Monday, April 19, 2021

Hard Pomade, c.1775

More hair care from The American Duchess Guide to Beauty: a hard pomatum. As with the Victorian version, it's a variation of a softer pomatum with wax added. 

Hard pomatum, in fun shapes.

I used a combination of lemon and neroli scents for this batch of pomatum; I think the combination of scents works nicely.  I also followed the advice to set the hard pomatum in molds, which should make it much easier to use than the Victorian hard pomatum that I set in a tin. The important lesson I'm taking from this experiment, is to always have the small rose molds on hand for any extra material.  

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