How to Set Pin Curls

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Source: 1000 Hints Beauty #7, 1956

I'm sorry that I have been neglecting you, poor readers. I've been very distracted - I have a baby boy due in a few weeks! I still have hundreds of articles that I will post up here eventually. Until I get around to it, make sure you browse through the archives and try out some of the styles.

Be Exact in Building Pin Curls

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Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

How To: Make Clip Curls

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

Related: How to Use Clip Curls

How To: Use Clip Curls

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

Pin Curls and How to Set Them

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Source: A Girl and Her Hair, 1947

How to Turn a Curl

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Source: A Girl and Her Hair, 1949

Link: Glamour Daze

Check out Save Time With Improved Methods of Setting from American Hairdresser, 1942 on Glamour Daze.

Use Tension in Pin Curls for Lasting Styles

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Source: American Hairdresser, April 1942

Pin Curls

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Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958

A Spiral Pin Curl

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Source: American Hairdresser, January 1948

The Gaucho Twirl...

... a Pin Curl Method Designed for Deeper Waves, Springier Curls

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, December 1944

The Half-Twist Pin Curl

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Source: Modern Beauty Shop, September 1941

This used to be on my website at: 

http://www.stealingapples.com/pincurls.html

I might copy over the text here soon.