After going down an historical fashion rabbit hole a while back, I eventually entered the realm of historical hair care practices, which lead to many recipes including today's magic ingredient – raw egg.

I have been using raw eggs to wash my hair now for approximately a year, so I was a little surprised to learn that I had adopted a Victorian hair care routine, without even knowing it.

In this video, I explain why I started using raw egg in my hair in the first place, along with how I wash my hair. I also show off my handsewn 1880s Victorian bathing suit a little bit!

For the thumbnail, I decided to go to great lengths, even cracking a raw egg on my head which was a bit shocking.

I hope you enjoy this fun little video that hopefully proves to be at least somewhat educational.

Do you clean your hair with any strange household items?

Thank you so much for watching, and see you all on Thursday for another video.

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Sources Used:
The Fountain of Youth, 1905
https://archive.org/details/b28101005...

Marin Journal, Volume 41, Number 19, 25 July 1901, pg. 5
California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, http://cdnc.ucr.edu.
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgibin/cdnc?a=d...

The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]), 09 Sept. 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...

Health and Beauty Hints 1910, pg. 40
https://archive.org/details/healthbea...

The Era Formulary. 1893 pg. 192
https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

The arts of beauty; or, Secrets of a lady's toilet
by Montez, Lola, 1858
http://books.google.com/books?id=EEDJ...

Image Sources:
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Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Why I Wash My Hair Like a Victorian
3:14 My Historical Hair Care Routine
5:54 Final Thoughts

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