Women did not shampoo, and non-essential items were hard to come by. Fashion was often dictated by practicality. Practical women wore their hair in a neat roll around the nape of the neck, and over the ears, often covered with headscarf knotted at the front, which left only the fringe exposed. Plastic hair rollers were an essential part of hair dressing, as was styling lotion, both used to hold the hair in place for as long as possible.