Hair dye Recipe

[bunnyjadwiga]

Recipe from The Secretes of Alexis of Piemont... Fol. 76

To make heare [hair] as yelow as golde
Take the vyne or the scrappynges of Rubarbe, & stepe it in white wyne, or in cleare lye; and after youhave washed your head with it, you shall weate [wet] your heares [hairs] with a sponge or some other cloth, and lette them drye by the fyre, or in the Sunne; after this weate [we] them and drye them agayne: for the oftener you dooe it, the fairer they wyll bee, without hurting your head anye thyng at all.

It's unclear whether 'clear lye' is an actual lye, and what strength it might be at. More tomorrow about the lyes; there's one set of Italian instructions that suggests making a lye for women to wash their bodies and privy parts! by boiling ash in water and then straining it; how strong a lye that might be, I don't know.

Comments

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

Would I lye to you?
Would I lye to you honey?
Now would I say something that wasn't true
I'm asking you sugar would I lye to you?

Did you know that Lysol used to advertise its use (diluted) as a douche?

http://www.mum.org/Lysol48.htm


:)

More hair dye recipes

[strawberrykaren.livejournal.com]

... can be found in Polygraphice, if you haven't already seen that.

[hljod-huskona.livejournal.com]

I've been using various herbs and veggies to color my hair for a while now, LOL. It's always fun seeing recipes escpeically older ones such as this. =P
Last night I was reading that you can use sage to put silver in your hair, which I thought sounded so fun! Only thing is when decided to stop doing it you'll have to be cautious because your hair might eventually get a greenish color to it if you wait too long to dye another way.
But heck for silver highlights, I'd take the chance. Worst case? Just dye it something else, LOL.
Thanks for sharing!