I Tried Following a Real Edwardian Hair Care Routine

[@chloejennings1319]

The fact that she refers to her guinea pig as “his lordship” makes my entire life

[@trishsoha]

It also explains why he is not there helping her out. If you're a friend on a night out, one of the duties is "hold her hair," is it not?

[@fuzzyecheveriaharmsii]

His Lordship Cesario of the hay doesn't hold hair. He silently judges.

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

His lordship Cesario the Guinea pig

[@kbowler9266]

You may need to take smaller sections when putting your hair up

[@sampeacaml9307]

@@trishsoha So, what do you call that, "her hairship"?

[@garrick3727]

I never realized that when the local bullies smashed eggs on my head they were just concerned for the cleanliness of my hair. If only they had brought rosemary extract too.

[@vickywitton1008]

LOL!

[@johnalvinbelarmino598]

Hahahaha

[@TheShiyaki]

I hate bullying thing but your comment is funny xD

[@orphan_account8992]

Bro- In my country that's a tradition for the birthdays- all the friends just go and smash eggs, flour and milk in all your hair and body.

[@kamarakilopez499]

Well..... In my country they smashed eggs on my head because of my birthday 😂😂

[@ducky233]

Bernadette: washes hair with egg and lets hair dry in sun Heckin guinea pig : gets bathed in custom shampoo and dried using a hair dryer.

[@cottontaelle]

hey whats up nonbinary pal!! :0

[@catvergueiro8905]

well if I had to choose, my guinea pig would get the fancier treatment as well

[@grandcarriage1]

Izzy Poe : My horse’s shampoo: $22/bottle. Me: sample sized shampoos taken from rooms I’ve stayed in, on my travels. I totally get it.

[@liviainga1077]

Guinea pigs deserve it! 10/10 perfect pet!

[@neuschwansteinbois]

she called it His Lordships, go figure...

[@cynthiadugan858]

My grandma used to wash my hair like this. She mixed up the egg & water in a bowl and wet my hair with the egg mixture starting at the tips and working it up to the roots. There was very little pouring involved. The length was dunked into the bowl. The reason for rinsing in the coolest water you can stand is that it closes the pores and your scalp will stay clean longer allowing you to go longer between washes. Grandma would have me dunk my head into a small washtub with water in it. We would rinse out as much as possible with the hair submerged then dump the tub and rinse a final time pouring clean water over the head. I don’t recall anything but egg and water in the mixture, but I was 8 🤷🏼‍♀️. I enjoyed your video tremendously... just wanted to share that it doesn’t have to be that difficult ❤️

[@chrynelson]

Thank you! I tried this, and found it to be a bit of a pain, and was wondering if just pouring it in a bowl and dunking my head in backward might ne easier!

[@venymae]

I also had "egg dips" as a child. Dunking in a bowl is the way to go

[@moss_glow]

How well did it work?

[@cynthiadugan858]

@@moss_glow it works fine. The wet hair doesn’t have that squeaky clean, just washed feel but once it’s dried it feels just as clean.

[@galinagerasimova2565]

Removing egg whites will help. 2 egg yolks will do a good job for long hair. I observed this routine when I was a child. Rinsing hair with a few drops of vinegar (or better with lemon juice) will leave hair very silky.

[@im_an_oyster]

Bernadette: has a bathroom with tile that is made to tolerate water spillage Also Bernadette: washes her hair on a towel over her nice, expensive rug

[@Strawberrypersonoffixial]

Yeah i was wondering why the world she did it in the studio.

[@gnomcicle]

@@Strawberrypersonoffixial easier to film? maybe

[@deborahf3738]

No matter where you do it, it is a massive chore when you have a ton of hair.

[@DeanBeccy]

I found that rather stressful

[@moonlight_oats]

Probably because bathrooms have horrible acoustics so filming in the studio would be better on the ears

[@Igabims]

And that's why, ladies and gentlemen, that's why people like to dress vintage, talk vintage, but never live vintage.

[@nikkospelledlikethat8140]

All of the aesthetic, none of the literally anything else.

[@18141776hhhh]

Gabriela Silva without modern toilet and grooming convinces of today people didn’t have a lot of the modern health issues either Lord knows why? (edited)

[@Igabims]

@@18141776hhhh well yes, but it's good not dying because of a simple infection or cold 😑

[@18141776hhhh]

Gabriela Silva Or if you were really lucky and privileged to eat so well; Gout!

[@koolkitty108]

I think the aesthetic (and architecture) of the 50s and 60s are cool as heck, but to live then would have been awful

[@bla9437]

So this is where that phrase came from, “sorry, I can’t go out tonight, I’ve got to... wash my hair”

[@isabellesmith3314]

Fun fact: Empress Sissi of Austria actually cancelled all of her engagements the day her hair was getting washed and washed her hair in a concoction of Eggs and Cognac. Sorry, random history tidbit.

[@BooRadleyTube]

@@isabellesmith3314 Her hair was about a half mile in length though! ;)

[@thisismyusernameidk]

@@BooRadleyTube wait what

[@isda3314]

@@thisismyusernameidk Empress Sissi's hair is really long, she cared about her beauty a lot. If she was in this century she would be diagnosed with anorexia-

[@thisismyusernameidk]

@@isda3314 LOL I forgot how long a mile was for a second but that’s still insane

[@lavenderkettleburn2414]

I tried this yesterday with my naturally curly, coarse, thick hair, and might I say, I had to use literal ice water, BUT my hair was so shiny and luscious afterwards, it was well worth it. Just be careful my scrambled egg friends!

[@sharleneleo7783]

I wash my hair with soap and use egg and mayonnaise with a bit of honey for my hair treatment. My hair is awesome. I’m also black

[@lesliesteele3926]

It's the proteins. Base ingredient in modern hair masks. For shine, friz control and of modern times - color preservation.

[@fafiliebe]

I will do it

[@4.12am]

@@fafiliebe did you do it?

[@royce6485]

@@sharleneleo7783 reminds of the “mayo guy” from 90 day fiance

[@pixelparadox6577]

Everyone: this is the perfect time to just shave your head Bernadette: rosemary egg

[@soulcstudios]

+1

[@gerardwaysbloodynut]

Ummmm I actually just shaved of all my hair today (this doesn’t matter but I’m a female)

[@calliopejackalope1087]

@@gerardwaysbloodynut wow so special, not like other girls wow so unique

[@Lotus-sp6cu]

@@calliopejackalope1087 They're sharing a relevant experience to the video and the comment. Please don't be rude, at least not in this comment section. We tend to be sophisticated in and among the channel, so if you would kindly take your negativity elsewhere- Please and thank you.

[@cosyneedling5457]

@@gerardwaysbloodynut Congratulation on your bravery! I hope you keep the hair safe for future uses as hair rats?

[@joannecarroll5504]

Hi Bernadette, I'm a certified Beauty Therapist & I think your substitute ingredients & process is what caused the scrambled eggs (sorry). Egg was a common hair treatment right up until the 1980s, when the whole herbal influence took over. As a child in the 1970s, I remember many brands had an Egg Creme shampoo or Egg & Milk shampoo, it was a very common variety of soap/detergent based hair shampoo, no different to today's. Egg shampoos were just more creamy & they smelled not of eggs, but more like a vanilla custard. Historically, when hair & body cleansing products were made at home, it was common to use a form of alcohol like Bay Rum, (an alcohol-based scent made with bay leaves & spices, still used in men's toiletries). Alcohols serve many purposes in beauty products other than killing germs, it's a solvent, they help break down the fatty or lumpy texture to make a lighter product, they can act as an anti-foaming agent & as an astringent or a preservative; fatty alcohols even help keep an emulsion from separating into water & oil. For some of these reasons, I believe the Rosemary product you needed was an alcohol-based cologne of sorts & not the essential oil you were forced to use; it should have formed an emulsion, so there would be no separate egg to cook & settle in your hair. If that's so, you could probably use any old-style cologne or a genuine alcohol-based food essence as a substitute. Regarding the process, hair was often washed initially in the bathtub, purely for the volume of water required & then it was rinsed by pouring jugs, pans or buckets of clean water over, to rinse off the bathwater. I hope this has been of some help. Best wishes to you & the floof :)

[@soul00theeundead]

Your comment was very nice to read. Makes me want to experiment too.☺

[@dimanadimitrova2764]

Wow that’s was very interesting and educational! Thank you 💟

[@Biancawaker]

Such knowledge 😉👍

[@3dogsinatrenchcoat963]

That was really neat to learn! Thanks for sharing.

[@architexturalchaos1862]

That's interesting! I have tried the "scrambled egg" variety of hair care when learning about ethnic healing and beauty procedures of my "country" of origin (North-Eastern Europe). This particular method is likely to have appeared wayyy later then the mystical "ethnic" times though. The easiest way is to beat the egg (or 2) into about 1-2 litres of water in a big bowl (nettle "tea" could be used instead of water, or oak bark "tea", or camomile, some others - concentration and plant "boils down" to the colour of the hair, mainly). The bowl is then placed on the bench/table. Bend down, wash your hair and scalp - a bit like laundry really. Chuck the dirty "shampoo", fill with clear water - rinse and repeat until satisfied. For the last rinse, can use the "tea" or simple water, pouring it over the hair from the jug. If you wanted something fancy, some honey could be added to the "shampoo" or the first rinse (rinses out just fine).

[@grottoserpentina9342]

Epic Image: Bernadette lounging on her sewing table.

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

Is Cinematographic Art™

[@GarnetBanzai]

My very gay self was very temporarily in awe 😂

[@le_petit_lutin]

10/10 would paint

[@josephkarl2061]

If I had a copy of Photoshop, I'd pointillize that image 😄

[@-Honeybee]

Friend, we need a T I M E S T A M P For painting purposes

[@ginenelafontaine8343]

I've always wanted to know what my grandmother, born in the Edwardian era, meant when she told me about saving her hair for a rat. Thank you.

[@ThawBerry]

(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥~°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) omg

[@ajalicea1091]

Back then that's what they nicknamed a piece of wadded up hair to make buns or other various hairdos. You can still find some hair stylist who will use what they call a rat, nowadays it's made out of totally man-made product.

[@flametexas]

@@ajalicea1091 yes… the shed hair was kept in a “hair repose” a pretty jar to keep it in. I have my great grandmothers

[@booksaremyblood1489]

I remember my grandmother washing her hair in egg (just the yolks, no water) even in the 1960’s ( she was born in 1894) when we had running water (outback Australia) She used her washbasin and jug at her washstand and mixed two eggs together, gently massaged it through lightly wet hair, adding more and more water. It was rinsed with cold water 3 times, and she used a small splash of brandy in mineral water as a rinse. To ease washing, she loosely braided her hair leaving the scalp free to wash, then as she rinsed, she unbraided it to finish the rinsing. She had beautiful knee length hair and braiding kept it confined whilst it was washed. This brought back some good memories. Thank you.

[@clairestjacques]

That is a great story. The braiding suggestion is very smart. I hated to get my fine hair cut because leaning back into the salon shampoo bowl, as soon as it sort of mixed itself around in the basin with water it tangled terribly - I used to have two stylists one on either side intently combing it out and pulling for long minutes, unpleasant. Thanks Manja for the nicer images.

[@Marialla.]

Thank you for this context! Personal stories like this of how it was actually done are invaluable! I have begun to experiment with using egg yolks as a mask to pre-condition my hair, and found it does wonders for my texture and shine. I haven't tried yet to use them AS the shampoo, but have just used shampoo as usual to wash them out in the shower. I never would have thought of the brandy in mineral water as a final rinse, or of braiding hair to wash it! My own hair is barely to my shoulderblades, so maybe it isn't long enough yet to be an issue for me, but it's so cool to hear how someone with knee-length hair used to cope!

[@jellygreen1036]

clairestjacques same

[@jacquelinej143]

I tie up my hair in a bun when I condition and then rinse from the roots first and gradually loosen the bun as I go. My hair goes down to my lower back and is quite thick and I find that if I rinse it while loose, the ends become more frizzy because they get too much rinsing while I'm rinsing the roots.

[@jpqgg]

she's old as hell tf

[@Ruth_Rosa]

This is why "sorry, I have to wash my hair" used to be a valid excuse to avoid plans.

[@ilya7314]

If done right, this excuse can still be used today lol

[@aliyahehassan9486]

not when when you have curly hair lol.

[@amanda2147]

It still is! At least for me. But I only wash my curly hair once per week. So the wash and style routine is a bit involved. From start (prepoo) to finish (juicy, popping, well defined curls that are dry) it takes me 5 hours.

[@6WaysFromNextWed]

Bernadette's Instacart delivery person: "Man, that lady looked fancy, but she smells like omelettes."

[@thomasmccarty09]

Oh so that's why she smelled like that when I dropped off her order

[@sweettea735]

I hope she didn’t forget to salt and pepper it.

[@katarinahall5204]

I'm laughing my southern necessity off reading this comment.

[@ij5355]

Katarina Hall “southern necessity” 😭😭😭

[@pattymortenson9217]

My Grandmother was born in 1897. When I was young, I remember seeing her (in the early morning, once a week) sit on a kitchen chair in front of her oven with the oven door open and (leaning over the opened oven door) she would rub her long, freshly washed hair with a bath towel. She used the heat of the oven to help dry her hair. She did this until her hair was dry and ready to style into her braided up-do for the day. Your video reminded me of that fond memory. Thank you. :D

[@runvidr]

Cesario was remarkably chill about having his hair dried! He's such a good pig!

[@nancybaker8187]

He knows you love him and he trusts you

[@brightfeatherdesigns]

I would totally watch a Cesario piggy spa day video :D

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

I bet the blow dryer would feel nice on a 100% wet furry body.

[@arinaa195]

Who is cesario

[@asianshell]

@@arinaa195 the guinea pig you see at the end of the video getting dried. He's super cute and we are all fans

[@dracawyn]

This Immortal Being pretending she didn't already have that handbook...

[@MysteriousC]

I'm pretty sure she acquired it shortly after it was first published ;p

[@crasslasscrochet4721]

There can be only one, and it is Bernadette.

[@Nameless-dw5nv]

@Capsella both of them

[@jacquelinej143]

I have a hard time imagining her as immortal when she doesn't know how to wash her hair in a basin, and she translates 'water as cold as you can stand it' from a 1911 book to be lukewarm. Just saying.. she's clearly modern to me.

[@winnievaughan]

I was just thinking this 😂😂

[@kierstinekstrom7285]

9:00 when she said “this style will require additional floof” I 100% expected her to hold Cesario on top of her head and declare that as plenty of floof

[@dreamer7646]

My grandmother said: The trick is to separate the yoke and egg white and only wash your hair with the yoke. Yoke takes the greasiness out of the hair and it easier to clean.

[@gabrielagutierrez1178]

Qué su Abuelita decía separar la clara del huevo 🥚usar solamente la llema 🍳 amarilla usar para limpiar el cuero cabelludo que quita la grasa del cabello actúa como shampoo 🇲🇽

[@becreative2420]

*yolk

[@redsquirrel6131]

This is why ladies maids were so necessary, and why women could literally say no to things, because they were washing their hair.

[@EmelieWaldken]

Still doing that today.

[@Butterflier00]

@@EmelieWaldken yup....my hair is passed my waist and when it's hair washing day....nothing else happens that they requires leaving the house.

[@EmelieWaldken]

@@Butterflier00 Same here, almost ^^ Hair is mid-thigh length and I count minimum 2 hours for washing it, but effectively more like half a day ;)

[@headphonic8]

UM… If you’re black or have curly hair, washing hair is still a reason to say no to things

[@lepolhart3242]

To be honest when you've got hair so long that it takes hours to wash it, it might be better to get a few inches cut off (still keep it long) so at least the dead ends are cut off so it maintains good condition. My mother's hair is very long but she has to cut the dead ends off every few months as it just gets too long to manage. Hairdressers say it's important to cut dead and split ends off your hair to help maintain condition. I've always wondered what the average hair length was in Victorian times as women kept it long enough to put their hair up but I wonder if average hair length was past the waist?

[@ilikebowtiealot3852]

She thinks she can fool us as if we can’t tell she’s an immortal

[@emmakappeyne1659]

When she does a clothing video: "there's no way to know for sure this is what they wore (except I am sure cause I was there)"

[@SkyClanHawkGirlLover]

I would believe that, I really would, except for the fact that she just gets so genuinely *excited* whenever she tells us about a new discovery that’s been made regarding historical clothing and dress. In light of that my money is on reincarnation and being more in tune with her past lives than the rest of us mere mortals.

[@ilikebowtiealot3852]

AG*Angels yes that makes sense but.....what if she’s a really good actor 😳😳

[@ef1876]

AG*Angels maybe she’s just excited to be able to reference those things again without attracting suspicion?

[@CarlamityNyx]

I don't know why but I laughed really hard at this 😂💀

[@_inhisbluegardens]

The sheer LUXURIOUSNESS of that end clip. Giving the people what they want: pig pampering.

[@charlottegury1243]

...and prooving to us all that her Gala gown is still being used for it's original purpose

[@hopegold883]

Is that your bathroom? Did you do the giant flowers, or were they there?

[@noegiard494]

I want to read a novel about an Edwardian lady living a merry life with her Guinea pig friend!!

[@elisabetfinlayson8539]

“Ok, so I have baked, a small cake, on top of my head now.” - Bernadette Banner, 2020.

[@techygrl]

"with a cup and a cake on top of my hat" -the cat and the hat

[@left6121]

Dear After baked, thee shan’t have put a comma after the phrase “cake”.

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

"I have spent the morning making scrambled eggs in my hair."

[@elisabetfinlayson8539]

@@left6121 eh, can we put it down to english not being by first language and dyslexia?

[@left6121]

Dear Elisa Finlayson, sorry for seeming rude. I hope you’ll have a gracious rest of the day.

[@pachidermo]

This video is hilarious, and only made funnier by the fact she seems to speak in cursive.

[@dakotakl6729]

love that

[@minaly22]

Bernadette speaking in Cursive feels totally like a thing, I can't believe I've never thought of that before.

[@WelcometoHell3]

I've literally been trying to figure out what her "accent" is and this literally is the only explanation for it 😂

[@catastrofae]

@@WelcometoHell3 it is a variation of Mid Atlantic accent

[@alexzandria6803]

No no. Speakin in cursive is what fergie did with the national anthem

[@auntybecca9603]

New series needed: historian vs history. I’d watch every episode.

[@jacknowoj1063]

You make me embrace my naturally brown hair! I always used to wish that my hair was blonde but you have shown me that I should be proud to have brown hair. Thank you so much!

[@Maliby593]

I have blonde hair and I have always wanted it to be brown.

[@saragarofano6471]

@@Maliby593 glad to know that "the grass is always greener on the other side" is real heckin true 😂😂😂

[@GamyH]

Oh Poor Bernadette. I've made a Victorian shampoo, my recipe told me to strain the mixture through muslin before bottling, so you wouldn't end up with lumps. Rosemary essence would be about 10 drops of essential oil per 1oz of Alcohol. I feel so bad for you.

[@pinkthatsall3]

The alcohol would probably aid in getting rid of sebum on the scalp and make the hair even stiffer for updos! Maybe we need a second try of this ;)

[@CocoaHerBeansness]

It would probably have been rosemary tincture, like you get from a herbalist. I use egg as a hair mask prior to washing once every week and a half (so every hair wash). I was taught this by an Indian friend as a child. There's great instructions on using egg as a hair-wash or hair mask on ' the hair Buddha' website. Another Indian lady who looks into traditional Indian hair-care, a lot of which is analogous to things used historically in other countries.

[@BeppyCat]

"Spirit of Rosemary" is probably rosemary extract. Soak rosemary sprigs in Everclear. Like making vanilla extract.

[@wendywalecka2910]

That totally makes sense. Cordial or liqueur...same process as steeping vanilla extract.

[@RoobeeBlue]

could also be from steam distillation - a science teacher showed me her still setup recently, that she uses to steam distill things like lemon myrtle for cooking and making cosmetics

[@calmyourself7461]

BIG BRAIN

[@CairnOwl]

Make sure to evaporate the excess everclear after!

[@nicolajaynehodson9223]

i agree , that was my immediate thought when Bernadette mentioned it - a tincture or some such

[@goodgirl111100]

Bernadette: Let's do fun things with long and historically accurate hair Me, the day after I just cut my hair in the bathroom sink: ... heck

[@hollyshane2604]

About two weeks after I had my mother cut nearly five inches off my hair-- oh the things you can do with long hair and can't do with short hair.

[@FaeChild8478]

Which is why I’m growing mine out...

[@ravioliravioli118]

Hahaha same

[@jeanrichards8042]

Oh yes. I just cut my own hair when it was almost long enough to do this. Damn! But Bernadette looks lovely. #hair goals

[@Freezaen]

Low key, I'd be interested in knowing what your modern-day haircare routine is, because your hair is so long and healthy with loads of shine and seemingly no frizz. I want that. T-T

[@cfoster6804]

I'm willing to bet she brushes it a lot with a boar bristle brush. Doing so distributes the natural oil from the scalp leaving the hair shiny and frizz free. I do this and get the same results. The best hair product is excreted from our own scalps for free.

[@memyselfandi4173]

This is an old post, and I'm not Bernadette, but I have mid-butt-length, straight, extremely thick, shiny, and healthy hair and here's my tips: 1) Quit washing your hair so much. The longer your hair is, the less often you should wash it. Unless I get really dirty for some reason, I wash mine once a month, max. If I get really sweaty, like while working out, I'll just rinse my hair very well in the shower with water as cold as I can stand, not wash it. Washing your hair with shampoo will just strip it of its natural oils, causing dryness, frizziness, static build-up, and breakage. No shampoo is good, IMO. 2) When you do wash your hair, don't do it while you shower. Do it separately over a bathtub (if you have one) or the kitchen sink if you don't have a bathtub. Use water that's as cold as you can stand. The colder the better. (I use ice water infused with lavender, myself.) No, it isn't pleasant, but it makes your hair shiny and softer. 3) If your hair is longer than about shoulder length, invest in some good hair oil that you can leave in. Pure argan or jojoba are my go-tos; some people swear by coconut oil, but I find it clunky to work with, since it's solid at room temperature. Good oil, especially argan, isn't cheap, but it's worth it. If the hair is dry, dampen the bottom half of it or so with water (I use a spray bottle) then apply the oil to the damp part of your hair, making sure to work it through evenly down to the ends. This helps to retain moisture in the older part of the hair. Do this about once a week and/or whenever you rinse or wash your hair. 4) For actually washing your hair, try to give up commercial shampoo and conditioner. There are plenty of easy alternatives. As a bonus, they are cheaper, as well. Usually, for my length of hair, I put a few tablespoons of baking powder on my scalp after wetting the hair, work it through evenly down to the ends, then rinse thoroughly. The baking powder absorbs excess oil without stripping it like shampoo does. I follow this with an apple cider vinegar rinse. I pour a cup or two of undiluted vinegar on my hair, work it through, then rinse well to get rid of any vinegar smell. The vinegar balances pH (since baking powder is alkaline and the vinegar is acidic) and closes the hair cuticle, making the hair strands more resistant to breakage. Also, once a month or so, I do a mayonnaise treatment. (Mayo = eggs, oil, and vinegar, all good for your hair.) Just work enough regular mayo to evenly coat your hair through your hair, let it sit for a while (I usually leave it for about an hour), then rinse very well with cold water. A plain egg treatment like in this video is good especially if your hair is very damaged (by coloring, perming, using a ton of styling product, overuse of hot air dryers, etc.) because it's a massive protein dump which will make your hair strands thicker and smoother, so you get more volume and natural poof without frizz. I did this when I colored my hair, doing an egg treatment every other week or so, but I didn't dilute the egg like in this video because that's just messier. I just worked a few raw, whisked eggs through my hair and then rinsed with ice water. If you like your hair to smell nice, work through a few drops of essential oil in whatever scent you like when you're done with your wash regimen. (I'm a lavender girl, myself.) 5) Do not use hot-air hair dryers or curling irons or anything with heat. When I wash my hair, I do it in the early evening, so that my hair is dry by the next morning. If you have to use a hair dryer, use only cool air. If you absolutely must put hot things in/on your hair, do it as sparingly as possible. It's *extremely* damaging, especially to very long hair where the strands can be quite old. Personally, if I want some curl, I just use old-fashioned pink foam rollers while my hair is drying. (I use my mother's, in fact, so I guess they're vintage since I myself am in my 50s.) They're smooshy, so I can sleep on them. 6) Fully comb (not brush!) your hair often, at least twice a day. The oilier your scalp is, the more often you should comb. Use as fine a comb as will get through your hair. This helps to distribute the natural oil that your scalp secretes through your hair (so you don't get the greasy look between washings) and also helps if you tend to have an itchy scalp, as the itch is usually caused by oil build-up on the scalp. Comb slowly carefully, without tugging. Yanking on your hair isn't good for it, of course. 7) Hair spray, mousse, gel, etc. bad for many different reasons. Avoid. Try out hairstyles that don't require any of it. Of course, you'll have more options if your hair is longer. I love braiding, myself.

[@Igotjello]

@@memyselfandi4173 you're a legend, thank you

[@cherry_noemi_boiii]

@@memyselfandi4173 I grew up with super long hair, my longest reaching to my knees. And when I was younger my family wasn’t rich. So my hair care routine was super simple, even “poor” by my standards today, yet my hair grew SO fast, was super thick and soft. It still is today, even with my still relatively simple yet slightly upgraded routine. All I do when washing is use any shampoo (lately I favor rose scented ones or ones with tea tree oil), only use conditioner on the ends of my hair and gently rub in. Afterwards, I NEVER brush wet hair. All I do now is let it air dry and comb my part in the way I want it. Once dry I brush carefully from the ends up, the proper hair brushing technique I learned in my CNA class. I only brush my hair after I take showers (or when I feel like I look messy) and I shower every other day 🤷🏻‍♀️ But I have noticed my scalp does get oily fast so maybe I’ll try washing my hair in colder water… And I don’t style my hair much… I just use scrunchies and head bands, or braid it. I never use hair dryers, curlers, or anything with heat these days. I don’t use hair oils or vitamins or anything really. I did try vitamins a few months ago but saw no difference or improvement. And I’ve never dyed my hair or used any chemicals. My hair is a total virgin in that department. Just the bare shampoo and condition with proper brushing after. During my younger years I used literal dollar store soaps cause it was too expensive for my family to use “fancy” soaps, and we usually would all use the same kind, but today I can afford to have for myself my own soaps. I usually use Dove, or Herbel Essence. And with that simple routine my hair remains (natural) straight, thicc, soft, free of split ends, and continues to grow happily (I actually cut it short above my shoulders around November last year so I had to adjust to short-hair life). Though now that I think about it, this good hair luck could be aided by my genetics, so maybe me sharing all this doesn’t matter. (I am Hispanic so I’d know firsthand that we can tend to be hairy, w/ thick hair.) Also, this routine of mine is based on my “poor person budget” lifestyle growing up, so of course maybe other people can afford expensive care and do a ton of steps like you do and acquire the same or most likely *better* results. But this has just worked for me over my lifetime and earned me lots of positive comments and admirers for my hair. 😊 Edit: imma add that nowadays, compared to my early youth, my hair has changed, perhaps just naturally but perhaps what I’d like to think is a result of my upgraded routine. My hair is now darker, but I do have natural light brown or even red hairs here and there. I’ve seen a significant decrease in split ends (as a kid my mom would curl my hair A LOT). The strands itself as a majority are thick and strong, but I don’t have as much hair as I did as a kid, if that makes sense. And it’s very soft and still abundant in baby hairs.

[@ZaDussault]

I have very long hair that have not been cut in 4 years. It's very thick and in very good health. I don't dry it with a hair dryer, ever. I use whatever leftover shampoo I have from working in a hotel, I wash them every other day (this really depends on you, some people can wait a month, some can't), I also use whatever conditioner I have. Sometimes when it's dry, I put oils in there to help brushing. I don't use a special brush, just a big plastic one with pins.

[@sjstevens6375]

I imagine this wasn’t a solo activity but a group of women would get together and help each other do this or have a maid.. 😄

[@sjplb94]

Yeah this definitely seems like something the higher class, who had maids, would do.

[@mojosbigsticks]

Yes, that's what sisters/moms/daughters are for.

[@dutchik5107]

@@mojosbigsticks and if you didn't have family. You'd probably have a female friend

[@sqike001ton]

Yea I think that this is a your wealthy enough to afford help book

[@tuttyfat]

@@mojosbigsticks I agree. I believe the reason people tended to have more children in the past was simply because they needed help around the home, owned land, farm, etc.

[@s-man5647]

if they used this hair care routine pre-Edwardian era, this would give a slightly different spin to Gaston's boast that he uses 5 dozen eggs daily.

[@noomre9105]

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[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

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[@zetjet9901]

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[@sandsand9403]

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[@rose-gl4io]

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[@ioannaioannina434]

Hi, Bernadette, my granny actually taught me how to wash my hair with an egg and vinegar. So, according to her, you need the yolk only. First, you rinse your hair with water; it can be warm. Then you use the raw yolk as if it were a shampoo; you don't mix it with anything, just rub it into the wet hair and massage the scalp with it, it will even bubble a bit. Then you rinse it with water again; and when you can not or don't want to use your shower, my granny taught me to pour the water on my head with a big mug, no small stream, but real splashes of it, if it makes any sense, like half a litre at once. You don't have to think much about the warmness of the water, because if using buckets, you have warmed it before you started the whole procedure, it wasn't too hot to begin with and as you progress, it naturally gets more and more cold. For the last rinsing you mix a cup of vinegar into about half a bucket of water. If you want to count the amount of water in buckets, it will be two to three buckets in total, so 30 to 50 litres: first half bucket to make your hair wet enough, a bucket or a bit more to rinse the yolk away, and last half a bucket with vinegar that works similarly to a modern conditioner. Surprisingly enough, the hair does not smell of vinegar afterwards; it feels quite strong and clean, does not get greasy as quickly as if washed with shampoo, and is much more shiny. I have to admit I don't wash my hair like this regularly. It really feels weird. I did it for learning purposes back then and a few times more mostly for medical purposes, as it can restore natural skin chemistry. Maybe what I describe is not pure Edwardian way, but it could be close enough, for my granny was born in 1909 and she learnt it from her mother.

[@sofialauffsmcconnochie3293]

I was actually about to describe almost exactly the same routine. I was taught it by my grandmother (born 1913 in southern Sweden) who was taught it by hers. It's excellent!

[@LivingMyLife1991]

My grandma taught me that as well, except withouth the vinegar part.

[@Naam_name]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@ameliar6374]

What kind of vinegar do you use?

[@BeanSidhe1985]

My grandma also did something similar, but she mixed the egg with beer. She didn't use it as shampoo, but as sort of a hair mask, though. Leaves the hair nice and shiny. But you may also smell like you came straight from the local pub afterwards. 😅

[@randomperson1714]

People who are allergic to eggs back then: Guess i’ll just die.

[@brezzainvernale2750]

I don't think there were people allergic to egg, all this allergies are a modern problem, we got more and more of them, 'cause we are "too clean"... As far as I know...

[@korichamberlain3641]

Do people have skin allergies to egg?

[@lootownica]

@@brezzainvernale2750 Even in ancient time allergies existed, maybe it was less common, but peoble clearly happend to be allergic. They just didn't have a name for it, they simply said "this fruit/wegetable/any other thing is harmfull for that person". In some documents (sadly i don't remember what it was, i was reading about that many years ago) they mentioned someone who coudn't eat apples, because it was making that person fall ill. Description was basically same like for allergies. I assume, people who was allergic for eggs, just used clear water, herbal infusions, or soapwort root, which is still used today as an alternative for regular soap or shampoo.

[@Nutellix]

You forget that people were very creative back then, they washed their hair with vinegar, clay...etc

[@danyg1400]

@@brezzainvernale2750 i mean they just did not have names for it, but there are several descriptions like “clams turn my stomach whenever I eat them” “little timmy was taken from us at the tender age of 5 for unknown reasons” People just died instead of getting treatment and that was that.

[@sharoletyoung294]

My grandmother (born in 1895) showed us how she saved her hair and put it into hairnets and shaped it into an enlongated roll. This she pinned around her crown and like you pulled the hair over and pinned down. She had pins carved from ivory and tortoise shell. There was also a special dish that sat on ones dresser that was used to hold hair. Her's was ivory colored porcelain painted with red roses. And oh the hats. They were marvelous.

[@carolevonaarberg472]

Mine too! Born 1880! Died 1969 when I was 13.

[@Addy0510]

Is your grandmother alive still (sorry if this makes you feel sad if she is) because the oldest person (according to google) alive is 114 and you’re grandma would be 125

[@inisipisTV]

@@Addy0510 - I have a feeling she's been long dead. Like my dear two.

[@Addy0510]

@@inisipisTV yea that’s probably true it’s just what came to mind when they said that

[@ElizabethDial]

Yes! @SharoletYoung My grandmother showed me how to do this too. She gave me a Antique French Celluloid Vanity Set (search eBay) consisting of a brush, mirror, comb, powder dish.... and a covered dish with a hole in the top. When I asked what that dish was for, she explained that the hair pulled from the brush bristles was collected and pushed through the hole in the top of that dish. The hair was then balled up and used as a 'cootiegarage', a hair lift used in creating an up-do. A coutiegarage sounded so 'French'. But it was a joking term for the balls of hair used as a hairstyle lift...... a cootie garage. Ha ha!

[@ravina6686]

Ah Miss Bernadette, during this quarantine you've made a gown out of Toliet Paper and Baked a Cake on top of your head. Truly living your best life

[@auralynn3862]

"My little man" Expecting a human child. Instead delighted to a yelp-inducingly adorable cut of a modestly vocal guinea pig having a bath. 💜

[@madisonmorris7394]

Then being called my lordship 😂💜

[@chandraprabhasolanki1349]

LOL

[@lilyhua3031]

so as someone who had to bath without running water, here's some tips. 1. you never do this alone, it's a team effort. I used to help my grandma wash and then she helps me to wash. 2. you probably sit and lay your head back into a basin/bin - I use to lay across our dinning/school work/all purpose desk and the bin will be on a chair. 3. pitchers - everyone had pitchers. If you don't have running water you have lots of pitcher and you would spend a morning boiling the water if you don't want cold water and storing it. so once you have gathered your 3 -4 pitchers you lay across the table or over the back of your chair (like at your hair dressers) and then you can wash your hair.

[@xxSome3Girlxx]

"you never do this alone", as someone who lives without running water for about half of the week on average, you can most certainly do this alone! If using normal shampoo you can boil some water on the stove and pour half of it into a bucket with some cold water (save the other half for rinsing), if using egg, cold water only! You can then sit in your non-functional shower, bathtub, or tub thingy and lean over the bucket. Grab a cup or pitcher so that you can have "running water" and rinse your hair over the bucket so as not to waste any of it. It takes practise and some getting used to, but it does give you a good arm exercise!

[@kellyalves756]

I was thinking about pitchers. I’ve used big plastic pitchers to rinse my hair when I have to wash my hair in the sink. Also, the “ cooked egg” in your hair was probably a bit of the embryal sac. Next time ( if there is a next time) pull that bit off before you start mixing the egg. It’s pretty visible.

[@Tina-ks1kw]

In Vietnam, I lived in the countryside for a month and had to wash my hair using a big bin and a pitcher. Totally right with that team effort statement, although it is doable alone, having another person really quickens the process. Had to wash with cold water because I was too lazy to boil the water but regardless when I came back to the US, my hair was longer and stronger than ever haha.

[@catbunfish]

Cristine keeps nail peelies, Bernadette keeps hair. Nothing weird in this corner of the KZbins XD

[@Katie-kat1004]

Rachel Rogers for real, nothing weird it’s normal at this point 😂😂

[@TwelvetreeZ]

Micarah Tewers keeps hair as well! She said so in her room makeover video 😂

[@honestlycanadian]

Lol we like the same videos ilove these women

[@Anastas1786]

Pharmacy technician and amateur pharmacy historian here: A "spirit" (or a tincture, to be more precise) and essential oil are similar, but not the same. A tincture is an extract, a bunch of the natural chemicals of the source (usually a plant) "extracted" by various means, dissolved in ethanol (or vinegar, or glycerine, or ether, or... anyway, generally ethanol); an essential oil is sort of an extract too, but while a tincture contains _all kinds_ of different chemicals from the source (the smelly ones, the tasty ones, the ones that numb or disinfect or revive you when you're feeling faint), an essential oil captures the "essence" of the source by isolating, as best we can, only the _volatile_ compounds (the smelly ones, that is). A tincture may or may not (depending on the solvent) be edible and impart taste (and other features) _as well as_ smell into a mixture; an essential oil is risky to ingest and pretty much just a bottle of pure smell, which is why your shampoo needed so much less _oil_ of rosemary than _spirit_ of rosemary. And, needless to say, the compounds of essential oil are suspended in oil, not a solvent. For your purposes though, the difference is probably negligible. The solvent and extra rosemary juices that would be in a proper Edwardian household's Spirit of Rosemary might have _some_ effect on your hair or the egg that I'm not aware of, but in all likelihood, the rosemary's just there for the pleasant smell.

[@Blitzcomo]

This was a fascinating read!

[@megaanny1]

Thats pretty cool. I know that rosemary can help your hair grow longer. So that's why they may have added it aswell

[@Veemerica]

I believe rosemary is used as an anti hair loss remedy.

[@inkerstales2336]

I think Alcohol and/or Vinegar would work as cleaning agent. The Rosmary is just for smell.

[@jenniealexxa]

I can't believe I am reading a pharmaceutics-related comment in a video on ye olde KZbin. Your reply reminded me so much of pharm school.

[@segbaillie2824]

I live on a narrowboat so usually wash my hair in a basin, tricks to note: A wide, more shallow basin is useful (I have a separate washing-up bowl that I keep for hair-washing. A non-breakable cup (plastic in my case but obviously that isn't Edwardian) to slosh water from the bowl over your head. Fill bowl about 2/3 with head-hot water. Bend over and insert head into water from crown to tops of ears. Use cup to pour water from bowl over the rest of the back of your head. Move head about to swish hair in water. When hair fully wet, massage in shampoo/substitute. Rinse as above. Apply conditioner if using, rinse. Change water and rinse again. Change water and rinse again. Hair should now be clean and fairly clear of product. It would, of course be preferable to also change the water after wetting, after shampooing and after conditioning and then do two more rinses in clean water but, since we have to go and get all our water, I tend to be more mean with it.

[@silviadumitrescu5241]

That’s exactly how I washed my hair in childhood. And as a teenager. Lots of water changing

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

So when the plague is over and I can go back to New York City, I'm just gonna be wandering around Manhattan thinking, "Somewhere in one of those buildings, there could be a neo-Victorian vampiress attempting to rinse scrambled eggs out of her hair."

[@TheJhtlag]

I was in NYC late February, hotel near the fashion district, not holding my breath, but kept an eye out for her. Of course she wouldn't be washing her hair Victorian style at that time.

[@hollyleafwell2118]

Bernadette: has her hair down Me, half asleep: WHO YOU IS, WHO YOU BE

[@audreyhogan8285]

Yeah, she looks so different to me

[@oikawasmilkbread6742]

"who are you? who are you!? Who is this kid, what's he gonna do?!"

[@angi4912]

@@oikawasmilkbread6742 Hamilton reference?

[@oikawasmilkbread6742]

@@angi4912 yup

[@angi4912]

@@oikawasmilkbread6742 nice

[@GeekChicPolitiq]

Haven't seen any comments like this yet, but: -Egg works as a protein treatment -Salt gives body -Rosemary clarifies the scalp So it's messy, but not totally random!

[@TheGabygael]

And I've heard that rosemary had hair growth benefits

[@unefleurdelalune8767]

Egg & rosemary have been staples in the natural hair community for years. I've heard of egg rinses, tried it a few times (not a fan, I feel it wastes eggs 😅) and I LOVE whipped shea butter with rosemary oil

[@RaddyMadi]

Also cool water locks in moisture

[@albertocespedes4303]

Top marks for the research. I just thought egg and salt = breakfast! Rosemary = natural cologne.

[@anjafink8996]

I think the main point of the rosemary spirit is the alcohol. It removes grease.

[@TheLurkerFox]

To be honest, now that I dug around my noggin, I remembered granny telling me that we used to do a similar thing here in Latvia, except instead of watering down the egg and adding oils, they would straight up smear egg into hair and then rinse it thoroughly. Granny actually showed me how to do that because we once had a time we got the chance to go to a traditional Latvian sauna (A "pirts" as it is called here and was a staple for any household, poor or rich, and would be the place to clean yourself, relax, celebrate, and perform medical procedures due to the steam and heat being seen as great for one's health and the pirts being a sacred place for the household a la "Cleanliness is next to godliness") and granny wanted to show me and let me try it out. Arguably we cheated a little coz granny did use soapy water after to wash out the egg. Not the weirdest thing, in the USSR, ladies would use beer to keep their hair in the princess curl shape for longer as it acted a bit like hairspray in a way? I wanted to ask mom (Who actually studied hairstyling during the USSR and did that with her friends) how it worked, but she said she is not pouring beer on my head (Aka the only person in the house with long enough hair for demonstration) because no amount of perfume would hide the beer smell and I was 10 and had school.

[@michaelheath5615]

I'd always heard it doesn't smell. One just combs a bit of beer through and then pins it.

[@TheLurkerFox]

@@michaelheath5615 I dunno, my mom said it stank, I never did it so I can't confirm nor deny the claim

[@NevenOfSine]

@@TheLurkerFox It pretty much stops smelling once it's dried up. Also, different types of beer have very different composisions, if you use a malty one, that will probably make it more "firm" and smell of molasses than an IPA that will give it a more hoppy, beer-like smell. Tried it out a long time ago, need to experiment with it again...

[@TheLurkerFox]

@@NevenOfSine oooh I see! Thank you for the information!

[@meman6964]

I used beer as curl set as a teen in the 60s. No smell once dry. This was setting on juice cans trying to get Cher style hair.

[@kendalllane9145]

Love this! Also, my two-year-old peeked over my shoulder while I was watching, and excitedly shouted “Mary Poppins!!” so you NAILED the Edwardian aesthetic 😂

[@poopoopeepee357]

omg yesssssssss

[@jessicazombie1106]

Because Mary Poppins, not historical accuracy, is the epitome of nailing the aesthetic 😉!

[@plankton2507]

hey buddy? do you think a 2 year old knows that? they just made a cute comment, nobody asked for you nor wanted you to say "actually, she didnt nail it :/ mary poppins isnt historically accurate!"

[@jessicazombie1106]

@@plankton2507 I'm not commenting on the child's comment, I'm commenting thst the lame parent thinks Mary Poppins is historically accurate. The parent, as well as you, are the ones missing the point of ACTUAL HISTORICAL ACCURACY, which is the entire objective of the hair styling in the video.

[@giannayu4783]

Jessica Zombie I don’t think you should call the parent lame...they were literally just sharing something funny their toddler said. I seriously doubt a 2 year old would know the difference between Mary Poppins and Edwardian wear.

[@Depleted-Uranium]

quarantine journal, day 52: the omelette in my hair smells like flowers

[@mythandmayhem1134]

Uranium-238 So as a kid (ish, legally an adult but still basically a child, that fun time) we were told to write stuff about the virus and quarantine down so future generations can have first hand accounts. All of this is to say, imagine reading THAT in a quarantine journal as a disinterested high schooler in the year 2080.

[@lauranaspeer]

Emma Shimeall, I don't really know why you would need to write it down. I feel like the internet has immortalized it enough.

[@personnotfound5007]

Laurana Speer except that as soon as our current form of internet becomes obsolete, chances are that we will lose all the information on the internet or at least not be able to access, say, social media, which has all the first hand accounts of quarantine

[@margaret_adelle]

Anyone who refers to their guinea pig as "His Lordship" is a treasure that should be protected.

[@FennecTheRabbit]

Her sibling, Dani Banner (also has a KZbin Channel) did, in fact, paint Cesario as a little Lord, like had a whole outfit.

[@gothgirlgraveyard3539]

His lordship shall be protected at all cost

[@danana4867]

This comment is the whole reason I watched this video

[@iridescentaurora268]

‘Don’t try this at home’ I BEGGETH TO DIFFER!! Do indeed try this at home IF you’re already accustomed to washing your hair in cool water *and/or* you have a natural curl or wave to your hair! I actually used black tea and apple cider vinegar in my concoction, as well as the egg and rosemary oil - and I did use a bit of 21st century conditioner after the fact. However, when I say my curls came out *bigger* and *bouncier* than they’ve been in a hot minute *I AM NOT JOKING!* *DO THIS! DO THIS SOMETIME THIS WEEK!!!*

[@3bellam]

I literally feel sometimes like Bernadette is just my older Edwardian friend who I look up to for advice and laughs. I love her hahaha. Say "I" if you'd want Bernadette as a governess or older cousin who visits often with new styles and ideas to share from her travels and education.

[@harperdelahaye7842]

I!

[@Fastest_turtle]

Bella C I

[@eliza3986]

i!!!

[@alexwicker5451]

I say.

[@helenmcnair4284]

So, the 'ayes' to the left (of 1911) have it.

[@reginaromsey]

Just an addition to this scientific experiment to remove one worry. Egg white albumin coagulates at between 144-148 F. Way beyond the cool or lukewarm level, in fact, far beyond what you could stand to pour on your head. I imagine another commenter is correct that whisking and straining the egg before use would get rid of the unwanted bits. Otherwise, they won’t hurt your hair and you would be expected to comb them out with your 100 strokes of the comb or brush every day.

[@Yamasama89]

Came here to say this. You would seriously scald yourself if it cooked.

[@doglover1neo]

A modern twist on this egg shampoo recipe would be to whip up the whites and yolks separately into foams fold those two together with the rosemary. Then you would just dampen your hair first work the foam through your hair and then wash that out. I know from my punk rocker uncle that he used egg whites as the styling gel for his giant mohawks back in the day. So this "shampoo" would be very volumizing if not enough of it was washed out. Or if just the egg whites were used as it will they dry up into a stiff gel.

[@MildExplosion]

@@doglover1neo off topic but did you call your punk rocker uncle punkle

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

I didnt quite get this either... I've used an egg treatment on my hair to 'repair' it after bleaching etc. I never had little bits of egg and I just washed it off in a regular shower. I've also used egg white face masks with lemon juice or honey etc and they work great and again... never had any cooked egg issues when rinsing it off with warm water.

[@doglover1neo]

@@MildExplosion No we called him Crazy!

[@Tecrogue]

This definitely adds to understanding the "sorry, I can't go out tonight I am washing my hair" trope.

[@_Mars555._.]

"Smells like rosemary but..." "EGGS"

[@gabrielagutierrez1178]

Put in the egg 🥚🍳 drops oil lavanda, Rosemary,to go the smell

[@gabriellerussell8484]

Bernadette: “0/10 do not try this at home.” Me: *despite fully trusting Miss Banner, still contemplates trying this at home anyway*

[@sterling9427]

I saw and another comment that said to strain the mixture so there wont be clumps!

[@kammymarie13]

I've done this! I've tried just about every "natural" hair mask on the internet lol You definitely need to rinse with cold cold water to avoid the scramble but it does make your hair really soft!

[@rainy_jones]

If you do, use cold water. Not just water that feels "comfortably cool" - because that is still not cold enough. Source: Tried a similar hairmask. Can't recommend.

[@aellalee4767]

I do super short ice cold showers daily so I am tempted.

[@MoonsEternity]

I am totally thinking of doing this, but with the aid of a shower, and apparently really cold water.

[@ChaosCosplayCreations]

I think what’s really missing is the team of servants to do this for you

[@Thursdayschildfar2go]

Or sisters, etc.

[@heresfrankbetches921]

But servants had nobody to help them

[@maudelynn13]

HeresFrank Betches I’ve read they helped each other.

[@RustyBobbins]

maudelynn13 Except many households only had ONE servant and most servants on got 1 half day off a week. Sooooooo, no. Plenty of people dressed themselves and did their own personal care unaided.

[@mwater_moon2865]

@@heresfrankbetches921 they didn't have the ankle length hair

[@maryirene123]

Whenever I had a dance recital, I was allowed the afternoon off school to get ready. My mom would wash my hair with an egg so it would be shiny on stage. This brought back some very fond memories.

[@catvergueiro8905]

Tell us more! Was it egg&water only?

[@maryirene123]

Cat Vergueiro It was just an egg. My mom would whip it up a bit, gently work it through my wet hair for a bit and then rinse with cool water so I did not end up with scrambled eggs on my head.

[@allisonsheridan58]

I still muself use egg. But let it sit in my hair for longer until most of it drips out on its own. Secondly stand under a shower and gently comb your hair( apply egg in combed hair and carefully applying in layers does not tangle them) to get it all out. Ten add shampoo to little amount of water to dilute it and just gently wash you hair. They become so shiny and silky smooth. Its lovely to rest my head on my hair at night

[@shadypalmtree2989]

I use egg in my homemade deep conditioner/protein treatment. Egg is great for your hair as long as you get past the sliminess of something on your head

[@lpanayi6954]

When I was about 13 or 14 I found an amazing reproduction Edwardian dress Circa 1970's in the bottom of my mum's wardrobe, and- because I was intensely into a lot of literature from the time- took to wearing it with my (then long) hair in a 'cottage loaf'-type bun- very similar to what you've achieved here. I'm pretty sure I used the same technique to achieve it too. I then assumed the persona of an Edwardian 'ghost' and haunted the neighbourhood for a time. Ah, halcyon days. I don't have a single photo, which is borderline tragic.

[@Lolz172]

That small clip at the end where you were blow drying his lordship was *chef's kiss* perfection

[@alexstrongmetal9838]

Anyone else notice the lack of tp floof of something behind her? Like say.... a dress?

[@user-zm5tt9bq5u]

Oh Dear! If anyone wants to try this.. According to my experience, pouring water down your head is not the best way to wash hair without shower. It is better to put water in a bucket and dip your head in (place the bucket on a chair, should be about the right level). Leaves your both hands free for washing. Diy shampoo spreads easier as well when hair is dripping wet rather than just moist. Also first rinses are easier that way, just dip head in and squish them around to wash. Only last rinses should be done by pouring water down your head above the bucket. Amazing video though!

[@asianshell]

I would have just said screw it and use the shower head to rinse it off

[@EnnameMori]

All shampoo spreads more easily when the hair is soaked! After many years of bad bathrooms and wash stands I concur. Dunk, soak, then wash. Pouring might work if you habe a team of maids. :)

[@C_22]

Agreed!

[@Vgladstone1]

Women would also have a “rat” holder on their dressers to hold the hair that comes out of their brushes or combs. The hair can be put in a net to make the base or rolls.

[@melissal9184]

You can still find porcelin hair receivers in second hand and antique shops pretty cheap.

[@YayaTo2]

I remember my grandmother's rat keeper. It was porcelin, painted with a silver top. By the time I was born she was no longer keeping hair in it...but she kept it...or at least that's the story my mother told.

[@andreaelizeth]

@@melissal9184 Yes, even online you can find some, they're quite lovely but my whole family would think I'm a weirdo if I had one😅

[@mungbean345]

My grandma had a receiver on her dresser, but didn't use it by the time I was around (if she ever had; she liked functional antiques but didn't always use them). Many years later, I made and used several hair rats to help my shoulder length hair achieve something closer to the 1860s styles. Despite shedding more than a dog, I still had to add some brown wool to the center of my rats to add volume, and I had been saving my hair (in baggies 🤮) for almost a year! I must have been antique shopping at the wrong times, because unlike the beautiful one I remembered from my childhood, I only ever found one hideous Bakelite receiver the color of stale urine, and somehow replacing a bag of hair with a canister that brought to mind the worst kind of icicle just seemed like a poor exchange.

[@hitsugayacookie]

Erm, i used to have egg masks for my hair. And many girls in my country know of this recipe. It's not that weird. It actually softens the hair, makes color pop out, it heals hair i guess in a weird way, makes it brighter. But you have to sit in it for about 15-20 min before you wash it out :D

[@katherinemorelle7115]

“This is a pile of hair I’ve been saving for about a year” Shows pile of hair about the size that I brush out every fortnight. I should have made a heap of hair rats by now. I’m saddened by my lack of productivity.

[@samaxe1998]

Exactly what I was thinking, I can't believe I've wasted so much hair lol!

[@craftingweirdo6498]

Im sad that i didnt keep those things before cutting my hair 3 inches long

[@allonsyemily]

Same! No time like the present to start!

[@nicolewolfcry7408]

Yea... I had the same thought process, however I think the reason that is is becuase I wear my hair up or braided often so hair that should shed throughout the day is just piled on my head... all the time. Then I brush it before showering cause I don't want to deal with the clogged drain so i end up with a huge pile of hair nightly.

[@kimmetz6185]

As someone with thin hair, the amount of hair she had was basically what I have on my head 🤣🤣🤣

[@wthinwthout2786]

I am LOVING the wilder, more freewheeling side of Quarentine Bernadette.

[@Arianddu]

About the "cooked egg" thing - I suspect this isn't actually the egg "cooking" from heat. Egg white gets used as a fining agent for wine and other similar liquids - that is, you pour the wine through the egg white, and it collects all the sediment and dead yeast, leaving the liquid clear. You can tell if there is a high oil content in your liquid, because the egg white literally turns white as the invisible oil drops are filtered out of the liquid and into the albumen. So my suspicion is, when you are seeing lumps of white "cooked" egg in your hair, what you are actually seeing is egg white that has coagulated with the excess hair oil and scurf from your hair, i.e. it has literally solidified around the dirt you want to wash from your hair.

[@MossyMozart]

@Arianddu - Thank you for the information. I thought that the whites were probably coagulated chemically, too, but had no idea why until I read your comment. Excellent!

[@e.kupfer8631]

So having visible bits of egg in the hair with this process means it really is cleaning oil etc. out of the hair.

[@Avellania]

@@e.kupfer8631 It's more likely that the egg congealed around the essential oil she added.

[@unefleurdelalune8767]

A woman of distinction I see 😃

[@starfish5344]

yes i grew up with egg shampoos really mssed them when they stopped making them.. sigh..... thought it hilarioius she did this in living room on carpet...some people did have bathrubs you know...as for winter - prob bloody cold -remember these people wore hats to bed...too bad you didn`t have ingredients for the recipe...lucky furry pet getting the spa treat at the end....

[@manmaas]

That actually looks very nice. Came across your channel as a 61-year-old guy looking to take up sewing some classic period clothes and subbed for your elegant style and informative explorations.

[@melonyrobinson9944]

me: i'm excited by this bernadette, an intellectual: I"m quite thrilled by this prospect

[@-westervelt5105]

Assuming it's called "spirit of rosemary," it's probably a rosemary tincture. The rosemary is soaked in a strong drinking alcohol (and I mean STRONG). The process was believed to extract not only the essence but the spirit of the plant itself. Hence, the name spirit in regards to the ingredient and the often seen "Wine and spirits" stores

[@krisswilley286]

So what I'm hearing is...I can get drunk off of vanilla extract?

[@SewRena]

Kris Swilley yes depending on your tolerance

[@sopheyrac1204]

When you pulled hair out of the brush and added it to your hair pile I thought that was accumulated in that one brushing sesh I was like damn Bernadette

[@felicitygee381]

Me too, I paused the video to try an figure out what I was looking at, so relieved to find out that was a years worth, not a days.

[@dimples1959]

Me too! I about had a heart attack and thought it was from her hair being brushed out after all that egg shampoo. About died.

[@paigejanzen1509]

Me too! I freaked out. 😱

[@MildExplosion]

Same 😂

[@annieb9620]

I inherited my grandmother’s girlhood doll (which I always had a fascination with as a child). The doll is probably from around1910. The hair on the doll is made from my grandmother’s actual hair, which has held up amazingly well. It just so happens to be a lovely auburn color like yours.

[@amandazander69]

By “spirit of rosemary” I’m like 99% sure they mean alcohol infused with rosemary oil... which would make the eggs make more sense as a way of helping curb the drying effects of the alcohol while the alcohol actually dissolves scalp oil and grime...

[@Dittygirl89]

I've found this: www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/rosmarinus_spir.html

[@clairestjacques]

No eggs, but I like my Cattier Rosemary Vinegar organic shampoo for oily scalp.

[@leporid257]

@@Dittygirl89 Thank you! We have a flow heater with a temperature degree screen. For me it hurts to get colder than 89-93 F depending on room temperature. Proteins denaturate around 108 F. There's not much buffer between these temperatures. So I think even if Bernadette did the coldest she could, it was still too warm to not cook at least a part of the eggs. Will try the rosemary spirit if you do first haha

[@amandazander69]

Dexy Nash I do believe tinctures usually contain a much higher concentration of the plant extracts than “spirits” typically do, since in most tinctures alcohol is just used as a solvent for extraction/carrier rather than being the main component.

[@Lawrenceklutz]

Correct.

[@inarigitsune]

Having washed my hair many a time in a place without any running water with hair of long lengths. We did it once a week or so, too cold otherwise without warming up the room a lot with the oven. Tips on making it easier: 1. The big pot or basin. Fill that with water and just dunk your hair there to first wet it as well as much of the head as you can. Consider it good flexibility exercise. Saves time and energy wetting the hair before shampoo and gets it more thoroughly wet. 2. Easiest water dumping receptacle is not a tea pot but something like a sauce pan. The long handle is convenient and you can control how much water you pour (after some practice of doing this over your own head and dump it in your face or ear a couple of times.) 3. Having a second pot to get the water with that sauce pan from, very handy. The about 3 sauce pan water amounts to rinse off sounds about right for things that aren't very soapy like that egg shampoo. You may need more for soapy stuff. Should you, or anyone watching this, ever want to make another attempt of course.

[@rcirae20]

Wouldn’t spirit of rosemary be a rosemary-infused alcohol? That would change the shampoo recipe drastically.

[@m.navonil]

Yes, little googling told me it is a 2% w/w solution of rosemary oil with ethyl alcohol

[@Therealalbot]

in her defense she wass using things she had on hand. maybe if she tried again now she would use a more accurate mix

[@Attributed146]

Rosemary tincture has antibacterial and antifungal properties! 😊

[@aiko9393]

I think so. Half pint of alcohol and a few drops of that rosemary oil will probably do the same.

[@Littledoll53]

I have an old book (1880 ish) that notes something similar... Also some alternatives from the time one of vinegar instead of alcohol and one with borax mixed with the rosemary (leaves and flowers) when infusing.

[@HighFiveTheHorizon]

The b-roll from "The Ring" sure is not what anyone expected. Edit: After further inspection/basically binge-watching your channel this community deserves more than that cheap shot of a joke. You have great, interesting and quite frankly, enlightening content. Love the mix of old and new language and of course, love your whole style clothing- and video wise.

[@dianeshelton9592]

I remember in the 1980s all my friends used to get together and wash our hair with egg and beer. It sort of made it stiff enough to be able to be that huge 1980s hair. Who knew we were attempting to be historically accurate. I do remember the distinct smell and white lumps, yuk! Add in copious amounts of hairspray as well, stiff eggy beery hair was all the rage.😀😀😀🦁

[@d.lan3y]

And that must've smelled just delightful

[@HodajuciParadoks]

Beer was used for curls, my grandma use to do this. the smell goes away..in time. Ps. I did this too...in the late 90s...works great, but it does damage the hair in a long run. Ps.2. you put the rolls in the beer, hair is wet goes around it, dry it...or wait it to dry,take it off and voila. Curls. Now I prefer braids, no damage. But they are waves, not curls.

[@Diamondgamervideos]

I read this as 1890s instead of 1980s and I couldn't figure out if this was satire or just an immortal

[@blackmarya]

Saw a tip in a book in the early 2000s saying the rinse shampoo out with beer every now and then for shine

[@ettaz]

Punk subculture uses a lot of homemade hair stiffeners to achieve high and stiff mohawks. Besides beer and egg (usually just the egg whites, beaten), there is a simple sugar recipe that works quite well, speaking from personal experience. Just dissolve equal parts sugar and water, put in a spray bottle and you have a good homemade hairspray. Minus the spray bottle, it can be historically accurate

[@DannyJane.]

I tried one of my grandmother's recipes and had similar, and truly foul smelling results. Grandma Miriam was born in 1898. Her recipe, if I remember correctly, consisted of rosewater, egg, and I think there was beer in it too, although that might have been for the after rinse. I haven't tried it for 60 years, so forgive if my memory is a little dusty. I recall there was something about straining the egg through cheesecloth before putting it on the hair. Also, my hair seemed much thicker and dried very stiff, like using too much setting gel. The frizz was somewhat tamed. Poufing it up was very easy. The biggest drawback was the SMELL, which was something like a Times Square bar that hadn't been cleaned since the Hoover administration.

[@mythandmayhem1134]

DannyJane Thank you for the descriptions you used. Absolute poetry and truly beautiful.

[@HilBG]

Bernadette: gets a sponsorship offer from a custom shampoo company Also Bernadette: spends the sponsored video making her own custom shampoo instead of using it 😂

[@RubyofTrinity]

So I do have ankle-length hair-- or I did in high school and college. It's knee-length now. I went shampoo-free when it was down to my ankles for about a year because it was just too much of a pain to wash and dry. I never did the egg thing except for a living history demo. In that instance, someone else was washing my hair sort of like at a modern salon. I was leaned back in a chair with my head over a china basin. She scrubbed the egg into my scalp so that it foamed up before rinsing it out. Didn't really focus on washing the rest of my hair, just kinda got it wet. Once it dried I gave it ye olde 100 strokes with a boar bristle brush en lieu of conditioner. Had to comb and brush religiously, and it feels different than daily shampooing, but it didn't stink and wasn't greasy once my scalp adjusted to not having to compensate being stripped of oils all the time.

[@yabiibee]

Harry Potter: it felt like an egg trickling down his head (or wtv) Bernadette: *hold my teapot*

[@ragnkja]

Yuvy Kentbell Are you saying Bernadette now knows what the Disillusionment Charm feels like?

[@jennhill8708]

Solution: shower!

[@brooket1304]

This made my day. I had a good chuckle over it.

[@rachelblack2165]

Spirit of rosemary sounds like literally rosemary alcohol to me. It’s a common thing to use in my country for various ailments and concoctions, just preparing pure alcohol in a bottle with rosemary branches. It is also sold in most supermarkets already prepared.

[@gifthippy8670]

suspect "spirits of rosemary" means rosemary hydrosol. Hydrosols are also defined as a "non alcholic distilled spirit".

[@CocoaHerBeansness]

so rosemary tincture? This would tint hair darker then.

[@Chrisiant]

@@gifthippy8670 I may be wrong here, I often am, but I thought steeping in water was an infusion, as in tea. Whereas spirit of rosemary may well be maceration and steeping of the herb in alcohol. AKA, a tincture of rosemary. Yes, it would be commonly used for darker hair, whereas a tincture of chamomile would be used for fair hair.

[@wickedpissa25]

"What's in the box?" "Hair." "Why?" "You never know when you might need a box of hair." ". . . . . ." "What?" "Nothing."

[@emstert8665]

i feel attacked bc i actually have a box of hair

[@nadya3819]

Emery Thornes but... why?

[@lesleyharris3198]

As a child I had very long hair but when I went to boarding school it was cut short, my grandmother kept the plat . I think because it was baby blonde and the rest of the family were dark haired

[@spacewolfcub]

I have been collecting ponytail chops like hers since I was a teenager. I have apparently always been planning the wrong thing, a wig made of my own hair to wear during chemotherapy, when I should really have been planning for a fabulously elaborate Edwardian hairstyle. 😋

[@YTistooannoying]

I had hair as long as Bernadette's but like twice as much and shiny but I got ill and it began falling out. My son asked for the plat. So he has a 14 inch braid of my once beautiful dark auburn hair. He says he plans on passing it on as a family heirloom...or using to clone me. Of course my hair is growing back now... but it has turned gray😭

[@skyclaw]

If I had to guess, I’d say ‘spirit of rosemary’ referred to rosemary-infused alcohol, which is in fact a step in the process of making an essential oil-the alcohol is evaporated, leaving behind the oily fragrance molecules that give rosemary (or whatever) its characteristic scent.

[@hazelthestitchwitch]

The Gibson girl updo is so underrated and needs to make a comeback.

[@spacewolfcub]

*Be* the comeback you wish to see in the world! 💕

[@a.j.h3401]

My aunt has worn her hair like this for years. It is quite the look.

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Fund fact - in England it was called a ‘cottage bun’ hairdo! 🥰

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Fund fact - in England it was called a ‘cottage bun’ hairdo! 🥰

[@imaginariumofvanessanicole]

Greetings Bernadette! As a hairstylist by profession, if you use a “pic “ comb or tail comb, you can tease or pull the hair out to cover thinner spots of hair! Also gently pulling the braided pieces of hair out a little can make them appear bigger and cover more in a pinch :) I’ve been growing my hair out for two years as I like to do lots of styles that are historical in nature...I have naturally curly hair but it’s EXTREMELY fine. Also to note: olive oil and coconut oil is still used as a hydrating agents but I’ve learned if you use heat on your hair, If the oil is not removed completely, it can “cook” the hair 😭😭 Egyptians used to let bird eggs melt in the heat on their head so it would drip down and moisturize their hair...I’m so glad that’s not a modern hair care trend!! 😂😂

[@KoriEmerson]

Vanessa B yup. I am a wig mistress. And I’ve done all sorts of odd things to figure out how things were done. They also would have rats. Which the whole year of dead hair would be PERFECT. One of the ways rats were also done was to bunch the hair in the shape you want and strategically tie it with matching thread, or yarn. AND.. if you use a “floof” that is the color of ones hair, it helps. But WELL DONE Ms. B

[@Miss_Camel]

Oh please, like our clients aren’t doing weirder crap with their hair while we’re quarantined! 😂 I’m dreading the fix jobs already. lol

[@cindland]

Vanessa B they also wore cones of oil to melt down onto their hair in the heat. Ewwww.

[@TheJovianPrince]

sister antigone I wish you all the luck! My mother is a hairdresser and she’s booked all the way out into September with mistakes to clean up. Lol

[@storytellingsnek5255]

Just a week ago a friend of my mother's recommended I massage a raw egg into my scalp to hydrate it. I didn't follow their advice.

[@NatalieGrace99]

**Bernadette pouring water loudly into the pot** Cesario: **concerned piggy squeaks**

[@sturmykins]

Those were, "I smell herbs human! I demand a tribute!"

[@nafiyaprova7650]

I started doing this egg mixture rinse since last year. I am happy with the results. I think only mistake I see in this video is that you didn’t put the egg mixture through a sieve before you applied in your hair. If you had done that you wouldn’t have to brush out egg pieces of your hair after your done cleaning your hair . This is egg shampoo is really worth using. I hope you wouldn’t give up on it.

[@shesela7010]

I read the title as "following Edward Cullen's hair care routine"

[@kmorris2918]

😂😂

[@clairefazel8470]

I would like the routine tho

[@katieegg9179]

I’ve never read the book, but given that he’s immortal this may very well have been his hair routine at some point 😂

[@daisygreen5842]

I would watch that

[@-ster3011]

😂😂😂

[@danion1588]

I don’t know exactly what your pamphlet says. But as a Regency reenactor I know that they would beat their eggs until it turned to foam so you don’t get that scrambled egg thing.

[@spacewolfcub]

Good to know!! 😯

[@elysialaws4829]

Wow that shot of you on the desk in the sun was so unbelievably romantic, really beautifully done.

[@itstru.]

I agree, it was gorgeously cinematic. ✨

[@lyudmilaaksan2232]

6:50 My mom told me to rinse egg wash with vinegar and water mixture. Vinegar was suppose to make my hair shiny. And also when I was making my shampoo of eggs I only used egg yokes not egg whites.... It takes two to three washes (not on the same day:))) to train your scalp not to produce so much oil.

[@Frost8488]

In my country, Iran, raw egg is a well-known and very recommended natural treatment for having strong and healthy hair. But here we separate the egg whites from the yolk and we only use the yolk which... I never knew why until I saw your video and the white chunks of egg in your hair. LOL

[@KryssLaBryn]

My mum always told me to make sure to use COLD water if I tried an egg treatment for my own hair. She gave it a go back in the Sixties but unthinkingly rinsed it out with the usual hot water-- then had to spend literal hours picking scrambled eggs out of her hair. She never forgot!!

[@srmaliajosfefa3739]

KryssLaBryn 😂🤣😂🤣🤣

[@michelleluthypowell7171]

This is the exact hairstyle my Grandma wore, every day, and I am so happy that I now know how it was done. I had the joy of spending a lot of time with my grandparents, and my dad's mom was a very traditional lady. She was born around 1915, and her and my Grandpa lived in much the same way, as they had, since my dad was young, and were very traditional. She passed away at 95, still lived on her own, passed a driving test to be renewed at 93, and stayed sharp as a tack. She had hair down to her knees, until 92, when she started having neck pain. I only saw her hair down once, as a child, when I was spending the night. I actually got scared, and screamed, as she was wearing her traditional dressing gown, and looked quite ghostly lol. She never stepped out of her room, until she had done her hair, and was completely put together, and I remember seeing all of the antique combs, and the little dish with pins, and her pot of saved hair. It was like going back in time to visit them. She was a painter, and my grandpa was a blacksmith. It's pretty cool to make this connection to the fact that they were living, in many ways, as they had during Edwardian times, because I always just associated it with uniquness.

[@J0k394]

Also the hairstyle my grandma (born 1914) used to wear, until a few years before her death. Except she also had bangs. I don't think her hair ever was longer than waist-length, and from the one time I saw her doing her hair I don't recall a hair rat.

[@jacquelinej143]

@@J0k394 my mother did her hair very similar for her wedding (she was born in the early '60s but was much in love with Victorian and Edwardian times) and she didn't use a rat.

[@mandmauckland]

My great grandma was born in 1915 and she never had hair like this (I wish she had!). Her style was very short and usually curled with rollers.

[@jacquelinej143]

@@mandmauckland my great grandmother was born in 1918 and also kept very short hair. She didn't use curlers though, just had a wave, sometimes with a barrette on one side. I think it makes a lot of sense that our great grandmothers had short styles, as they were what was in fashion in the 1930s, when they would be coming of age. I think most people tend to keep a touch of what was in style when they were becoming an adult. It was very very late when I made my previous reply to the other girls comment.. now that I see it again I find it unusual that someone would be so stuck in the style of the time when they were a newborn infant.

[@michelleluthypowell7171]

She was the youngest of her sisters, and they lived out in rural Oregon. It was still very traditional to keep long hair, especially in her family, and the church her family attended. And no, it was not a more strict religion, just rural.

[@CavySong]

I still have my great grandmother’s hair receiver, a lovely porcelain bowl about 5 inches across and 2.5 inches deep with a lid containing a hole. It was used whenever she brushed her hair to save the “floof” and keep a tidy dresser. She advised me, that if I was to keep long hair, like hers was, I was to treat it like fine lace when I washed it, Gently, and to dry it by wrapping it in a length of cotton or rayon knit. Once the cloth has absorbed most of the water, to let it dry completely before combing, beginning with the ends first. Combing in short strokes from the bottom first is like unbraiding a braid, you would never start from the top to undo it. My hair is past my waist and has been for many years. Thank you so much for the recommendation of the products and the sharing of your experiments. The Cesario footage is always appreciated.

[@andrewhatesham]

Good tips! Even if you're hair isn't super long, I think this still applies.

[@13lilsykos]

I use to have hair down to my hips when I was much younger. One day, I decided to get it cut. I'll never forget the ladies face when I indicated that the cut I wanted was about 2 inches about my shoulders. I forget how many inches it was but it was quite a few. I donated my hair and actually did that for some years. I'd let it grow around mid-back or longer and then cut it/donate it. I've been thinking about growing it back out but kind of going back and forth with the idea. After this video, I think I'm going to do it.

[@eitandrei]

I believe Bernadette really became a youtuber afters this video! The fact that she pulled eggs on her hair for video content actually makes her a true professional youtuber!

[@IbiElchmaus]

Oh, this video reminded me of the times I had to help my grandmother (born 1885) with washing her kneelength hair in the years 1973-75, which she would do similar style - as she learned as a child (and she had no bathroom). Normally she would have ordered one of her nieces to come over, because she said: You should never wash your hair alone once you get to be a mother (or the said age without being one). In summer she would do it monthly outside over a large tin bathtub in the garden in the shadow while the sun was shining and drying her hair and helping with the freeze. In autumn inside the washing kitchen in a shed, in winter she would not wash but use something she called "starchpaper" (???) Normally she would add hairwashing to her weekly "big bath routine" over the bathtub. - the daily "small" routine happened with the washing bowl and lukewarm water in the big (5 ltr) enamel jar. That one she would also use for washing her hair. She would put up the bath tub, get the oven heated (or use the oven of the washing kitchen when it still was in use) and put on the biggest pot we had (about 20ltrs I think, it was also used for making preserves) and out hot and cold water together in the jar. and add cold water to the pot, setting it next to the bath tub. Then she would undress, enter the tub, taking the jar, which she poured over her. She would use soap (even for the hair, which was still in braids for that, and the soap only put where the hairs grow (sorry for my weird English). Then she put water from the pot in the jar and pour it, until she got all the soap off. Getting out of the tub she would dress in a sleeveless gown, refilling the pot to warm it- when finished, it would be lukewarm again. In summer she would now get the tub outside. Now my Auntie would have to help: Unbraid the hair, rinsing out the last remnants of soap out of the braids with the lukewarm water and now - tatadadah: we get to the egg. She would use some alcoholic herb-tincture or sometimes only cold peppermint-tea or calendula-tea when the plants were still fresh, mix it with the egg and then I had to get real cold water. My Auntie would apply the egg to the lower hair and rub it in, then the last part on the head where she padded it and creamed (why? I don't know) without rubbing - and really fast, then the really cold water was poured over the head while my grandmother would help the rinsing with her hands. While that happened,I again had to fill another large jar with cold water, same procedure several times again. The water was really cold, not the least bit lukewarm, to keep the egg liquid and "to close the hair structure" as my Grandmother told me. The most awful part was to empty the bathtub... in the washing kitchen, there was a hole in the floor, but in her kitchen, when she was getting very old, stiff and ill in 1975, we had to emoty it into the loo, where you had to go over a balcony...after some time we started to use the big washing bowl or the rinsing sinkstone but that was very messy, I remember. My grandmother had great hair. ANd I remember that she never used toweling for her hair. She always took some "Hand-sheets" which were a thick and soft cotton-woove also used for drying hands or even the half-linnen or linnen dish-cloth. She was sure, Terry-cloth would break and felt the hair.

[@katyajohanna]

Wow, that is fantastic. Thank you for writing this down. It was a pleasure to read.

[@mvbowen2]

Thank you for this! Finally, the process makes sense.

[@EmblaWanderer]

That is both amazing and dreadful! A really interesting read, thanks!

[@SisterSunshineTV]

What precious information!

[@hermmendez]

"A small length of my own hair" Proceeds to show what would be considered a standard long ponytail

[@catherine_404]

Oh, sweet summer child, you live in a culture so advanced, you never lived in a country house without running water or had to live through a month of "prophylactic" maintainance-driven lack of hot water in your pipes. And, frankly, that's better than having no option but to live as I described, good for you. You need a large basin, a pail of hot water, a pail of cold water, and a dipper. Any smallish pot with a handle, or a large cup would do fine. If you have a bathroom, you would do it in your bathroom because, you know, unavoidable splashing you'll have to mop off your floors. You put your basin on a stool, fill it with water (not too much, about a half or a bit more) and bow down to dip your head and hair in water as deep as you can. If someone helps you, it's much easier, but you use your ladle/cup or whatever to moisten your hair well. You apply your shampoo, and then bow down again to rinse your hair assisting yourself with your dipper. After you rinsed your hair as thoroughly as you can, you change water. That was the FIRST WATER the book was talking about. Forget running water, this is a different approach. Now you can apply your conditioner, at least that's what I would do using modern products, but using egg shampoo, I'd rinse my hair in this clean water and throw it away before applying conditioner. Apply conditioner, rince your hair in clean water, rinse your hair again in another basin of clean water. In a situation when we don't have running hot water, and have to boil it on the stove, we would use that soapy water to wash the body, and then we'd use almost clean, and even more clean water to rinse of the soap off the body. My mom remembers times when they didn't always have soap, and they had to use ash water to wash. Or when they had soap, but it was just all-purpose crude soap, so they rinsed their hair in very diluted vinegar in order to get rid of that soapy film and to make their hair shiny. A teaspoon of apple vinegar per about 10 liters of water, if I remember correctly. That does give your hair a gloss! (I did my best to fix typos, but I'm so inattentive, please forgive my mistakes)

[@blueocean43]

When my mum got sick, I had to show her this method, as she couldn't get up the stairs to the shower (I've been disabled for years, so learned many of the tricks). She lived in a house built in 1910 for many many years, so had built up a collection of beautiful victorian objects to match, including a victorian wash bowl and jug. It is absolutely perfect for washing hair (I assume that is it's intended use). The bowl is the size of a large bucket, but lower and wider, so you don't spill. There is a big jug that hold enough water to 2/3rds fill the bowl, and a large cup for scooping water over. I found an image of a smaller version: images.denhams.com/781/781lot92.jpg. I had to do her hair for her, as she didn't have the arm strength to do it herself, but I've had to do it to my own hair on occasion, and once you get the hang of it, it's much easier.

[@catherine_404]

@@blueocean43 omg, the jug and basin are majestic! I don't think I can even afford anything like that. You are a very good child, I'm happy for you and your mum.

[@akacjabiala]

no one ever made the dreaded maintenance period sound interesting, yet here you are. in my area it starts in about a week, by the way :)

[@vhehl698]

@@blueocean43 This looks lovely! I believe we still have one of my great(great)grandmothers basins at home in France somewhere, I shall try out this method once this summer!

[@NightaYuu]

I am surprised that she was struggling with it so much. I live in an old house and often our water would just run ice cold, so we did it similarly like that and boiled it to be slightly warmer on a stove for the dipping or washing the body.

[@miamaslegi]

I use egg washes quite often 😁 I only wash my scalp, not the length of it, and rinse in cold water - no scrambled eggs and clean, shiny hair! 🎉

[@maggiethedruid9010]

Do you really just need egg to get the hair clean?

[@agatawojtkiewicz1567]

@@maggiethedruid9010 yes! just washed my hair with an egg now. you massage it into your scalp, then some onto your length, leave it in for around 15 mins and rinse.

[@gabrielagutierrez1178]

@@agatawojtkiewicz1567 Bien Explicado sólo la llema 🍳🥚 con cabello seco el cuero cabelludo revolverlo con poca agua,aceite de su gusto para quitar el olor a huevo y sentarse 15 minutos y después enjuagarse lo bien en la regadera con agua tibia y se puede usar vinagre de manzana,para limpiarlo mejor enjuagarlo mejor desenredar mejor el cabello x último agua usar🇲🇽

[@iamtheonewhocares]

Cesario is so chill about his after bath drying, my piggies hated that!

[@mishac6857]

Niki V I know right. I have to bribe my piggies with cucumber while drying them

[@nikbreuklander674]

My pigs despised getting a bath.

[@mademoisellekaya1438]

Mine all loved baths and especially when the blow dryer got turned on... they stretched out and relaxt totally! I loved it!

[@Kairos_Akuma]

@@nikbreuklander674 You shoulndt bathe them anyway unless really necessary.

[@marie-christinmeichner7324]

dont bath ur piggies. thanks