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1960s

See 7 big pictures of the hottest short hairstyles from the ’60s

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!

1960s

Dry it yourself: Vintage hair dryers for the home (1960s & 1970s)

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!

How to get the famous '70s Farrah Fawcett long hairstyle

1970s

How to get Farrah Fawcett’s famous long feathered hairstyle from the ’70s

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.

1980s

How to make the perfect ’80s hairstyles: Tips for her from 1986

See how to recreate and color 11 different ’80s hairstyles with this step-by-step guide and retro beauty tipsheets from 1986!

1950s

Here’s a retro shampoo commercial so gosh darn wholesome, it’s like a ’50s cliche in a bottle

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!

1970s

How to create 5 different classic ’70s hairstyles (plus check out 8 more retro ‘dos)

’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.

How women from 100 years ago got such beautiful hair (1918)

1900s

Old-fashioned haircare tips for more beautiful hair, the way they did it 100 years ago

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!

1900s

Vintage hairstyles: How women in San Francisco accessorized their hair back in the olden days

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.

How to create 24 hot hairstyles from the summer of '77

Vintage beauty & fashion

How to re-create 25 hot retro ’70s hairstyles from 1977

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.

1980s

The ultimate ’80s beauty basic: Hairspray

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.

Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific vintage shampoo

1970s

Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo & conditioner (’70s-’80s)

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.

1960s

The artichoke hairstyle of 1961

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.

1960s

Happy holiday hairstyles of the ’60s (1968)

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.

1960s

How to make a ’60s beehive hairstyle

Although the dramatic, dome-shaped beehive hairdos are rather difficult to manage, they are not impossible to create at home. Here’s how to make the ’60s beehive style!

1960s

Goodbye, bouffant – Hello, beehive! The hot hairstyle of 1960

The bouffant coiffure has had its day. What’s needed to set off evening clothes is a smooth, high-piled coiffure — a new hairdo that creates the illusion of tall elegance — the beehive.

1940s

Fabulous ’40s hair styles for women (1948)

Choose from these nine new hair arrangements the one that will turn you into the prettiest girl at the holiday parties… and give you a brand new look for 1949!

1960s

Mary Tyler Moore models the hottest wigs of the sixties

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.

1980s

How to get hot eighties hair & makeup (1982)

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!

How to create vintage hairstyles from 1906

1900s

How to create vintage hairstyles: The ornate hairdos from 1906

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.

Short cuts How to create vintage hairstyles from 1950

1950s

Short cuts: How to create 3 vintage hairstyles from 1950

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!

1980s

Get a prescription for the perfect haircut for you (1988)

Choose the style that suits your hair type — we’ll tell you how to make it work for you!

Cute curly Grecian hairstyles - 1910 1912 (2)

1910s

The cutest curly vintage hairstyles: The Grecian, Gainsborough & waterfall from 1910

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.

1980s

Actress Linda Evans for Ultress hair color (1985 & 1986)

“Even Europe never made shades more beautiful than lustrous, luminous Ultress.” – Linda Evans

1950s

Bobbed hair: Is this short hairstyle here to stay? (1950)

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

1900s

Hairstyles to suit different faces (1908)

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

1800s

Vintage hairstyles: The Pompadour (1899)

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.

1910s

Polar explorer: Extreme cold helps strengthen hair (1911)

Cold fine hair restorer Explorer Shackleton asserts trip to polar regions is best remedy — Gems absent. If you would have a good crop of

1940s

A visit to the beauty salon in 1942

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.

1970s

Not just more hair, guys – cleaner hair, blown dry (1971)

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.

1800s

Why long hair was a burden to Civil War era women (1862)

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

1950s

Smart girls never go outdoors without Spray Net hair spray (1956)

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

1800s

Victorian hairstyles: Fluffy curls (1890)

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

1980s

7 vintage shampoo ads (1980s)

Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo ads Dimension shampoo ads Agree shampoo advertisement Prell shampoo ads This first ad features model Christie Brinkley: