Weird Old Ways Women Used to Dry Their Hair in History
August 24, 2024
Weird Old Ways Women Used to Dry Their Hair in History Techniques women used to dry their hair, that were common to see more than 100 years ago, could seem
Advertising Fans: Another vintage beauty tool
June 20, 2024
I find many things appropriate to share on this blog that you may not consider part of your beauty repertoire. Other than just your basic hair and makeup products, there
Famous Vintage Bangs: What stars like Jean Shrimpton and Bettie Page taught us about styling our fringe
October 1, 2022
There are many options for you if you want to style a vintage bang… or a bang style that goes with your vintage look. Throughout the 20th Century, famous stars,
1920s Bobbed Hair and how strongly people really felt about it
March 3, 2021
I wish I knew when or where the word “bobbed” hair was first used to describe this famous 1920s hairstyle. Credit for the first appearance of the bob goes to
Red Lipstick and Suffragists’ fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote
August 19, 2020
Red Lipstick is a bold makeup statement, so of course suffragist women of the early 1900s wore it as a symbol of their intelligence and independence in the fight for
1920s Vintage Wedding Hair and Veils: Photos of Brides with Flapper Style
February 12, 2020
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
Vintage Makeup for darker skin tones during the Jazz Age
January 15, 2020
For this installment of the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series, I am exploring makeup during the Jazz Age. To know more about this series, please read my disclaimer. Finding
Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones – Foundations and Face Powders
January 14, 2020
Welcome to the first post in the Vintage Makeup for Darker Skin Tones series! Please read my disclaimer here to learn more about where this all came from and what this
Ode to the Vintage Women’s Magazine
June 18, 2019
I’m in the middle of several new content projects right now and my shelves of vintage women’s magazines, as usual, are here to inspire me. Flipping through and reading these
Vintage false eyelash styles, trends, and techniques
June 4, 2019
Ways women wore false eyelashes in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s… I have seen what I would call an explosion in the use of false eyelashes by everyday
