Trotula testing

[sister_raphael]

The testing and experimenting of the Trotula hair powder recipe at the 1300-1600 Medieval Collegium Event was wildly successful and worked so much better than I expected. I learned quite a lot and certainly there were quite a few surprises along the way with not only the ingredients, but the methodology also. I'll be doing a post about what I expected and what happened in the next day or two.

There was an enthusiastic crowd of fellow history nerds, so I was able to think out load about my process and what I was expecting and things which worked and didn't.  I was fortunate that I had a fearless friend who let me test out the powder and the comb dip liquid on her actual hair and then let people sniff her hair. The entire crowd all agreed that the recipe certainly did what it was supposed to, and it was fun playing around the the quantities. 

I did manage to take photos along the way and over the next week, I'll edit them for the proper blog post, but this photo was taken by a member of the audience. Not for the first time, I was glad that I had accumulated a bunch of small, ceramic dishes that I didn't need because "someday I might want them" because they were PERFECT for the demonstration.

Tonight I poured the left over powder and hair comb dip into my bathwater and soaked myself and my hair in it and quite frankly, it was wonderful-smelling! The residual smell in my hair is very subtle since it was very dilluted in the bath water, but it is still there.

Stay tuned for more Trotula Hair Powder!

Comments

[siglinde999]

Your set-up looks great. Yay for fearless friends!

[sister_raphael]

She's a vet who has a crossbow, so in terms of fearless... yes, she is.