Re: What's New at Henna For Hair: A Beauticians textbook from 1940

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on January 24, 2004 at 09:18:48:

In reply to: Re: What's New at Henna For Hair: A Beauticians textbook from 1940 posted by Laura FG on January 24, 2004 at 06:45:31:

Any chance your husband could email me? I've got some questions I
need to ask a hairdresser......

That textbook certainly was structured to discourage henna use, by
making it appear complex, hazardous, and difficult to determine
outcome, as well as a little threatening (need to put on apron, and
latex gloves, and handle a double boiler). The PPD dyes by comparison
were characterized as being modern, faster, tidier, and with other
desirable characteristics of convenience and guaranteed outcome.

Students who took for granted, uncritically, what those textbooks said
would form a negative opinion of henna. Of course, any student who
takes what's in their textbooks as fact, and reads them uncritically
is in trouble .......

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