Bald is Beautiful

Bald is Beautiful

Miss Tanzania really stood out among the Miss Universe contestants. While others had a head full of hair, she was totally clean shaven. The judges felt that "bald is beautiful," and she managed to make it to the short list of 15 semi-finalists.

Paintings and photographs traditionally depict Indian woman with dark long and lustrous hair. Indian men on the other hand are usually shown with turbans or some other covering for their head. Today, much of this has changed. Women have short hair, and the uncovered heads of many men show receding hairlines and male pattern baldness. Scanty, discolored, prematurely grey or brittle hair causes concern in both sexes. This is a lucrative market and many oils, creams and shampoos are successfully advertised on television and other to rectify theses defects.

Normal hair often responds poorly to theses expensive artificial chemicals. Traditional hair care achieves the same results with much less expense.

• Oil the hair twice a week using the tips of the fingers (not the nails).
  

  • Massage the oil into the scalp. 
    

  • A homemade excellent combination consists of a mixture of 
    

  • ½ kilo coconut oil, 
    

  • ½ kilo sesame oil 
    

  • 100 ml castor oil 
    

  • Add a bunch of curry leaves, a clove and 20 peppercorns and boiled it in this mixture. If darkening of the hair is also required curry leaves, henna leaves or powder, and shoe flower petals (red hibiscus) can be boiled in the oil in addition. 
    

  • Wash the hair without chemicals. Use home made shikakai powder mixed with a soap nut (reeta) solution. All commercial shampoos and most packaged "ready to use" herbal powders have chemical and foaming additives which are likely to damage you hair. Packaged ready made shikakai powder also has chemical additives.
    

  • Crinkling and curling can be safely done at home by plaiting the hair tightly and leaving it overnight. There is no need to use heat treatments and chemical curlers.
    

  • Blow-drying damages hair. If a dryer has to be used, cover the head with a towel and allow the air to heat the towel instead applying it directly to the head. 
    

  • Have split ends trimmed professionally.
    

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