1940s
40+ fabulous ’40s hairstyles for women
Take a look at more than 40 vintage ’40s hairstyles – long and short, curled and waved, with and without hats – and see what was fashionable!
Take a look at more than 40 vintage ’40s hairstyles – long and short, curled and waved, with and without hats – and see what was fashionable!
The iconic Breck Girl shampoo ads were meant to look sweet & wholesome, and a few of the models went on to become famous actresses. Take a look!
Because the secret of today’s hair isn’t just more hair. It’s cleaner hair, blown dry – to give it bulk and body it out.
So hot in the ’60s, the dramatic, dome-shaped beehive can be created at home! Here’s how to get the vintage beehive hairstyle that creates the illusion of tall elegance.
When it came to popular ’60s hairstyles, there were several ways to wear the hair short and look smart. Here are some of the hottest retro looks!
Here’s a look back to the days before blow dryers were common, when you needed fancy salon-style vintage hair dryers to get your look just right!
America flipped over Farrah Fawcett’s famous feathered hair back in the seventies, and the trendy retro Farrah hairstyle was copied by millions of women.
19-year-old Debbie was not even born during the heyday of the bubble, the beehive, the flip and the bouffant hairstyles — yet, she regularly performs a grooming ritual that dates back to that other era: she is a hair-spray fanatic.
See how to recreate and color 11 different ’80s hairstyles with this step-by-step guide and retro beauty tipsheets from 1986!
Retro shampoo commercials from many decades ago were so achingly wholesome and sincere, it’s easy to see why some ’50s stereotypes persist today. Take a look!
’70s hairstyles were feathery – shiny – bouncy. Here are some real vintage tips from salon experts so women in the disco decade could always keep their hair stylish.
Pretty hair should be fluffy, it should be glossy, and it should be even in color. Find out how to get these classic looks in this collection of old-fashioned haircare tips!
Just about everyone knows Mary Tyler Moore. ‘Why, that’s Laura Petrie,’ they say of her role as a perfect wife and mother on the Dick Van Dyke Show. After celebrating five anniversaries on the series, she’s set out to find a new Her.
Take look back – way back! – at a few ways that ladies in San Francisco during the Victorian and Edwardian eras used to style and accessorize their vintage hairstyles.
Curl it. Cut it. Blow it dry. Brush it. Tuck it. Let it fly. There’s no one way with summer ’77 hairstyles. Kenneth has done 24 marvelous styles for us, so now is the time for a pretty change! So pick a new do, get ready to enjoy a great summer.
Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo & conditioner are extra rich, extra thick — so it leaves your hair shiny clean and fresh. Slightly spicy. Slightly flowery. And ready for compliments.
The artichoke hairstyle is a casual, layered cut, with the layers tanning out, petal fashion, from the center of the crown — or what would be the stem area of the real artichoke.
Christmas coifs are catching the season’s sparkle. Make your ’60s hairstyle repertoire merrier! For romance, try pin-on tendrils, love-locks, and Emily Bronte ringlets. For a change of color, cut or curve, wear a wig that’s charmed with stretch or curl.
Start 1982 with a to-the-minute layer hairstyles like the ones shown here for short, medium, and long hair – plus four new makeup looks!
Not were the most fashionable vintage hairstyles from 1906 very high, built up of a succession of curls and wavelets galore, but they also held ornaments, combs, feathers, flowers, bows and other stylish additions.
Looking for a vintage hairstyle? Check out some retro ‘dos from 1950: Here are three short haircuts that you can cut and perm yourself that are perfect for an easy, classy look this summer!
In the ’80s, popular Dynasty actress Linda Evans made a series of ads promoting Clairol Ultress hair color – take a look back here!
Choose the style that suits your hair type — we’ll tell you how to make it work for you!
It is the day of the curly hairstyle, and nature never planted enough curls on anybody’s head, except perhaps on Medusa’s, to meet the requirements of the present fashions.
Bobbed hair – is it here to stay? by Jean Van Evera The furor has almost been forgotten, but not so long ago, a woman’s
Dressing the hair to suit the facial type How the French, English and American woman makes the fashionable coiffure becoming Coiffures, like costumes, follow the
The hair is so arranged as to make the head a great fluffy mass, round like a globe. Not a small globe, either, but a great ball of beauty.
Cold fine hair restorer Explorer Shackleton asserts trip to polar regions is best remedy — Gems absent. If you would have a good crop of
Look back to the 1940s at Francois de Paris in New York City, and see ladies getting perms, dye jobs, manicures, sitting under hair dryers — along with a peek at the front desk staff running the business.
Short hair for ladies? A letter to Louis A Godey, publisher of Godey’s Lady’s Book I know, Mr Godey, to an absolute certainty, from both
Helene Curtis Spray Net Going places? Keep your hair in place the Spray Net way… it’s such a joy! Smart girls never go outdoors without
The fluffy curls Fashions in hair-dressing — How the darling creatures use the curling tongs A few years ago, so little interest was manifested by
Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo ads Dimension shampoo ads Agree shampoo advertisement Prell shampoo ads This first ad features model Christie Brinkley:
New styles of coiffure From the top: No. 1. The Dustman (very chaste). No. 3. The Hare (suitable for a matron). No. 2. The Serpentine
Hints about hair Changing fashion demands the addition of “cushions” They come high, too A nice little switch of the Marie Antoinette style costs $25
When bald-headed men marry bald-headed women, what will the harvest be in 2500 AD? Is the human race doomed to be bald-headed? Will the pates
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