Wedding season is starting to wind down and the rest of the weddings I am working on for the next month or so are for other stylist friends in which I am not working on the bride, just the wedding party. So this is my
We are wusses compared to women back in the day. We worry that ratting our hair too much with damage it, when these ladies were burning it to make it healthier! Looking through my old beauty school book I came across this treatment for the
Paper Curling 1. How is a paper curl given? The hair is divided into small strands which are formed into flat ringlets held in place by means of a folded piece of paper. The curls are heated between the prongs of a pressing iron and
And now class, let’s move on to the next installment of the Manual on Theory and Practice of Beauty Culture. My copy apparently belonged to a Doris Haworth who went to the E. Burnham School of Beauty Culture in Chicago. According to the writing inside
I never saw the 2008 version…probably won’t ever, but I ADORE the 1939 original version of The Women. There is not one man in the entire 1930s movie. Go Girls! I also love the hair of the movie and am going to do one of
Here in Denver, our shopping is starting to dwindle. My friend Chanda, who sees shopping for vintage as her personal crusade, just informed me that Buffalo Exchange is suppose to be fazing out vintage clothing on their racks. That will take our Denver vintage shopping
Your recommended makeup color in the 1930s? Here’s a great chart! It comes out of a vintage beauty school manual I have in my prized collection of vintage beauty books and magazines. You can see from the title page that this book was first published
…but it wasn’t bad for a first attempt. I was hired to do hair and makeup for a romance novel cover in a style like a Gibson Girl. I, of course, was very excited to help create an image of a swooning woman half dressed
Pomades are, in my opinion, the most versatile category of hair product. Pomades, depending on their consistency, can act the same as many other products filling our medicine cabinets. A light weight whipped pomade is our anti-frizz serum or fixer of fly-aways. Medium pomades go
I came across this video and think it is a perfect resource for getting creative with your turbans. If you need something nice to protect your hair at the pool this summer, you must check this out!
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