All About Indian Hair

Early 20th Century Hair Facts...

The Birth of Hairdressing - in the United States, the first known school for hairdressing was established in Chicago in 1890.

Bleaching and touch-ups in 1891 were done the same way as they are done today using peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia.

The term "colorist" was born in the late 1800s.

A first class establishment charged only five cents for cutting bangs.

The two most influential devices that drastically changed the grooming habits of women in the late 19th century were the creation of the Marcel wave and the hot-blast hair dryer known today as the blow dryer.

The first electric hair cutter was used in 1903. It was a comb with a fine platinum wire connected to the electric lighting system. The wire was heated to incandescence, and as the comb was run through the hair, the ends were burnt off.

The permanent waving machine was invented by Charles Nessler in the early 20th century. A spiral method of perming hair was first introduced in the United States in 1906.

Synthetic hair was invented in 1908 and was comprised of a cellulose base obtained from corded cotton, corn and other grains.