Identifier: skinitscaretrea00maur (find matches)
Title: The skin; its care and treatment
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: (Maurer, Ruth D. Johnson, Mrs.), 1870- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Skin
Publisher: Chicago, McIntosh battery & optical company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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course it willbe necessary to have one placed. In addition to this hot andcold water will be necessities. If the city water is notheated by the building, a tank for this purpose may beprocured and placed by the side of the bowl. In additionthere will be necessary: i hair dryer (standard always preferable with goodmotor). i shampoo board or one chair and board. I tank for holding liquid shampoo. I cabinet sterilizer for holding brushes. I small sterilizer (holding formalin solution). I mirror. i dressing table with gas stove for* heating curlingiron, etc. A few small brushes for use on the hair. Aside fromthis nothing else will be necessary. Care should be taken to secure the best dryer. Small,cheap portable ones are not only far from practical butthey take the operators time and make it impossible tomanipulate the head while hair is being dried. FOR THE HAIR DRESSING ROOM As this room will also be used for scalp treatments, thebattery and prismatic ray with necessary electrodes should
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A Practical Facial and Shampoo Booth Combined THE SKIN 305 be a part of the equipment, also the colored lights. Inaddition, nothing more is necessary excepting the dressingtable with arrangements for curling iron and gas heater.Of course, if the electric iron is used, no gas connectionwill be necessary. When one is a bit limited for space it is well to arrangea dressing table in the shampoo room as mentioned. Thefirst person that is shampooed can ha ^e her hair dried andbe taken right to the hair-dressing room. The next one canremain in the shampoo room after the shampoo and havethe same work done there. HAIR WEAVING DEPARTMENT No part of this work should ever be visible to thepatrons. It is always disagreeable in appearance and it isalmost impossible to keep the hair from flying about.Hence, it should always be done in a partitioned spaceadapted particularly to this purpose. CHIROPODY ROOM Whenever it can be arranged, this work should be donein a booth especially arranged for it. A s

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