howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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My mother had a hairdressing (ladies and mens) business for almost 20 years, and used to say if you wash your hair more than twice a week it will strip it of the oils, etc. A lot of the shampoos are quite strong, and hair needs delicate treatment, it is a living thing. So I do believe that is correct. And some soaps and detergents are very strong and CAN cause skin problems if used indiscriminately. Skin needs looking after too.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i have to wash my hair every morning otherwise it sticks out everywhere, but only use shampoo every other day.
i still cannot believe people going a week without a shower/bath.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Dry shampoo is nothing new, I remember using it when I was young if my hair was not due to be washed until the following day.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#5
also in the mail today.
BROKEN HAIR: WASH IT EVERY DAY
'Many people think washing hair daily will make it fall out,' says Dr Bessam Farjo, a hair restoration surgeon in Manchester and London. 'But if you don't, it can end up in bad condition and then you may be more susceptible to hair breakage, which can look like hair loss because there's less hair volume on your head.'
Dr Farjo, 49, suffered male pattern baldness in his late 20s —losing all his hair except on the back and sides of his head.
To keep his remaining hair looking healthy, he shampoos and conditions it every day, gently pats it dry with a towel so as not to break it and, when using a hairdryer, keeps it on a warm setting and holds the dryer a foot away to minimise heat damage.
Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
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My mum was a hairdresser, she trained and worked at Greenstreets in Cherry Tree Ave, and as a child our hair was subjected to beer rinses to make it shine, vinegar rinses to ward off the dreaded nits and olive oil treatments to detangle and feed?? our scalps.
As a result we went to school smelling like the local pub or chippie !!
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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oh that was the smell during our community days Lesley lol
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#8
Lesley - snap - and the occasional fresh beaten egg rubbed Into the scalp.
Rain water from the rain water tub instead of the chalky mains water to wash it in also !
Frothy white of egg was a emergency setting lotion in those days to keep a set in shape.
Dry shampoo, made with Fullers Earth, was very effective at cleansing hair and restoring its bulk.
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Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
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My Mum used to do it twice too Kath!
I remember Mum doing a singe to my Aunts hair, ugh what a stench, also used a sugar solution to act as a setting lotion.
Everyone must have been like a wasp/ bee trap in those days.
Keith, no, that was usually what I had for tea in those days, very often working from 8am thro' til 10 pm meant you grabbed what you could! (oops, not beer tho!!)
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#10
Yes, sugar solution to set hair, too.
Singeing. Stopped the ends splitting, as did regular cutting.
I can JUST remember the "Perming machines" which had wires coming down from the ceiling fixed into rollers to set the hair.
I still have mothers curling tongs, which were heated over a gas jet.
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Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
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Once Mum had her children she gave up working in the salon but still worked from home. I used the sitiuation to full advantage and had a series of wonderful ladies read me stories whilst they were captive under the drier !