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Beauty Routine of Midcentury Morticia Addams

In the classic 1960s television show, The Addams Family, Morticia Addams was the perfect, ghoulish midcentury housewife. With all of her many duties around the house, she kept up her hair and makeup routine in classic style. Morticia’s Classic Midcentury Makeup The Addams Family television

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The Cobra Hairstyle circa 1957…bangs with a bite

Just in time for Halloween…I just happen to be leafing through a vintage 1957 American Hairdresser magazine yesterday, looking for something completely unrelated to Halloween. And then I cam across this beauty of an article about M. Louis Advanced Hair Design Institute’s new hair vogue.

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A Victorian Look for your Vintage Halloween

A Victorian Look for your Vintage Halloween Costume If you aren’t totally broke this Halloween, here are a couple ideas using an inexpensive thrift store wedding dress! With a little imagination and some layering with some other clothes, you can make a $50 ugly 80s

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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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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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