How to Use Dry Shampoo, 12th century

Luttrell Psalter, British Library Add. MS 42130, f. 63r(1325-40)

When she combs her hair, let her have this powder. Take some dried roses, clove, nutmeg, watercress, and galangal. Let all these, powdered, be mixed with rose water. With this water let her sprinkle her hair and comb it with a comb dipped in this same water so that [her hair] will smell better. And let her make furrows in her hair and sprinkle on the above-mentioned powder, and it will smell marvelously.

The Trotula (trans. Monica H. Green)

Running late for work? No problem – just grab a comb, raid your spice cabinet on the way out the door, and you’ll be fresh and sweet as a medieval noblewoman.