Victorian & Dickensian Era

Hair Care & Grooming II

Spiral Bound Book Republication™

Originally published 1899!

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