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
During the Victorian Era, makeup was often frowned on. It was considered acceptable only if you were on the stage. And, also, it was worn by prostitutes. Later, starting around the Edwardian Era, makeup became more acceptable for women to wear. Around this time, skincare companies
Many people know the story of Maybelline and it being the first commercially advertised eyelash dressing. A pharmacist saw his sister mixing kohl and vaseline to apply to her lashes. Her name was Maybel. Get it? Maybel… vaseline. Maybelline. All kidding side, this is a
I’m in a colorful mood today. Summer is sticking around and before Fall takes root, I thought we should celebrate bright summer colors a little longer. Did you know, makeup companies changed their advertising strategies regularly on how you should choose your correct face powder
Daring bright alternative hair colors were more common than you thought in the 1950s and 1960s. We forget that sometimes. Blue hair, pink hair, lavender hair, aqua hair…They were all represented in the 1950s and 1960s. The prim and proper ideal of the 1950s had
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
As promised, I am posting some pages from my 1931 American Hairdresser Magazine that I picked up at the Vintage Fashion Expo in Santa Monica back in May. Hairstyles in the early part of the 1930s were a crossover from what was popular in the 1920s. Fashionable women still wore finger waves
I promised a few weeks ago that I’d share some of what was in the 1931 and 1946 American Hairdresser magazines I picked up at the Vintage Fashion Expo. I scanned some of the more notable details from the 1946 issue that I thought could
I’m kind of obsessed with this vintage women’s magazine called Charm right now. As it’s tagline states, it is, “for the exciting woman with a job.” I’ll let you digest that statement for a moment. As you may be able to tell from the tagline, this magazine’s
It isn’t the easiest color to wear, but for Fall I am really into makeup with purple undertones. Violets, lavenders, plums… or even Ruby and Wine. There are lots of options. These vintage makeup advertisements all feature makeup with a purple undertone. Purple eyeshadows, wine
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