Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
Lard Was Used to Style Hair

Looking back in time, there's no doubt that people's personal hygiene, medical treatments, and beauty choices were outright disgusting. Another gross practice of the 1700s has to do with the way they styled their hair. It was highly fashionable for people to wear their hair incredibly voluminously, sitting high atop their heads. But how would they successfully get that hairstyle? It stayed in place with the help of a pomade, usually made of pig or sheep's lard. 

They would spread the lard in the hair, similar to modern-day hair gel. They would even go days without washing it, attracting bugs and releasing a foul odor.