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Show CASE OF ARTIFICIAL HAIR. All authorities on false bair seem to agree that while a heavy switch should be shampooed regularly and thoroughly the little curls and puffs so much worn at the presept time do not need the same treatment. The dust can easily be brushed out ol these small pieces and they do not come into so close contact with the natural hair as a switch which is generally twisted in with the wearer's own hair. While there is normally no oil in the artificial hair, still it absorbs a certain cer-tain amount of oil from contact with the natural hair, and for this reason needs washing. This should not be done frequently. In most cases one shampoo in two months is quite sufficient suffi-cient to keep a heavy switch in good condition. The directions for washing false hair are almost exactly the reverse of those prescribed for the shampooing of natural natu-ral hair. The same soap may be used, or whatever shampoo mixture Is preferred; pre-ferred; but this should not be rubbed directly on the hair. Instead, the switch should be plunged into a bowl full of soapsuds. Alter oe-ing oe-ing thoroughly washed it must be carefully care-fully rinsed in many waters, some hairdressers hair-dressers insisting 'that eigot rinsing waters are none too many to insure the thorough disappearance of the soap. While natural hair should be dried in the bright sunshine whenever possible, i this practice should be carefully avoid-' avoid-' ed with artificial hair, as strong sunlight sun-light tends to fade it. The best method of drying a switch is to hang it at night in an open window in a strong breeze. By morning it should be perfectly dry and the breeze has a tendency to make it light and fluffy. It may then be- combed with a coarse-toothed comb to remove the tangles. New York Sun. |