Link: Bobby Pin Blog

If you haven't already, check out http://bobbypinblog.blogspot.com/ . It's a website to accompany this vintage hairstyling book . I ...

Teen Room Decor From Zalf

Zalf is an Italian company that produces a variety of furniture for living, bedrooms, home offices and kids & teen spaces. We especiall...

Get Ready Mailbag: Being prepared while on summer vacation

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Have a ques...

The Non-Accessible Grand Theatre in Kingston Ontario

The following video is of the make-shift ramp to allow wheelchair access onto the stage of the newly renovated Grand Theatre. Note how I ski...

The Carved and the Directional Curl

(Click on the images to see larger versions.) Source: American Hairdresser Beauty Shop Compendium 9th Edition.

Planning ahead is important for hurricane preparedness

If you could be any animal, wouldn't it be great to be a bird? You never have to wait in line for the restroom, you know the weather bef...

Sideburns

(Click on the image to enlarge.) Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958

Splendor Splendide

Yesterday the Archive had to shuffle along the shelves to allow in six of these beautiful little boxes. Complete with everything but the oil...

The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic: Possible Culprits Part I

In the last post, I reviewed two studies that suggested heart attacks were rare in the U.K. until the 1920s -1930s. In this post, I'll ...