The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
MADAME ISE'BELL Says It Is Impossible to Dye Hair Exactly the Natural Color
HAIR PROBLEMS OF MIDDLE
 AGE-PART II


 sonal and business, why woman may | object to gray hair. No matter how young the face. gray hair in a woman always suggests age. This should not be so, and in time the world may be educated out of this idea. but common opinion today judges a woman's age by l the gray in her hair much as it judges that of horse by it's teeth.
 l I see no reason why a woman should be blamed if she puts off this evil day by the skilful use of a proper hair dye ap- piled by careful. experienced hands. In the previous lesson I dwelt on the diff cuties of bleaching and dyeing blond hair and the unplea sant effects of doing this, ! but to treat brown or dark hair that is turning gray is a much simpler mat ter It is not always an easy matter, nor is it an inexpensive operation, but hair can be dyed without injury to the health and without betraying the fact to the world at large.
 | Most Hair Dyes Harmless l Hair dyes or ''restorers.' as they are often called, put up by reliable firms are composed largely of vegetable substances and are quite harmless. They are not diff ficult to apply, If the person using them has some experience and the hair has not been treated to any chemical be- forchand. The hair should be thorough ! ly shampooed and dried so that it is free from oil and will take the dye even- | ly. The dyeing process will have to | be repeated as often as the dye wears off or the hair grows out at the roots 1 The question usually asked is: Can I l dye my hair exactly It's natural color?' No, my friend you cannot. Suppose you have a piece of green cloth with white lines in it and you wisirto dye it so it will still be green. but the white lines will not show. You would be forced to dye 1t darker or brighter shade of green In order to cover up the white, ' would you not? So it is with the hair: to cover up the white nair it must be | dyed shade deeper or brighter; that is, the hair that has not turned gray. The change. however. is not noticeable if the hair is treated when the gray or faded streaks first begin to show.
 The First Change
 The first change in brown or chestnut hair Is loss of the pretty red or light | tints that make such hair attracti At this period treating the hair to wash of henna or henna with little peroxide will restore this gleam and if the hair does not turn gray rapidly, for a few years it will look very pretty under this treatment. have never known any dem atoogist to claim henna to be the least harmful and the amount of peroxide used in this way is inconsderable However, if the hair turns gray rapidly stronger preparation must be applied to cover up the white locls if more henna is used | the hair becomes more and more red and if walnut or some other stain is added to |. I~-s
 darker. So. as time goes on, the hair will either be darker or redder than it's nat ural color.
 Hair Dyes Uncertain In Action Hair dyeing is so common in Europe that few gray haired women are seen until real old age is reached The Euro pean hair dressers are experienced at this work and there are few complaints that 1t is not we'll done. Here, however. there | seems to be so much uncertainty regard ing the action of dyes on different heads of hair that many beauty parlors refuse to guarantee results A part of this trou- ble comes from the fact that the hair has been experimented with by the use of homemade preparations or a woman ha fitted from one hair dresser to another Il without Knowing what the last one ha applied to the hair. The proper way. is to choose a good hair dresser who will Keep record of the case and what ia used and go to no other.
 These are the uncertainties Of hair dye ing l might also add this warning There are few women who wish to dye the hair forever. The tina comes when we are not only willing but anxious for the softening effect of gray locks Dye will wear out of the hair zn time, but hair once dyed never takes a very clean color AS years go on the hair grows out of the scalp very slow. so the chances are that the woman who has dyed her hair dur ing some years Of her life will never have the beautiful white crown of old age.