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Where can I find the vintage style hair tape?

I’ve been asked many times where to find the vintage style hair tape. The bad news…nowhere. The good news…there are substitutes available. But first, what is hair tape for? A Google search for hair tape these days will bring up a lot more about extensions

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Demystifying Pin Curls – A Simple Tutorial

In today’s world of retro beauty, there are hundreds of resources offering directions on recreating the old glamour we all love so much. These resources vary widely in style and technique. Everyone has their own tricks and tools they suggest using to achieve beautiful results.

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Vintage wet set with the Primrose pin curl set!

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 be worn with 1940s or 1950s vintage fashion and still look “period appropriate” or “authentic”.

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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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Perfect Pin Curls without the Fuss

In an effort to provide more help and options for vintage hair, I have started looking into adding some of my favorite tools to the VintageHairstyling.com. The first product is the Sculpture Pin Curl Tool. If you ladies haven’t seen this yet and you have

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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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