How People Died, I Mean Dyed, Their Hair in the Renaissance

    by | Jan 31, 2015 | Education Resources, Shakespeare for Kids by Kids

    How People Died, I Mean Dyed, Their Hair in the Renaissance
    | by Portia |

    How People Died, I Mean Dyed, Their Hair in the Renaissance. There are so many different things we could do with our hair today. For example, bleach our hair, coloring our hair etcetera. In the Renaissance, they couldn’t do as much, but they could do crazy things like use mercury and lead in their hair. Stuff like that. The main thing I want to bring up is the FUN colors they had, blue, pink, and yellow. Today we can make our hair those colors just by bleaching our hair and then dying it the color, you want it. In the Renaissance, they had to use crushed up plants to dye their hair, like saffron, alum, sulfur, and soda. Sometimes these ingredients would damage their hair like bleach. One thing I learned for sure from my research is that unless I want to kill my hair, DON’T color, or dye your hair the Renaissance way!

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    Portia is a young and lovely maiden of thirteen years who lives in Austin, TX. She enjoys theatre, mixed martial arts, and science.

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