Be Exact in Building Pin Curls

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945

Summer Seasonal Influenza Outbreaks Across Country

Across the country there have been some recent outbreaks of influenza, not the H1N1 pandemic type but a seasonal (H3N2) variety. We've n...

Smart for Summer

(Click on images to enlarge.) Source: American Hairdresser, May 1945 I love the smooth rolls. So pretty...

Where's That Then? No 34

Deceptively simple. Probably. All I'll say is that although this view today still has the mill, a river and boats (and very little else)...

Dirtiest Find in the Hospital: Cell Phones

Several years ago I raised the issue of a problem related to infection control directly related to the cell phone use of doctor's in hos...

For a Busy Little Miss

Can you imagine giving your kid a perm? (Click on these cool images to enlarge.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, January 1943

Beauty is of a Bygone Age

I just had to post this one. A pair of twins look in the history books for hair-inspiration, as the narrator tells us that "Beauty is o...

Fashions Go to the Head

Fashions Go to the Head - 1932. Various women turn their heads for the camera to show the new hairstyles. http://www.britishpathe.com/record...

Latest hairstyles from America

Latest hairstyles from America, 1944 <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p&g...