Analyzing vintage hair to design your own look with the 1940s movie The Big Sleep
For a great study of hair design elements that make a beautiful vintage 1940s hairstyle, let’s analyze the movie The Big Sleep from 1946. It is full of so many
For a great study of hair design elements that make a beautiful vintage 1940s hairstyle, let’s analyze the movie The Big Sleep from 1946. It is full of so many
Today I am sharing a beautiful black vintage hair tutorial published in the November 1961 issue of Beauty Trade. Copies of Beauty Trade are a rare find. The magazine, first
I know the title of this blogpost doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason, but in a couple minutes you will see how a midcentury tiki intimate party plan,
I have a lot of vintage beauty and women’s magazines. It is a bit of an obsession of mine. The photographs are lovely and they are full of inspiration. April
Whether you are learning to do hair on someone else or yourself, a mannequin head is very helpful. I am not making any money off of clicks in this post
Drug store longwear lipsticks are so important to the wearer of red lipstick. The sad day came when I ran out of my favorite stay-all-day red lipstick color and of
Short with smartly styled pin curls was the common hairstyle formula of the 1950s and the wedding veils brides wore went well with these pretty vintage hairstyles. The veils coordinated
Hairstyles of the 1920s and the popular hats and hairpieces women wore with them influenced wedding veil styles of the 1920s. Cloche hats and bandeau headbands were popular headpieces for
The Bang Dilemma I’ve heard it so many times, so many different ways from women…”I am tired of my bangs.”…”I regret my bangs and I’m thinking of growing them out.”…”I
For this installment of the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series, I am exploring makeup during the Atomic Age, mostly taking place during the 1950s. To know more about this series, please
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