From Greek mythology to Bible stories, hair has a place in history as well as our daily life.
As long as there is vanity and social positions there is hair awareness.Thousands of years BC, a barbershop scene is depicted in the tomb of a Sheikh , of young men forming a waiting line, sitting on chairs and tripods while the barber is working.
Like our intercontinental hair trends of today people of different beliefs and cultures copied each others hairstyles through centuries. A female mummy was discovered wearing a Roman hairstyle yet she had a death mask that indicated she was really Egyptian.
Through the ages hair styles varied with gender, age, social status and official status. Priests were required to keep their entire bodies cleanly shaved so they could keep their bodies free of deceases and lice in order to be able to conduct rituals.
Hair ornaments were already in use as far back as Egyptian times. These ornaments were made of gold, turquoise and garnet. Poorer people used more simple and inexpensive ornaments like petals and berries to hold their hair at the back. Even children seemed to have their own ornaments like hair-rings or clasps. Women tied and decorated their hair with flowers and ribbons made of linen. Also used were combs, tweezers, shavers and hair curlers. Around the same time, men and women used to shave their heads bald replacing their own hair with wigs. This made it easy to maintain a high degree of cleanliness avoiding danger of lice infestation. Old age was also a reason to wear wigs much like today.
There are indications that grey hair was being covered red as early as 3400BC by the use of henna. Henna is still used today for the same purpose.
One of the ways used through centuries to stimulate hair with
natural hair treatments. Essential oils like rosemary oil, almond oil and Castor oil were some of the natural choices. This is very similar to today's use of scented oils called aromatherapy.
