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What should be done is to dip the tips of the ringers into the brillantine and rub it well into the scalp until you feel a distinct tingling.
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When, therefore, the natural oil is absent, it is well to put the smallest quantity of brillantine on the palm of the hand, and then rub the bristles of the brush over the palm.
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This must, therefore, be supplemented by the use of a little good brillantine.
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In the barber shop there is a litter of broken porcelain, broken combs, and smashed-up chairs and boxes among a wreck of hair dyes, perfumes, brillantine, and torn towels, and an odor of aperitifs and cologne over it all.
A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 Mildred Aldrich 1890
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