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Victorian & Dickensian Era
Hair Care & Grooming II
Spiral Bound Book Republication
Originally published 1899!
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Up for your consideration is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound Republication of our original Victorian Hair Care and Grooming! An 58 page guide of historical commentary, instructions, recipes, etc., on how to achieve the ultra-feminine, crowning glory, a Victorian lady's crowning glory of hair! This item contains many Victorian - Dickensian haircare recipes. From shampoos, to pomades to "humble dyes!" (Original is NOT for sale)
Our new line of Spiral Bound Book Republications oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in use!
This is a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to work while your hands are full of your in-progress project. As an avid reader myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral binding for it's ease-of-use alone. We believe you'll love it too!
An excerpt:
"Her cap of velvet could not hold
The tresses of her hair of gold,
That flowed and floated like the stream,
And fall in masses down her neck.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty drawn us with a single hair.
...Woman's crown of golden or ebon tresses had been the theme of poet and subject of painter since the one wrote sonnets or odes and the other tried to limn in imperishable pigments the beauty that had taken his fancy captive. And it is impossible for the cultivated taste to form a conception of a beautiful woman whose face is not framed and fittingly set under this natural crown.
Really beautiful hair -- and its beauty may be of color or texture -- possesses a witchery all its own, and is quite capable of redeeming many a plain face, and even deluding us into the belief that it has a certain attraction. While a luxuriously abundant chevelure is usually an enviable endowment, yet quantity alone is by no means so important as texture and color, or rather light; as something that glints and changes and glows like a thing of life. Even ebon-black tresses may possess this charm of changing shades, like the bloom on velvet, if they have the necessary texture and suppleness."
Contents:
Chapter I
The Hair: Its General Care
The Daily Care of the Hair
Correct and Incorrect Methods of Combing the Hair
Best Brushes & Combs to Use
Cutting the Hair
How to Dress the Hair
Hair Care Recipes
Vaseline Pomatum
Rosemary Unguent
Quillai Shampoo
An English Formula Shampoo
Shampoo Liquid
Castile Soap Shampoo
How to Choose a Shampoo Based Upon Your Hair Color
For Golden Hair
For Dark-haired Persons
For Brunettes
Honey Shampoo to Brighten Light-colored Hair
German Glycerin Shampoo
Shampoo Cream
Shampoo for Moist Hair
A Tonic Shampoo
Use of Curling Irons and Curling Liquids
Curling Shampoo
Curling Lotion
Gelee Cosmetique
Bandoline Aux Amandes
Lavender Bandoline
Rondeletia Bandoline
Violet Curling-fluid
Portugal Curling-fluid
Commentary regarding cutting of the hair from infants to elderly
Infant's Haircare
Selection, Care and Use of Brushes and Combs
Dandruff
Shampoo Lotion
Stimulating Unguent
Phoenix Pomade
Macassar Oil
Macassar Oil No. 2
Portugal Oil
Rosemary Lotion
Herbal Oil
Various Hair Stimulants
Various Remedies for Falling Hair
Dr. Shoemaker's Prescriptions for Falling Hair
Jaborandi Treatment
Terebene Treatment
Baldness Treatments and Lotions
Stimulating Hair Tonic
Stimulating Hair Tonic No. 2
French Formula for Jaborandi Tonic
Quinine Hair Tonic
Quinine Tonic, No. 2
Cantharides Tonic, No. 1
Lotion for Oily Hair
Lanolin Hair Cream
Camphor-julip Lotion
Aromatic Lotion
Nux Vomica Tonic
Cantharides Tonic. No. 2
Wilson's Stimulating Lotion, No. 2
Yellow Dock-root Lotion
Treatment No. 2
Commentary on Natural Hair Color
Commentary Regarding Coloring Hair
Lotion to Enhance Naturally Dark Hair
Herbal-tea Lotion
French Walnut Dyes
Olla Podrida Pomatum
Hair Restorer
Other Hair Darkening Agents
English Hair-darkening Lotion
Dye for Gray Hair
Nature's Restorative Lotion
Hair Color Restorative Lotion
Dupuytren's Pomade
Baume Nerval
Commentary Regarding Potential Harmfulness of Dying Hair
Commentary Regarding Bleaching and Dying Hair
M. Piesse's Hair Dye
Dye for Red or Reddish-Yellow
Brown Hair Dye
Persia Hair Coloring Tips
Henna Coloring
Titan Red Hair Coloring
Oriental Henna Paste