Max Factor

I recently heard that Max Factor was going to discontinue selling its product in the United States. Very sad!

Source: Unknown, 1945

Source: Life, 1947

Source: Women's Home Companion, 1942

Source: Harper's Bazaar, March 1947



Here is a good post on Max Factor.

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Comb Your Coiffures From a Pattern

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Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946

Play's the Thing in California

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Source: American Hairdresser, June 1946

Sweet and Lovely

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Source: American Hairdresser, April 1943

Presenting "Vicky"... Drene's New Wartime Hair-do of the Month

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Source: American Hairdresser, April 1943

Use Tension in Pin Curls for Lasting Styles

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Source: American Hairdresser, April 1942

Youthful Sophistication

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Source: The Journeyman Barber, September 1940

Costume Ball

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Source: American Hairdresser, February 1939

Link: Bobby Pin Blog

If you haven't already, check out http://bobbypinblog.blogspot.com/. It's a website to accompany this vintage hairstyling book.

I love this post on "the Happy Pompadour".