-
names for the ointment, drink, and hair
treatment are
pomate and
pomatum from
pomatum, the
Medieval Latin form of the same name.
During the
Roman era,...
- and
around the cushion. "At that time [1780]
everybody wore
powder and
pomatum; a
large triangular thing called a cushion, to
which the hair was frizzed...
- addition,
pomatum and
false hair was used to give more
height to the hair.
Pomatum was
paste that
women used to
stiffen their hair.
Pomatum was also used...
- combed. Then the
woman or her
hairdresser would add
pomatum to the hair so it
could be shaped. The
pomatum would have
treated fat, oil and
perfumes or ****es...
-
powder used to
freshen it was made from low
grade flour and
scented with
pomatum.
Examples of wigs in the 16th and 17th
centuries Queen Elizabeth I, painted...
- for the Handkerchief,
Scented Powders,
Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices,
Pomatums, Cosmetics,
Perfumed Soap, Etc., to
which is
Added an
Appendix on Preparing...
-
repeated his
experiments by
using improved ear
plugs using turpentine, wax,
pomatum or
tinder mixed with water, to find that
blinded bats
could not navigate...
-
Bella is
scalped by the Indians, they will know her by her
dreadful hair
pomatum.
After they meet up, Katy
departs on a
steamer to
England with the Ashes...
- of the most
simple and
approved methods of
preparing baths, essences,
pomatums, powders,
perfumes and sweet-scented waters. London:
printed for J. Murray...
-
instead of
their ears; who
anointed themselves, not with bear's
grease or
pomatum, but with the
blood of cows; who,
instead of
playing tunes upon them, wore...
