Archive for the 'Hair' Category

How to do Finger Waves

Finger Waves from the 1920’s and 1930’s
We have republished a rare 1920’s book on Finger Waving, in electronic form.
It teaches how to do finger waves in the way that added style and variation to the short, intermediate, and long bobs of the 1920’s and 1930’s – the beautiful bobs of the modern era.
It is difficult [...]

Correct Colors for Certain Blondes and Brunettes Part 4

Titian and Auburn Hair Types continued…
Part 4 (final part) of a 1927 magazine article on choosing fashion colors to suit your hair color and personality
RED : Never becoming to any of these four types in any of its shades up to and including pink. The only possible exception would be the auburn brunette, with hair [...]

Correct Colors for Certain Blondes and Brunettes Part 3

Titian and Auburn Hair Types
Part 3 of a 1927 magazine article on choosing fashion colors to suit your hair color and personality
THERE are four distinct groups in this class. First, the Titian blonde.
The true Titian blonde has flaming red hair that is vivid enough not to be called blond and light enough not to be [...]

Correct Colors for Certain Blondes and Brunettes Part 2

Eyes are an Important Color Index
Part 2 of a 1927 magazine article on choosing fashion colors to suit your hair color and personality
THERE is nothing as expressive as the eyes. Nothing so portrays a person’s mentality, a person’s soul, a person’s aliveness. The very plainest woman in the world cannot be plain if she has [...]

Correct Colors for Certain Blondes and Brunettes Part 1

Part 1 of a 1927 magazine article on choosing fashion colors to suit your hair color and personality
COLOR is at your disposal. The correct use of it can have an inestimable value in your life. If you do not pay any attention to its possibilities you are overlooking one of the means for acquiring and [...]

Status of Beards and Whiskers in 1923

The denizen of the French Latin Quarter formerly went bearded; but not to-day. Not, at least, the real Frenchman. Beards are disappearing from Europe, says the observant London weekly, John o’ London’s, except in Czecho-Slovakia, where wearing them is regarded as a patriotic duty. We read:
“In England nowadays beards are rare enough to be conspicuous, [...]

1920’s Hairstyles

The decade of theÂ 1920’s was interesting for the significant changes that took place in the hairdressing industry.
Up until the 1920’s, long hair was preferred by most women. It was either worn long, fashioned into buns or plaits, or worn up in fancy hairstyles for special occasions. The first world war precipitated a change in attitude [...]

History of the Marcel Wave Hairstyle

The Marcel Wave (sometimes spelt Marcelle) is a stylish wave given to the hair by means of heated curling irons. Named for Francois Marcel, 19th century French hairdresser who invented the process in 1872. It revolutionized the art of hairdressing all over the world and remained in vogue for over fifty years, making a fortune [...]