Rapunzel, your hair needs care.
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
January 22, 2019 10:35am CST
This discussion was requested by @shaggin and @JudyEv.
Back in the days of yore , hair care was a serious business when we went to our grandmother's on vacations.
Soapnuts/Reetha were soaked in water and left overnight. Next day ,coconut oil would be warmed and all the cousins would have their heads oiled and massaged by the aunts in general and whoever was available . (This was a wriggling sort of time for the kids as we wanted to go and continue our games.)
After a couple of hours ,we would be called back. This time there were towels dipped in hot water and wrung dry. The wet towel would be wrapped around our heads like a turban. When the towel lost it's warmth, the process was repeated.
This allowed the oil to go down deep into the roots. Next the soapy water with the soaked reetha would be used to wash the hair .When dried the hair would come out soft ,silky and squeaky clean.
Next was a hot lunch followed by a long afternoon nap where for once we just dropped off to sleep without our usual protests.
Fast forward to recent years. No more time for those long leisurely hair care routine.And the same has been replaced by hair spas in salons.
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
22 Jan 19
I could certainly use a treatment like that... it sounds so relaxing!
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
28 Jan 19
@responsiveme LOL... sounds like bliss to me!!
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
23 Jan 19
@responsiveme Yes and paying the high prices for it. I think it would be better to do it the way you did, a family thing
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
Very right, this is all in the past. At most people go off to salons nowadays,I think.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
22 Jan 19
wow that is very interesting and sounds like a wonderful experience and something that you all must have looked forward to.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Jan 19
Now we look back at those wonderful memories ,how they used to spend so much time on us.
At that time we were more interested in running around and not sitting still to have our hair massaged
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
@Happy2BeMe true..We take those times for granted.
Thsts why it is important to enjoy all the small bits of happiness we get
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
22 Jan 19
@responsiveme Yes at the time you didn't realize what a wonderful time it was.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Jan 19
Lots of family time,all sections of family would gather at the ancestral home for holidays
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Jan 19
@Courage7 it is and those days are fast disappearing...People go on vacations to exotic places nowadays.
Not that it is wrong but there could be a balance
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
22 Jan 19
@responsiveme It is so valuable ARM.
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@shaggin (72222)
• United States
22 Jan 19
@responsiveme I may try it myself it sounds like it would be healthy for my hair. Maybe something @Courtlynn may be interested in as well since she's my curly haired buddy I do have coconut oil! I don't know what Soapnuts/Reetha is though I'll have to look that up.
I do have coconut oil! I don't know what Soapnuts/Reetha is though I'll have to look that up.1 person likes this
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Jan 19
While they used to use coconut oil, you can also use different oil like olive and castor. Then use that towel for letting the oil penetrate deep.
I think I will do it this weekend.
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@allknowing (137546)
• India
23 Jan 19
We had a kind of hair ritual but not this elaborate Poor kids (lol)
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@rebelann (112959)
• El Paso, Texas
4 Mar 19
I'll have to look up those ingredients you spoke of @responsiveme with the dry climate here and my age it could benefit me.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
5 Mar 19
@rebelann coconut oil is very good. An occasional oil massage if not everyday does make a difference to the skin .
For hair try turban therapy
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
4 Mar 19
Weekly and that was only during the summer vacations for us. Once we went back home I don't remember ma doing it though hair oiling was a part of grooming.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Mar 19
That sounds like a lot of work for the aunts. Rapunzel, that's the name I've thought of when I've heard rumplestiltskin. I guess I mixed those two characters up. I feel better now that I know one did have the longer hair.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Mar 19
@responsiveme I'm watching a series called once upon a time. It was seven seasons and may still be ongoing. Rumplestiltskin is in it but not Rapunzel. Or at least not yet.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
13 Mar 19
@MarshaMusselman is it an adaptation of fairy tales....Will have a look.sounds interesting
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
12 Mar 19
The aunts simply had a good chat and gossip session ...On the whole it was family time. Those times are gone now, I don't see youngsters sitting down to get their hair oiled etc
Rapunzal had long long hair while Rumpelstiltskin was the one who taught the Miller's daughter to spin gold out of straw and then when the king married her wanted her first born in exchange .
As I type this I see in my mind's eye the pictures from my fairy tale books.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Jan 19
No ,it's not them only. Will edit that sentence. They asked me to do this as a discussion when we were chatting. A salon spa is the modern version of that turban therapy. It does make the hair glisten
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
22 Jan 19
@responsiveme I was just kidding! Many people tag others here. Yes, it's more relaxing to have others do it, too.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Jan 19
@DianneN no thanks, I changed it.
It really gets you sleepy , doesn't it.?
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
22 Jan 19
It's nice to have a hot oil treatment for hair like that! Now, people do not have much time to do it.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
It must make your hair silky. There is hibiscus flowers also
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
25 Jan 19
Also there was massage of the whole body
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
23 Jan 19
Do you miss those days or are you happier to go to the salon?
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
23 Jan 19
I'm bald so no hair to lower down to any Princess who might otherwise rescue me from the tower
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
23 Jan 19
@responsiveme Maybe she could bring a big ladder
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
@arthurchappell ha ha ha...That is such an easy solution.
I'm sticking to the prince swinging through the sir scenario and gathering up the princess in his arms...Something like the scenes from Robin Hood
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
She can make
her long plaited hair into a lasso and can swing it up to you,you catch it and come down swinging like Tarzan.
Don't worry,I am sure the princess will find a way to get her prince...Women are very resourceful
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@sofssu (23662)
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6 Feb 19
@responsiveme Do you, hey we are talking about Rapunzels remember? No one has hair any longer than their shoulders or waist at the most. I used to have long hair, I just chopped it of a few months ago because i had no time to take care of it.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 Feb 19
@sofssu I wish you didn't, long hair looks do good
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
Yup, short styles are a plenty. But I still see plenty of college girls with long shiny hair
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
23 Jan 19
@responsiveme
It sounds like what you did was really good. What is sad that you do not have any time for that anymore.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
It happens...People are always running g around now
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@WiseGhots (14606)
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23 Jan 19
My girlfriend says that she learned to enjoy taking care of her hair (and caring more about them) because of one of her grandmothers.
It's one of her best memories from her.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jan 19
Grandmothers are the best. They were full of love and practical wisdom
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