Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-17
Nadame Le,beH
Beauty Lessons
Her Problems OF Made AEe
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Part II.
There are many reasons, social personal
and business why a woman may OBJECT 10
gray hair. No matter how young tho
fnce, gray hair in woman always sue-
gests age This should not be so. ana IN
time the world may be educated out OF
this idea, but common opinion today
Judges a woman's age by the gray in her
hair much as Il judge that Of a horse BY
its teeth
see no reason why woman should be
Blamed II she puts off this evil day by the
| skillful use Of . proper hair dye applied
| by careful, experienced hands. In the pre-
| vious lesson dwelt on the difficulties OF
bleaching and dyeing blond hair and the
unpleasant effects OF doing this, but TO
| treat brown or dark hair that Ia turning
gray lie a much simpler matter II Is not
always an easy matter, nor lie " an In
expensive operation. but hair can be dyed
without injury to the health and without
betraying the fact to the world at large.
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 dit
ficult to apply. II the person using them
has some experience and the hair has not
been treated to any chemical beforehand.
The hair should be thoroughly shampooed
and dried so that II Is free from oil and
will take the dye evenly. The dyelng
process will have 10 be repeated as often
as the dye wears off or the hair grows out
at the roots
The question usually asked h, "Can !
dye my hair exactly It's natural colorT'
No, my friend, you cannot, Suppose YOU
have a piece Of green cloth with white
lines in It and you wish to dye It 80 Il
will stlll be green, but the white lines VIII
not show. You would be forced to dye It
darker or brighter shade OF groen in
order to cover up the white. would you
not7 SO It Is with the hair; to cover up
the white hair It must be dyed shade
deeper or brighter than is the hair that
has not turned gray The change, how
ever. 10 not noticeable II the hair is
treated when the gray or faded streaks
first begin to show.
The first change in brown or chestnut
hair Is o loss OF the pretty red or light
ttnts that make such hair attractive. At
this period treating the hair TO a wash
OF hchna or henna with little pero,.fle
will restore this CLEAN and. n the hair
does not turn gray rapidly. for a few
years II win look very pretty under this
treatment. | have never known any derm-
atoiosist 70 claim hanna 20 be the least
harmful and the amount OF peroxide used
In this way Is lnconslderable. However.
II the hair turns gray rapidly a stronger
Preparation must be applied to cover up
the white locks; II more henna ia used
the hair becomes more and more red and.
II walnut or some other stain is added
to this. the hair VIII eventually become
darker. SO, as time goes on. tho hair viii
either be darker or redder than its nat
ural color.
= Hair dyelng is so common IN Europe
X that few gray haired women are seen
y until real old age is reached The Euro
Is pean hair dressers are experienced at thia
Il work and there are few complaints that Il
y is not well done. Here, however, there
i seems 10 be 10 much uncertainty regard
q ing the action Of dyes on different heads
4. OF hair that many beauty patiors refuse
n 10 guarantee results, part OF this
/. trouble comes from the fact that the hair
!, has been Experimental with by the use OF
homemade Preparations or a woman ha,
fitted from one hair dresser 20 anothel
. without knowing what the last one ha,
r applied to the hair The proper way 1,
D. to choose good hair dresser who vii
keep n record OF the case and what 1,
ID used and 80 to no other
- There are the uncertainties OF hair dye
1t Ing ! might also add this warnina
There are few women who wish TO dy,
II tho hair forever. The times comes whei
70 we are not only willing but anxious 70
the soften'ng effect of gray locks. by,
,s VIII wear out Of the hair In time, bu
ar hair once dyed never takes a very clear
color As years 80 on the hair grows on
IN OF the scalp very slowly, so the chance
MS are that the woman who has dyed he
hair during some years Of her life vii
y. never have the beautiful white crown o
~ old age.
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