BLONDE OR BRUNETTE?

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 181, 21 October 1927, Page 4

BLONDE OR BRUNETTE?

Whichever you are, there is always something you want to know aboct your hair. Here are a few little hints and recipes that I have not yet gi v « you. A great many girls write and ask ae what an “egg shampoo” is. Such a simple thing. An egg, the whole eg? beaten vigorously into a foaming froth and a drop or two of lemon essence added to make it smell nice (or fresh lemon). “Should I dye my hair?” is also a frequent question from the young or the elderly’ feeling-grey lady. Ide not like dyes and dyed hair must be skilfully done. The simplest dye, of course, h henna. If you are only very slight!? grey', or your hair dull and lifeless anc not grey at all, a henna shampoo is t thing you can easily give yourselfHenna and Eggs First wash your hair thoroughly with the egg shampoo and rinse it equalt thoroughly. Then mix your henn* powder—you can buy the right quantity—in a jug of warm water an. shampoo your head, rubbing the benin ; well in. Then rinse off with fres . | cool water. Remember you should do- ! use the ordinary henna that after • dozen shampoos you will find is gradually tinting your hair red. Get you. hairdresser to make up some darn ■ henna to match your hair. If y° u fair and faded, get your hairdresser rgive you a brightening shampoo, n may have to do this himself. Won you like to try one on your own. - If so, make a tea of camomile neaa. and rinse your hair with it. cool water and if you can possio.. 1 manage it dry your hair in a smm window, and not either with an a"-'' ficial dryer or before a gas fire. A woman once gave me this shampoo for greasy, damp hair. . Four ounces of lavender water, an ounce of borax, three cunces of rosewater and half an ounce of tincture cochineal. She told me it gave excellent results. A Little Recipe A sun bath after your hair is dry will give it life and colour and greati renew its strength. If you have garden of your own take a run to sun. , Here is a little recipe to keep . those tiresome bits of hair at the si that will come out of curl. Before curling them or putting tnin curlers, mix six ounces of WJJ two drachms of gum arabic, * quarts of hot water and five of spirits of camphor, and damp 111 hair with it. AWAY WITH SUPERSTITION I have just returned from a wedding where green was the chief colour no • says an English correspondent. cidedly superstition is out of fasm _ The bridesmaids wore green C" l ® girdled with green and silver tto • finished with diamond buckles pink-tinged camellias. Each wo^, ia silver-tissue headdress with a cam over one ear. The bride wore g* i | chiffon velvet and a golden gauz The effect was astonishingly l*veiyou can imagine. :