Self-instructor in the art of hair work, dressing hair, making curls, switches, braids, and hair jewelry of every description (1867)
Campbell, Mark, Comp · New York : Campbell · leaf 59
d push the braid together; then boil in water aboutten minutes, and then take out and put it in an oven as hot as itwill bear without burning, until it is quite dry ; then take it outand slip it off the wire and on the cord, and sew the ends so it willnot slip, and put a little shellac on the end… … I z Take tvrenty-four strands, eightyhairs in a strand, and place on tablelike pattern. Commence at A, takeNo. 1 in right hand, swing aroundto the right and lay in place of No.4 at B ; then take No. 1 at B inleft hand, swing around table to theleft and lay in place of No. 4 at A;then go to C, take…
Hairwork · Hairdressing · Jewelry
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