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Hair Wash

Ingredients

• 1 penny's worth of borax
• 1/2 pint of olive oil
• 1 pint of boiling water

Instructions

Pour the boiling water over the borax and oil; let it cool; then put the mixture into a bottle. Shake it before using, and apply it with a flannel. Camphor and borax, dissolved in boiling water and left to cool, make a very good wash for the hair; as also does rosemary water mixed with a little borax. After using any of these washes, when the hair becomes thoroughly dry, a little pomatum or oil should be rubbed in to make it smooth and glossy—that is, if one prefers oil on the hair.

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Source

The White House Cookbook (1887).