Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15
RLEAcnEn BLONDES.
Girls Are Now Going Back Again to
the Original Color.

INC DlHeF udys you bSe ~ ISL iaSplO1-
able any more. We used 10 think that
golden hair was beautiful and poetical,
and all that, but there got 20 be SO
much Of it, and so much Of it that
wasn't golden, but straw color. that
all the beauty and poetry has fed. It's
lots OF trouble, too, unless you're an
adept az the art Of 'blondining,' the
color will get on in streaks SO that any
one can see what is the matter with it.
But the worst OF all is when one desires
TO quit the use OF the 'blondine' and let
the natural color OF the hair come
back. IL can't be done. II is very
easy TO color the hair, but is a differ
ent thing TO uncolor it. II you remem-
Der, few years ago when ii was all
the rage, my hair was as yellow as
anybody's. Well, I'm getting it back
to its old color now, and you can rest
assured I'll never NEEDLE with it again
mot il ii is 1000 times the fashion"
lis all the golden hair we see artifi-
cial?" was asked.
There may be some that is natural,
but very little / don't know OF any
myself Why, even the natural blondes
use regular blondine material to make
it brighter-so they're only 'bleached'
blondes after ALL
This seemed TO be the opinion OF all
the young ladies questioned on the SUBJ
iect, and most OF them spoke from ex-
perience.
They were nearly all recovering. or
trying TO recover from what they frank
ly termed their folly, and spoke with
undisguised contempt Of the "bleached
blondes" as a class. although consider
able pity was expressed for individual
victims OF the fad" The writer had
the good fortune 10 attend an expert
ence meeting, in which the narrators
had no hesitancy in speaking freely of
the facts Of the matter.
Il was yet schoolgirl" said the
young lady. when first began to use
blondine. learned somehow or other
that by mixing 10 cents worth Of
peroxide OF hydrogen and nickers
worth OF ammonia could obtain a
preparation that would turn my hair
from the dark brown that il was to
lovely blonde. All the girls wanted TO
be blondes then, and decided TO effect
the transformation If possible. l
bought the ingredients. made the nee
essary preparation and applied it Sc
cretly. IL worked like a charm. After
few applications / was an object OF
envy to every girl in school, and hun
dreds were the prayers and entreaties
j received from my friends 10 let them
into the secret presume taught
about 100 the art, and was looked up
on BY all as a stort OF benefactor and
received their warmest thanks. The
most OF them have found out what fools
we all were, and guess they are now
ready TO shower anything but blessings
on my head. or course. / didn't know
what the result was going to be, or /
certainly wouldn't have suffered so
much myself
Il learned from experience. said the
young lady who acted as teacher, land
gave the others points as they came
TO me. The first thing too do was to
prepare the compound of periodic of
hydrogen and ammonia. We usually
made this in a finger-bowl. The girl
who was to be operated on took her
seat in the STRAIGHTFORWARD chair. so
placed that the light would fall on her
hair properly. The hair was then care
fully washed and combed out straight
and thoroughly dried Much of the
success of the experiment depended on
the preliminary steps. The next thing
was 10 put on the 'blondine.' This
should be done with tooth brush.
Some lazy people use hair brush, but
the application can't be made properly
that way. Others simply wash the head
in bowl of the mixture. This is the
most slovenly way Of all, and any one
that way. The color gets on in streaks
and a sicllly greenish tinge is given
that IS perfectly hideous The tooth
brush, though, docs not work thorough
ly. With ii the hair is gone ovor care
fully, furrow by furrow, from the roots
TO the tip. This is the only way to do
IL artiscally. It's little tedious, but
then, you know, there is no use in
doing it at all unless you're going to do
IL right After the hair has been once
blondined the work doesn't end there
by any means. The hair must be
washed twice n week; il should be done
every morning. Blondiued hair gets
dirty very easily, and nothing looks so
ugly as when il gets into that condition.
The only way to prevent this is to wash
IL. and, of course, when this is done so
frequently the natural oil of the hair
becomes stiff aud harsh, and it is very
difficult TO give il natural gloss.
HAuother important thing TO be