Brilliantine

Brillantine is a liquid hair care product oil-based. There is usually only of perfumed oil, gives the hair shine, soothes dry scalp and allows a hairstyle of course lying. Previously, it was also used for beard trimming.

In Victorian England, the Macassaröl from coconut or palm oil pleased with ylang -ylang, as a precursor of pomade and pomade, very great popularity among men and women of high society. The pomade was presented by the French perfumer Pinaud at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900.

Since you barely knew hair care products in the late 19th century, the newly invented Brillantine was seen as a panacea. So was brillian for shiny, healthy hair and was even touted as a hair-growth -enhancing and life-prolonging. The highlight had glossy, parallel to the pomade in the 1920s to the 1950s. It complained the hair is not as strong as pomade and was also very economical. Only " 5 drop in the comb" already satisfied for a gepflegtere hairstyle, according to an advertisement for Vaseline Hair Tonic from the 1940s.

Obtainable today Brylcreem - In England in the 1920s, a hybrid form of pomade pomade and developed. This creamy pomade offered a better dosage and practical storage than the classic pomade. In the U.S. Brillantine slowly replaced in the 1940s by oil-free hair tonics. Today only a few classic brilliantines are available.

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