I made 250-year-old Hair Products Using Original Recipes (and animal fat...)
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Published 2021-11-07
So how did Maire Antoinette and all her besties take care of their hair during the 18th century? How did people keep their hair clean in the 1700s? How were they able to make such large, complicated hairstyles? How can you recreate Marie Antoinette's hairstyles today?
hint: it wasn't wigs. (if you're typing that in the comments just...shhhhhhh 🤫)
18th-century hair care and hair hygiene was founded on the idea of dry washing and conditioning using hair pomade and hair powder (basically a deep conditioner with a dry shampoo applied over the top of it). Not only would hair pomade and powder keep the hair smelling and feeling fresh, but they were also used to create those complicated hairstyles that we so often associate with the 18th century.
So in this video, we're going to begin, what will, without a doubt, be a long rambling series on 18th-century hair care, with making hair pomatum and hair powder using historical recipes.
For reference here are the ratios I used for the common pomatum recipe:
14 oz Lamb Tallow (fatworks.com/collections/single-jar/products/grass…)
4 oz Pork Lard or Leaf Lard (fatworks.com/collections/single-jar/products/copy-…)
As much essential oil as I, or, you, want (I used: www.edensgarden.com/products/rose-bergamot)
The Original Common Pomatum & Hard Pomatum Recipes: www.google.com/books/edition/A_New_Supplement_to_t…
Here's where I got the Orris Root: mountainroseherbs.com/orris-root-powder
Wheat Starch: amzn.to/3ENvCRc (affiliate)
Horn combs: amzn.to/3BSUkxG & amzn.to/3bR4nce (affiliate)
Giant Powder Puff of Doom™️: www.etsy.com/shop/RenditionsPowders?ref=simple-sho…
Here's the link to some colored hair powder recipes: archive.org/details/b28755674/page/322/mode/2up?q=…
✨*huge huge huge* thank you to Andrew Appel for editing this video for me - I wouldn't have been able to have functioned the past couple of weeks without your assistance and support. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Chapters:
00:00 - 05:10 - Intro, Sponsor, Why Pomade & powder
5:11 - 21:38 - Making the Pomades
21:39 - 28:22 - Making the Hair Powder
28:23 - 30:45 - How to Apply Pomade & Powder
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