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water. Keep in the dark. Remember to remove all grease from the hair before
applying the dye.
There is danger in some of the patent hair-dyes, and hence the Scientific
American offers what is known as the walnut hair-dye. The simplest form is the
expressed juice of the bark or shell of green walnuts. To preserve the juice a
little alcohol is commonly added to it with a few bruised cloves, and the whole
digested together, with occasional agitation for a week or fortnight, when the
clear portion is decanted, and, if necessary, filtered. Sometimes a little
common salt is added with the same intention. It should be kept in a cool place.
The most convenient way of application is by means of a sponge.
DYE FOR WHITE OR LIGHT EYEBROWS.
Boil an ounce of walnut bark in a pint of water for an hour. Add a lump of alum
the size of a filbert, and when cold, apply with a camel's-hair brush.
HAIR WASH.
One penny worth of borax, half a pint of olive oil, one pint of boiling water.
Pour the boiling water over the borax and oil; let it cool; then put the mixture
into a bottle. Shake it before using, and apply it with a flannel. Camphor and
borax, dissolved in boiling water and left to cool, make a very good wash for
the hair; as also does rosemary water mixed with a little borax. After using any
of these washes, when the hair becomes thoroughly dry, a little pomatum or oil
should be rubbed in to make it smooth and glossy--that is, if one prefers oil on
the hair.
OX-MARROW POMADE FOR THE HAIR.
One marrow bone, half a pint of oil, ten cents' worth of citronella. Take the
marrow out of the bone, place it in warm water, let it get almost to boiling
point, then let it cool and pour the water away; repeat this three times until
the marrow is thoroughly "fined." Beat the marrow to a cream with a silver fork,
stir the oil in, drop by drop, beating all the time; when quite cold add the
citronella, pour into jars and cover down.
TO INCREASE THE HAIR IN THE BROWS.
Clip them and anoint with a little sweet oil. Should the hair fall out, having
been full, use one of the hair invigorators.
BANDOLINE.
To one quart of rose-water add an ounce and a half of gum tragacanth; let it
stand forty-eight hours, frequently straining it, then strain through a coarse
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