Bogus Vintage Beauty Claims
January 30, 2018
Since the dawn of time, new technologies, inventions, and fads have brought along with them tales of danger and health risks. It was thought at one time that watching television
28 Pictures of Vintage Hair Snoods (that will make you want to wear a snood tomorrow)
December 5, 2017
Snoods, in the form of knitted or crocheted hairnets, have been around since…well…a long time. Hairnets date back to the 11th century, but they were widely worn during the Middle
The Cordelia hairstyle! Learn vintage waves with this video tutorial.
November 16, 2017
Cordelia means heart. I named the vintage curl hairstyle Cordelia for a few reasons. It’s symmetry and silhouette remind me of the shape of the top of a heart. I
Mugshot Halloween Costume Idea for the Vintage Lifestyler
October 9, 2017
Every year I try to come up with ideas for Halloween costumes for those of us that love vintage and want to incorporate it into our costumes in creative ways.
6 ways to wear Tint-o-matic colorful bobby pins…even if your hair isn’t pink
August 22, 2017
Even with natural hair color, you can put colorful bobby pins to good use. You don’t have to have pink hair to wear pink bobby pins. Here are 6 ways
Harmonizing Lipstick and Nail Polish Color
July 31, 2017
I’m in a colorful mood today. Summer is sticking around and before Fall takes root, I thought we should celebrate bright summer colors a little longer. Did you know, makeup
Demystifying Pin Curls – A Simple Tutorial
July 24, 2017
The basic pin curl for vintage hairstyles If you compare an image of a woman and her hairstyle in 1942 to an image today of a modern vintage hairstyle, you
Vintage wet set with the Primrose pin curl set!
July 10, 2017
The pin curl set I have named Primrose uses the basic fundamentals of pin curling and the wet set to style this beautiful classic vintage hairstyle. This hair design can
Creative vintage wig hair color in the 1950s and 1960s included blue, purple, and aqua!
May 25, 2017
Daring bright alternative hair colors were more common than you thought in the 1950s and 1960s. We forget that sometimes. Blue hair, pink hair, lavender hair, aqua hair…They were all
Beauty Ten Commandments – 1923 Beauty Secrets for Every Woman Magazine
May 17, 2017
I am a collector. There, I said it. What is a collector? Someone who is so obsessed with items from a certain genre that they are incapable of passing by an
