The other day, I read something about dry shampoo. I was intrigued...
The thing I was reading was about a woman who worked from home, and if she got busy and didn't have time to shower before her husband got home, she'd dry shampoo her hair.
Now, I am not the overly-fussy-about-my-hair type, but my hair is fine and thin; with childbirth, got thinner still. I am not one of those women who can go a day or three between washings, simply because it looks so greasy after a day. Baseball hats are my friends on those early Saturday morning trips to WalMart. So, I thought I would check it out.
This is what I found:
It is basically canned powder...you spray it on your hair, brush it and the oil is absorbed...apparently. I haven't tried it yet...but, as I was in the shower this morning - ACTUALLY shampooing my hair - I started thinking about this product.
In the 1700s, men wore powdered wigs. They were big, poofy, curly affairs; most often the powder was white and scented. Women powdered their hair as well. I do not know if this was fashion, or a way to hide the fact that baths were taken infrequently, most likely both. Baths were difficult...hot water lugged up from kitchens to a bedchamber, poured into a metal hip bath. The water cannot have been that warm after the long trip up the stairs, then being poured into a cold metal tub. I doubt I would've bathed much either. So, even after centuries of evolving fashion, indoor plumbing and hot water heaters, we are back to powdering our hair.
