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    Default how did women wash their hair before shampoo?

    i've always wondered this. does anyone know?

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    Castile soap, mostly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by akurah View Post
    Castile soap, mostly.
    i washed my hair with kiss my face soap today to see what it was like... i have to say that the results are good... it did take longer to wash my hair because there wasnt much lather coming out of my bar but with a vinagar rinse and some conditioner my hair feels pretty good
    can i call this classic length

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    Here is a thread about just this on Yahoo.
    Last edited by momma smurf; March 29th, 2008 at 08:51 PM.
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    And before that, probably preparations of soapwort and other plants containing saponin.

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    I'm pretty sure soap has been used for a long time (2800 years according to something I just read). I also heard about using eggs or hibiscus leaves. Oily hair used to be perfectly normal and acceptable anyway so people probably didn't wash much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wavelength View Post
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    Just women?

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    I would guess that at some point in our history that people just didn't wash their hair at all. In reading about my ancestry, I came across an account that my great grandfather's Native American tribe would just rinse their hair in river water every few days. I'll have to dig out the article when I go home. So, some people probably just used water too.

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    I read about some interesting methods, such as animal fat mixed with ashes, which would essentially create soap. I am not sure how well that worked though. Eggs, dark bread+water mixture (stale bread gets soaked in warm water, and then hair gets washed with the paste), and various herbs were used as well.
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