In a message dated 10/31/02 8:41:23 PM, mlwwaw@mail.sirinet.net writes: << Since my hair was blond, my mother rinsed it in lemon juice. Fun memories.....Mary >> Mary: Now they have special shampoos for blondes. Also, lemon juice or vinegar was used to make one's hair squeaky clean. Sandi

And it did just that....got all the soap out. Mother's hair was brunette so she used the vinegar rinse. My kids were all blondies so I continued the use of lemon juice on them. I am STILL blonde, but it's sure not lemon juice keeping it that way. LOL Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <SandKatC@aol.com> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > In a message dated 10/31/02 8:41:23 PM, mlwwaw@mail.sirinet.net writes: > > << Since my hair was blond, my mother rinsed it in lemon juice. Fun > > memories.....Mary >> > > Mary: > > Now they have special shampoos for blondes. Also, lemon juice or vinegar was > used to make one's hair squeaky clean. > > Sandi > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > <http://www,rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >