Having an extreme side part is so important to achieving a specific vintage hairstyle look. Imagine the hair rising high above the forehead, sweeping over to the side with a cascade of curls and waves right by the eye. That look is most easily achieved
Many people know the story of Maybelline and it being the first commercially advertised eyelash dressing. A pharmacist saw his sister mixing kohl and vaseline to apply to her lashes. Her name was Maybel. Get it? Maybel… vaseline. Maybelline. All kidding side, this is a
I work best when I am organized. The same goes for when I am doing my hair. Organization helps me stay focused on the task and keeps me from getting overwhelmed by it. So I was so excited when I picked this vintage hair curler
In my earlier blog post, Late Beatnik Cool (and their hairstyles) of the early 1960s, I shared pictures of a number of style inspiring female celebrities taken around 1960, 1961, and 1962. There was a very specific reason for it too. A few years ago,
In all of these images, the actresses, singers, and artists embody what I think of as early-60s cool; heavily influenced by the ease of Beatnik style mixed with feminine fashion. I have the early 1960s on the brain for several reasons. I thought I would get
Rationing made its way into every aspect of citizens lives in WWII. Metal rationing was one of the biggest. In the beauty industry it affected a woman’s access to many hair tools, especially her hair pins. Women were expected to save their hair pins and
When I teach, I am always bringing up silhouette. It is a very important part of capturing the right era for a vintage hairstyle. Silhouette is the outer line of a hairstyle. If you took a black marker and colored in all the detail of
Some girls are born with a beauty mark. Other women have the freedom to draw them on where they see fit…like Jean Harlow. Something to consider when choosing a space for a mark…the beauty mark is essentially a “spot” on your face. It is often
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 would actually hurt your eyesight. TV Lamps were sold in the 1950s and 1960s as
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 Ages and the Renaissance. Early versions were made of knotted loops of single-ply silk threads in
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