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Vintage Uniforms for the 1920s and 1930s Hairstylist

Vintage Salon Uniforms for the 1920s and 1930s

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 the 1931 American Hairdresser Magazine that I picked up at the Vintage Fashion Expo in

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Betty Draper Vintage Hairstyle

Betty Draper Inspired Hairstyle How-to

Betty Draper Hairstyle Inspired How-to Betty Draper’s hairstyle and the amazing hair and makeup team on Mad Men inspired this roller set. I was doing a photoshoot yesterday for an article I am writing about 1950s makeup for Vintage Made Magazine and I thought I’d share

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The Vintage Queen of Halloween

I’d like to dedicate this day and post to the vintage queen of Halloween, Yvonne De Carlo. Born Margaret Yvonne Middleton in Canada, De Carlo assumed her estranged father’s last name when she started her showgirl career to create a more sophisticated image. Her career

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Retro Halloween Costume – Paperdoll

If you have a little bit of drawing capability you can pull this off. Just buy a big piece of matte board from your local art supply or a big cardboard box and turn yourself into a paper doll! Put on your favorite vintage underwear.

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Welcome to the Bobby Pin Blog! I am Lauren Rennells and as a hairstylist, makeup artist, writer, and generally artistic over-achiever, the Bobby Pin Blog is my outlet for thoughts and research about vintage hair and makeup trends and how to recreate them today. Thank you for stopping by!

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