I Tried Following a Real Edwardian Hair Care Routine
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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.
LOL!
Hahahaha
I hate bullying thing but your comment is funny xD
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.
Well..... In my country they smashed eggs on my head because of my birthday 😂😂
The fact that she refers to her guinea pig as “his lordship” makes my entire life
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?
His Lordship Cesario of the hay doesn't hold hair. He silently judges.
His lordship Cesario the Guinea pig
You may need to take smaller sections when putting your hair up
@@trishsoha So, what do you call that, "her hairship"?
So this is where that phrase came from, “sorry, I can’t go out tonight, I’ve got to... wash my hair”
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.
@@isabellesmith3314 Her hair was about a half mile in length though! ;)
@@BooRadleyTube wait what
@@jovialjuliaq8541 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-
@@isda3314 LOL I forgot how long a mile was for a second but that’s still insane
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 ❤️
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!
I also had "egg dips" as a child. Dunking in a bowl is the way to go
How well did it work?
@@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.
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.
And that's why, ladies and gentlemen, that's why people like to dress vintage, talk vintage, but never live vintage.
All of the aesthetic, none of the literally anything else.
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)
@@18141776hhhh well yes, but it's good not dying because of a simple infection or cold 😑
Gabriela Silva Or if you were really lucky and privileged to eat so well; Gout!
I think the aesthetic (and architecture) of the 50s and 60s are cool as heck, but to live then would have been awful
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.
hey whats up nonbinary pal!! :0
well if I had to choose, my guinea pig would get the fancier treatment as well
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.
Guinea pigs deserve it! 10/10 perfect pet!
she called it His Lordships, go figure...
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.
(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥~°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) omg
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.
@@ajalicea1091 yes… the shed hair was kept in a “hair repose” a pretty jar to keep it in. I have my great grandmothers
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!
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
It's the proteins. Base ingredient in modern hair masks. For shine, friz control and of modern times - color preservation.
I will do it
@@fafiliebe did you do it?
@@sharleneleo7783 reminds of the “mayo guy” from 90 day fiance
This Immortal Being pretending she didn't already have that handbook...
I'm pretty sure she acquired it shortly after it was first published ;p
There can be only one, and it is Bernadette.
@@crasslasscrochet4721 what about Karolina Zebrowska
@@ai9479 both of them
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.
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 :)
Your comment was very nice to read. Makes me want to experiment too.☺
Wow that’s was very interesting and educational! Thank you 💟
Such knowledge 😉👍
That was really neat to learn! Thanks for sharing.
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).
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.
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 🇲🇽
*yolk
People who are allergic to eggs back then: Guess i’ll just die.
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...
Do people have skin allergies to egg?
@@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.
You forget that people were very creative back then, they washed their hair with vinegar, clay...etc
@@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.
I think what’s really missing is the team of servants to do this for you
Or sisters, etc.
But servants had nobody to help them
HeresFrank Betches I’ve read they helped each other.
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.
@@heresfrankbetches921 they didn't have the ankle length hair
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.
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.
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!
clairestjacques same
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.
she's old as hell tf
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
"Smells like rosemary but..." "EGGS"
Put in the egg 🥚🍳 drops oil lavanda, Rosemary,to go the smell
This is why ladies maids were so necessary, and why women could literally say no to things, because they were washing their hair.
Still doing that today.
@@EmelieWaldken yup....my hair is passed my waist and when it's hair washing day....nothing else happens that they requires leaving the house.
@@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 ;)
UM… If you’re black or have curly hair, washing hair is still a reason to say no to things
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?
Everyone: this is the perfect time to just shave your head Bernadette: rosemary egg
+1
Ummmm I actually just shaved of all my hair today (this doesn’t matter but I’m a female)
@@gerardwaysbloodynut wow so special, not like other girls wow so unique
@@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.
@@gerardwaysbloodynut Congratulation on your bravery! I hope you keep the hair safe for future uses as hair rats?
‘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!!!*
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
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.
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.
@@memyselfandi4173 you're a legend, thank you
@@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.
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.
This is why "sorry, I have to wash my hair" used to be a valid excuse to avoid plans.
If done right, this excuse can still be used today lol
not when when you have curly hair lol.
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.
Epic Image: Bernadette lounging on her sewing table.
Is Cinematographic Art™
My very gay self was very temporarily in awe 😂
10/10 would paint
If I had a copy of Photoshop, I'd pointillize that image 😄
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I want to read a novel about an Edwardian lady living a merry life with her Guinea pig friend!!
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.
I'd always heard it doesn't smell. One just combs a bit of beer through and then pins it.
@@michaelheath5615 I dunno, my mom said it stank, I never did it so I can't confirm nor deny the claim
@@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...
@@NevenOfSine oooh I see! Thank you for the information!
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.
This video is hilarious, and only made funnier by the fact she seems to speak in cursive.
love that
Bernadette speaking in Cursive feels totally like a thing, I can't believe I've never thought of that before.
I've literally been trying to figure out what her "accent" is and this literally is the only explanation for it 😂
@@WelcometoHell3 it is a variation of Mid Atlantic accent
No no. Speakin in cursive is what fergie did with the national anthem
Cesario was remarkably chill about having his hair dried! He's such a good pig!
He knows you love him and he trusts you
I would totally watch a Cesario piggy spa day video :D
I bet the blow dryer would feel nice on a 100% wet furry body.
Who is cesario
@@arinaa195 the guinea pig you see at the end of the video getting dried. He's super cute and we are all fans
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.
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!
I have blonde hair and I have always wanted it to be brown.
@@Maliby593 glad to know that "the grass is always greener on the other side" is real heckin true 😂😂😂
“Ok, so I have baked, a small cake, on top of my head now.” - Bernadette Banner, 2020.
"with a cup and a cake on top of my hat" -the cat and the hat
Dear After baked, thee shan’t have put a comma after the phrase “cake”.
"I have spent the morning making scrambled eggs in my hair."
@@left6121 eh, can we put it down to english not being by first language and dyslexia?
Dear Elisa Finlayson, sorry for seeming rude. I hope you’ll have a gracious rest of the day.
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
Yeah i was wondering why the world she did it in the studio.
@@Strawberrypersonoffixial easier to film? maybe
No matter where you do it, it is a massive chore when you have a ton of hair.
I found that rather stressful
Probably because bathrooms have horrible acoustics so filming in the studio would be better on the ears
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.
That’s exactly how I washed my hair in childhood. And as a teenager. Lots of water changing
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.
The sheer LUXURIOUSNESS of that end clip. Giving the people what they want: pig pampering.
...and prooving to us all that her Gala gown is still being used for it's original purpose
Is that your bathroom? Did you do the giant flowers, or were they there?
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.
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 ;)
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.
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
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.
I read the title as "following Edward Cullen's hair care routine"
😂😂
I would like the routine tho
I’ve never read the book, but given that he’s immortal this may very well have been his hair routine at some point 😂
I would watch that
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Bernadette's Instacart delivery person: "Man, that lady looked fancy, but she smells like omelettes."
Oh so that's why she smelled like that when I dropped off her order
I hope she didn’t forget to salt and pepper it.
I'm laughing my southern necessity off reading this comment.
Katarina Hall “southern necessity” 😭😭😭
The hair "rats" would have been the actual hair rolled up on itself (like a ball of yarn kind of) into a six inch "rat" that went underneath and added volume to the hairstyle. It wouldn't show through like the stocking you used, because you use your own hair so it would be an exact match.
I exclusively wash my hair with egg yolk 🙂 it works just as well as shampoo in my opinion. For anyone wanting to try - Get 4 eggs, completely get rid of the whites. Hold the yolk in your fingers and secure it against your hand by pinning down the "umbilical cord" with a finger. Gently pop the yolk and strip the contents from the sac using your finger. Combine 30g of cool water, and add an essential oil of your choice to cover the eggy smell. Spoon mixture onto your dry scalp (try not to let any get away from you) and massage in. Pile the rest of your hair onto the top of your head and rub it together. Let sit on your head for about 15 minutes, then get in the shower and rinse thoroughly. Make sure to use water no hotter than lukewarm or else you'll get cooked egg 😄
It's great, isn't it? Never too stripped or too greasy...Rye flour is lovely, too. Your hair just smells so CLEAN. I just wish my hair would grow back so I could enjoy all these alternative methods fully again.
Qué piensa q la llema amarilla 🍳🥚del huevo es igual si usará uno shampoo para si alguien quiere calar hacerlo sostener la llema en los dedos y combinarlo con poca agua y....aceite de su gusto para quitar el olor del huevo usar cuchara para revolver y untarlo en el cuero cabelludo secó el cabello es será como mascarilla x 15 minutos y ya pasando los 15 minutos irse a enjuagar el cabello muy bien agua tibia no caliente 🇲🇽🙏vinagre de manzana o blanco ayuda a dar brillo desenredar el cabello también y será más limpio el cuero cabelludo
ive started using rhassoul clay as shampoo 😊 i will have to try egg yolks:)
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
“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.
Exactly what I was thinking, I can't believe I've wasted so much hair lol!
Im sad that i didnt keep those things before cutting my hair 3 inches long
Same! No time like the present to start!
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.
As someone with thin hair, the amount of hair she had was basically what I have on my head 🤣🤣🤣
"As we know from sewing, friends" *glares at three different moccasins that are all too small*
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.
She thinks she can fool us as if we can’t tell she’s an immortal
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)"
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.
AG*Angels yes that makes sense but.....what if she’s a really good actor 😳😳
AG*Angels maybe she’s just excited to be able to reference those things again without attracting suspicion?
I don't know why but I laughed really hard at this 😂💀
"Spirit of Rosemary" is probably rosemary extract. Soak rosemary sprigs in Everclear. Like making vanilla extract.
That totally makes sense. Cordial or liqueur...same process as steeping vanilla extract.
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
BIG BRAIN
Make sure to evaporate the excess everclear after!
i agree , that was my immediate thought when Bernadette mentioned it - a tincture or some such
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.
*sees Guinea pig* “Guys get out of the way! It’s the Lord!”
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.
This was a fascinating read!
Thats pretty cool. I know that rosemary can help your hair grow longer. So that's why they may have added it aswell
I believe rosemary is used as an anti hair loss remedy.
I think Alcohol and/or Vinegar would work as cleaning agent. The Rosmary is just for smell.
I can't believe I am reading a pharmaceutics-related comment in a video on ye olde KZhead. Your reply reminded me so much of pharm school.
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.. 😄
Yeah this definitely seems like something the higher class, who had maids, would do.
Yes, that's what sisters/moms/daughters are for.
@@mojosbigsticks and if you didn't have family. You'd probably have a female friend
Yea I think that this is a your wealthy enough to afford help book
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
"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!
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.
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.
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.
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I just love your hilarious way to be yourself. You look amazing, both inside and outside
Oh, Miss Banner, you look so very pretty! I've been saving my hair as well over the year, and plan to use a cut stocking! Thanks for the video, I feel much more confident.
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."
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.
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.
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!
My grandma taught me that as well, except withouth the vinegar part.
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What kind of vinegar do you use?
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. 😅
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.
I have only knowingly once encountered someone with a comparable hair length to mine. So seeing you hair down and long and absolutely beautiful made me unreasonably excited.
"My little man" Expecting a human child. Instead delighted to a yelp-inducingly adorable cut of a modestly vocal guinea pig having a bath. 💜
Then being called my lordship 😂💜
LOL
Anyone who refers to their guinea pig as "His Lordship" is a treasure that should be protected.
Her sibling, Dani Banner (also has a KZhead Channel) did, in fact, paint Cesario as a little Lord, like had a whole outfit.
His lordship shall be protected at all cost
This comment is the whole reason I watched this video
I've always wondered how this style was done. Thank you. I LOVE your hair!
I love your Royal Albert teapot. I love Old Country Roses! I was extremely fortunate to attend an estate sale today and purchased several pieces of Old Country Roses to add to my collection!! I do enjoy your videos very much. Thank you for posting and entertaining and informing us on the Victorian era.
Bernadette: has her hair down Me, half asleep: WHO YOU IS, WHO YOU BE
Yeah, she looks so different to me
"who are you? who are you!? Who is this kid, what's he gonna do?!"
@@oikawasmilkbread6742 Hamilton reference?
@@angi4912 yup
@@oikawasmilkbread6742 nice
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! 🎉
Do you really just need egg to get the hair clean?
@@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.
@@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🇲🇽
That style looks legit!! Nice! Thanks for taking one (an eggy one!) for the team on the shampoo experiment!
Bernadette: “0/10 do not try this at home.” Me: *despite fully trusting Miss Banner, still contemplates trying this at home anyway*
I saw and another comment that said to strain the mixture so there wont be clumps!
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!
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.
I do super short ice cold showers daily so I am tempted.
I am totally thinking of doing this, but with the aid of a shower, and apparently really cold water.
Cristine keeps nail peelies, Bernadette keeps hair. Nothing weird in this corner of the KZheads XD
Rachel Rogers for real, nothing weird it’s normal at this point 😂😂
Micarah Tewers keeps hair as well! She said so in her room makeover video 😂
Lol we like the same videos ilove these women
You look so fantastic! So fun to watch that hairdo come together! Thanks!
Oh I love this! I’ve always marveled over the big pompadour styles! They had so many creative ideas!
New series needed: historian vs history. I’d watch every episode.
quarantine journal, day 52: the omelette in my hair smells like flowers
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.
Emma Shimeall, I don't really know why you would need to write it down. I feel like the internet has immortalized it enough.
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
I would love to see more hair care routines and styles 😍 loved this
I genuinely wasn't expecting to love this video quite so much.
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
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.
Which is why I’m growing mine out...
Hahaha same
Oh yes. I just cut my own hair when it was almost long enough to do this. Damn! But Bernadette looks lovely. #hair goals
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!
I would have just said screw it and use the shower head to rinse it off
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. :)
Agreed!
You did a great job on this. Love your final result!!!!
Gosh! You looked so beautiful and cute with that elaborate hairstyle! I loved it! 😍
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!
And I've heard that rosemary had hair growth benefits
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
Also cool water locks in moisture
Top marks for the research. I just thought egg and salt = breakfast! Rosemary = natural cologne.
I think the main point of the rosemary spirit is the alcohol. It removes grease.
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 😂
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omg yesssssssss
Because Mary Poppins, not historical accuracy, is the epitome of nailing the aesthetic 😉!
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!"
@@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.
I think this is the first time I've purchased a product I saw someone promoting. Can't wait to try it!
I love to look at her hair ! Since mine had to be shaved and I have to wait until it grows back, these videos of her gorgeous hair give me hope and patience. (I'm French and I may did some mistakes.)
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.
@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!
So having visible bits of egg in the hair with this process means it really is cleaning oil etc. out of the hair.
@@e.kupfer8631 It's more likely that the egg congealed around the essential oil she added.
A woman of distinction I see 😃
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....
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.
Came here to say this. You would seriously scald yourself if it cooked.
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.
@@doglover1neo off topic but did you call your punk rocker uncle punkle
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.
@@MildExplosion No we called him Crazy!
each video is so delightful. i can keep up on the fast speech now. thanks.
My mom would sometimes wash my hair in the kitchen sink when I was very young. So some of what you were doing reminded me of this. I enjoyed the video. Thank you for being so open to experimentation. It can be fun. I love how your hair style turned out too!
My mother grew up without running water in the home, however there was a lovely spring close by. The kitchen sink was never used for bathing or shampooing. It was strickly for food. The water was brought in for cooking from the back porch. There, a water bucket was filled a few times a day from the spring. 'Work water' was brought up in buckets from the river that passed through the Tennessee trees. I asked my mother one day how she washed her hair in the 'olden days'. She explained, "I would first warm up water on the wood stove and also have the river water at the ready out on the porch. I prepared a 'shampoo' out of fine slivers of Ivory soap (a luxury). Then I'd mix the warm water with the soap, and shake it vigorously in a Mason jar. I would hang my head over the porch railing and proceeded to wash and rinse my hair." She frequently used homemade vinegar in with the final rinse. In the winter, she would set up a large wide bathing pan in front of the fireplace and proceeded to wash her hair in the same manner, only away from the winter snow piled up on the porch railings. It was a "bit nippy!". It's not that my mother was dedicated to living in a minimalist way, she was raised in the poorer area in the mountains of Tennessee. It was in the early 1920's when she was born there. After graduating from high school, she found her way to California in the 40s where she lived a life with running water, shampoo, electricity and cars. She became a beautician and owned a very successful beauty salon. It was named 'La Red Swan'. 'Swan' refers to the story, "The Ugly Duckling". My mother had red hair, thus 'La Red Swan Salon'. In my eyes, it was my mother who a beautiful swan all along. 🦢💕
Sweet story, thanks for sharing so vividly
That's such a lovely story
We did the same thing as a kid. We got 5 gal plastic food grade buckets with gamma seal lids. They leak when tipped, but they're easy to open. Big aluminum pot for heating wash water. Just rented a house with running water last winter.
Wish I could put a heart on this comment.
Janine Perkins - Now, THAT'S historical accuracy! And such a beautiful story of your Red Swan.
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.
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So, the 'ayes' to the left (of 1911) have it.
Love everything about this - you're simply fun to watch! Keep going! :D
She is so beautiful and elegant in a very timeless way
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.
You can still find porcelin hair receivers in second hand and antique shops pretty cheap.
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.
@@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😅
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.
That small clip at the end where you were blow drying his lordship was *chef's kiss* perfection
Anyone else notice the lack of tp floof of something behind her? Like say.... a dress?
This was so good. I am a hairdresser so particularly enjoyed this video.
I sort of didn’t expect this, since people still use egg to wash their hair today, or at least, people talk about having tried it once upon a time.
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...
I've found this: www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/rosmarinus_spir.html
No eggs, but I like my Cattier Rosemary Vinegar organic shampoo for oily scalp.
@@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
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.
Correct.
Wouldn’t spirit of rosemary be a rosemary-infused alcohol? That would change the shampoo recipe drastically.
Yes, little googling told me it is a 2% w/w solution of rosemary oil with ethyl alcohol
in her defense she wass using things she had on hand. maybe if she tried again now she would use a more accurate mix
Rosemary tincture has antibacterial and antifungal properties! 😊
I think so. Half pint of alcohol and a few drops of that rosemary oil will probably do the same.
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.
Beautiful as always. Never thought I'd be interested in this subject till I saw your videos. Thank you for the expansion of intelligence.
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!
I am LOVING the wilder, more freewheeling side of Quarentine Bernadette.