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.