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
How to tutorial video: Upright Suicide Roll
March 10, 2017
The suicide roll is a modern pin-up look, but gets its inspiration from the 1940s victory roll. This is an upright version that lends itself to the feel of a
Techniques for a 1940s Continuous Roll Hairstyle
February 23, 2017
The continuous roll was a hairstyle popular in the 1940s. The illustration below refers to the continuous roll as a chevron style. The concept is the appearance of an element that
Hair Tips for Poolside Beauty Inspired by Esther Williams
April 12, 2016
There has been no one better at looking beautiful poolside than Esther Williams. In the 1940s and 1950s, featured in movies that showcased lavish swimming scenes with underwater chorus girls
More poolside beauty tips from Esther Williams – swimming turban tutorial
April 12, 2016
Are you getting ready to look fabulous by the water, whether it is the pool party at Viva Las Vegas or a beach getaway? Here is a quick way to go
1952 1,000 Hints Beauty Magazine…Make-up Makes You Lovelier
February 13, 2016
1950s Vintage Beauty Magazine…1,000 Hints. We all scour antique malls, thrift stores, and the internet for clothes and such to put together that perfect vintage head-to-toe look. But there is probably
Halloween!!! My favorite vintage-inspired costume this year is Atomicpunk!
October 22, 2015
There are so many cool vintage-inspired Halloween costumes out there. This year I have a new inspiration for what I am going to be…Atomicpunk (aka atompunk). Above image from Planet of
The vintage wedding hair feel with no particular decade in mind
July 7, 2015
A lot of the requests I get from brides for vintage wedding hair are not specific to any particular decade. This weekend, I had a bride come in for a practice
Vintage Salon Uniforms for the 1920s and 1930s
June 25, 2015
This Rosalia Beauty Uniforms advertisement shows such stunning examples of vintage salon uniform fashions for a hairstylist in the 1920s, but not so much the 1930s. The advertisement came from
