Link: Two Pompadour Dressings

http://chestofbooks.com/food/household/Woman-Encyclopaedia-4/3-The-Art-Of-Hairdressing-Two-Pompadour-Dressings.html

Find Your Most Complimentary Colors

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Source: 1000 Hints Beauty #7, 1956

I promise I still have tons of interesting things to share with you guys, I've just been busy with life. Hopefully this blog will pick up a bit after Christmas.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers! I hope you all have a great dinner planned with friends and family.

I'm thankful for all the free resources you can find on the web.

Signs and Wonder posted some scans from "The Dedman Method of Basic and Advanced Hair Designing" on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23366371@N08/sets/72157617347576135/

According to the description, it is a 1953 self-published instruction manual on hair styling.

Use Your Scissors for Greater Permanent Wave Beauty

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, August 1938

Romantic Curls

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Source: 55 Hair Styles (Dell Purse Book), 1972

1937 Contradiction Styles

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Source: American Hairdresser, April 1937

Coquette

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, August 1938

Browmanship

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Source: Hairdo Magazine, July 1972

Lines for Evening

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, August 1938

Link: "Beehive"

How to create a "beehive" and other Halloween hair ideas from Martha Stewart:
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/6-hair-raising-costumes?page=2

I want to wear my hair like this - maybe I should go out and buy some yarn.

Fascinating story on hairnet outsourcing from 1920.
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Source: American Hairdresser, September 1920

Televisions... What Does it Require of Make-Up?

Or how to look good in black and white.

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, August 1938

Exotique

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, August 1938

A Good, Clear Complexion

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Source: Beaute'Craft, February 1925

Miss Norma Shearer, Mae Murray and Viola Dana credit diet, exercise and fresh air for their lovely complexions. So chew your few, eat your vegetables, and don't forget to breathe.

Hairline Precision

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Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

Lemons: Your Bath, Your Teeth, Your Figure, Your Family

Is there anything a lemon can't do?
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Source: Lemons for Loveliness, 1935

All About Beauty

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Source: Hairset Magazine, May 1964

Flippant Look

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, June 1955

In Perfect Balance

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Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

I don't know about you guys, but I fail at hairstyles that require symmetry. Even pigtails.
P.S. Nice bow! She looks like a present.

Why Did I Bob My Hair?

Source: Beaute'Craft, February 1925


If you want to hear "Why Did I Kiss That Girl?" you can search for the tune on Jazz-On-Line. Some of the lines, like "WHY oh! WHY oh! WHY" come right out of that song. It's pretty catchy.

Countess

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Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

And she flipped

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Source: Hairset Magazine, May 1964