On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:43:13 GMT, Puester > wrote:

>Damsel wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:13:29 GMT, Puester > wrote:
>>
>>>gloria p
>>>whose drab grey is getting greyer by the day
>>
>> Do they still sell bluing for hair, like they do for laundry? It
>> counteracts some of the yellow.
>>
>> Carol
>
>That was an after-shampoo rinse that brought aobut the term
>"blue-haired old ladies"

And they all wore flowered dresses and little hats with kind of a fishnet
veil on them.

>My mom and her friends used to use that 40 years ago.
>For some it produced blue hair, others lavender, kind of
>like that woman on "Are You Being served?"

I'm not familiar with "Are You Being Served."

What ever happened to the henna rage?

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_