (Elaine Morgan) suggests that while we were bobbing about in bays and such on the edge of the oceans, the babies used it as an anchor; they’d not have to swim quite so accurately to Mama as otherwise. In support of that, she mentions that during the last stages of pregnancy, the ratio of thick hairs to thin on an individual’s scalp increases. Visual difference negligible, but as a safehold for a swimming baby? Much better. Also, women don’t go bald until quite late in life, while men can do so while still young–babies hang onto their mothers in primate groupings, especialy while being nursed.
You had me at “Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair.” I’ve always had fine, straight hair. And in my salad days it was a bright, pale blonde, and I wore it long–“surfer girl” hair.
During those days, I dated a man for a while who was considered a very fine catch–brilliant, educated, successful, etc. He was about 10 years older. Family and friends were thrilled that I was dating him–he was a semi-famous “somebody” in our world. He and I had some fine times…until he decided that he really couldn’t marry me after all, for various reasons. I had no problem with that.
The problem was that he wouldn’t leave me alone. He’d stop by to visit, call, etc. Bemoan not being able to marry me.
Basically, he was making his problem my problem.
It was wearying. But I had been raised to be “nice.” So. One night I dyed my hair flaming red. Then I went to visit him. I was lively, funny, full of good cheer–flamboyantly so.
I never heard from him again.
You had me at “Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair.” I’ve always had fine, straight hair. And in my salad days it was a bright, pale blonde, and I wore it long–“surfer girl” hair.
During those days, I dated a man for a while who was considered a very fine catch–brilliant, educated, successful, etc. He was about 10 years older. Family and friends were thrilled that I was dating him–he was a semi-famous “somebody” in our world. He and I had some fine times…until he decided that he really couldn’t marry me after all, for various reasons. I had no problem with that.
The problem was that he wouldn’t leave me alone. He’d stop by to visit, call, etc. Bemoan not being able to marry me.
Basically, he was making his problem my problem.
It was wearying. But I had been raised to be “nice.” So. One night I dyed my hair flaming red. Then I went to visit him. I was lively, funny, full of good cheer–flamboyantly so.
I never heard from him again.
You had me at “Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair.” I’ve always had fine, straight hair. And in my salad days it was a bright, pale blonde, and I wore it long–“surfer girl” hair.
During those days, I dated a man for a while who was considered a very fine catch–brilliant, educated, successful, etc. He was about 10 years older. Family and friends were thrilled that I was dating him–he was a semi-famous “somebody” in our world. He and I had some fine times…until he decided that he really couldn’t marry me after all, for various reasons. I had no problem with that.
The problem was that he wouldn’t leave me alone. He’d stop by to visit, call, etc. Bemoan not being able to marry me.
Basically, he was making his problem my problem.
It was wearying. But I had been raised to be “nice.” So. One night I dyed my hair flaming red. Then I went to visit him. I was lively, funny, full of good cheer–flamboyantly so.
I never heard from him again.
You had me at “Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair.” I’ve always had fine, straight hair. And in my salad days it was a bright, pale blonde, and I wore it long–“surfer girl” hair.
During those days, I dated a man for a while who was considered a very fine catch–brilliant, educated, successful, etc. He was about 10 years older. Family and friends were thrilled that I was dating him–he was a semi-famous “somebody” in our world. He and I had some fine times…until he decided that he really couldn’t marry me after all, for various reasons. I had no problem with that.
The problem was that he wouldn’t leave me alone. He’d stop by to visit, call, etc. Bemoan not being able to marry me.
Basically, he was making his problem my problem.
It was wearying. But I had been raised to be “nice.” So. One night I dyed my hair flaming red. Then I went to visit him. I was lively, funny, full of good cheer–flamboyantly so.
I never heard from him again.
You had me at “Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair.” I’ve always had fine, straight hair. And in my salad days it was a bright, pale blonde, and I wore it long–“surfer girl” hair.
During those days, I dated a man for a while who was considered a very fine catch–brilliant, educated, successful, etc. He was about 10 years older. Family and friends were thrilled that I was dating him–he was a semi-famous “somebody” in our world. He and I had some fine times…until he decided that he really couldn’t marry me after all, for various reasons. I had no problem with that.
The problem was that he wouldn’t leave me alone. He’d stop by to visit, call, etc. Bemoan not being able to marry me.
Basically, he was making his problem my problem.
It was wearying. But I had been raised to be “nice.” So. One night I dyed my hair flaming red. Then I went to visit him. I was lively, funny, full of good cheer–flamboyantly so.
I never heard from him again.
That is so funny and so wise. Sounds like you handled this beautifully in every way.
That is so funny and so wise. Sounds like you handled this beautifully in every way.
That is so funny and so wise. Sounds like you handled this beautifully in every way.
That is so funny and so wise. Sounds like you handled this beautifully in every way.
That is so funny and so wise. Sounds like you handled this beautifully in every way.
I remember a friend’s grandmother cleaned her hair by rubbing virgin olive oil through it, then meticulously rubbing in sections with a clean towel until it was dry. Soft, shiny, and manageable. I’ve never tried it myself, though!
I remember a friend’s grandmother cleaned her hair by rubbing virgin olive oil through it, then meticulously rubbing in sections with a clean towel until it was dry. Soft, shiny, and manageable. I’ve never tried it myself, though!
I remember a friend’s grandmother cleaned her hair by rubbing virgin olive oil through it, then meticulously rubbing in sections with a clean towel until it was dry. Soft, shiny, and manageable. I’ve never tried it myself, though!
I remember a friend’s grandmother cleaned her hair by rubbing virgin olive oil through it, then meticulously rubbing in sections with a clean towel until it was dry. Soft, shiny, and manageable. I’ve never tried it myself, though!
I remember a friend’s grandmother cleaned her hair by rubbing virgin olive oil through it, then meticulously rubbing in sections with a clean towel until it was dry. Soft, shiny, and manageable. I’ve never tried it myself, though!
It’s a traditional way of doing the hair. Centuries if not millennia of history behind it.
Doubtless it works just fine.
But …
Am I entirely culture-bound and unadventurous when I say I’ll be picking up the “California Girl Sunshine Shampoo” from the Supermarket instead …?
It’s a traditional way of doing the hair. Centuries if not millennia of history behind it.
Doubtless it works just fine.
But …
Am I entirely culture-bound and unadventurous when I say I’ll be picking up the “California Girl Sunshine Shampoo” from the Supermarket instead …?
It’s a traditional way of doing the hair. Centuries if not millennia of history behind it.
Doubtless it works just fine.
But …
Am I entirely culture-bound and unadventurous when I say I’ll be picking up the “California Girl Sunshine Shampoo” from the Supermarket instead …?
It’s a traditional way of doing the hair. Centuries if not millennia of history behind it.
Doubtless it works just fine.
But …
Am I entirely culture-bound and unadventurous when I say I’ll be picking up the “California Girl Sunshine Shampoo” from the Supermarket instead …?
It’s a traditional way of doing the hair. Centuries if not millennia of history behind it.
Doubtless it works just fine.
But …
Am I entirely culture-bound and unadventurous when I say I’ll be picking up the “California Girl Sunshine Shampoo” from the Supermarket instead …?