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Vintage Salon Photos

Here are some examples of what you can do with the rolls, pincurls, and finger waves. Most of the styles of the era can be done with those three methods. On some of the styles, I've taken a stab at trying to figure out how they're done, but I'm not a hairdresser, so don't take what I've written as gospel!

I grabbed these great images off eBay for a song, and I just love looking through them. But I have a sneaking suspicion that a few of the more radical ones (say, the Swing Bang) are a lot like some of the pictures you might see on the walls of a salon today... dorky!

If you have a really great stylist, take a copy of the pictures you like with you to the salon. If s/he can do fingerwaves and pincurls, your good to go! Check out our stylist list - and if you'd like to add your own fabulous stylist to the list, drop me a line!

If you're successful in getting a similar style up, please send me a picture and if you can, directions - we'll be updating the testimonials page to show off some of your awesome 'dos.

Check out some of these vintage beauty books!


Click on any of the images below to see what can be accomplished with rolls, pincurls, and fingerwaves, and a lot of patience. A extra set of hands doesn't hurt either!

NEW!
Classic Page
Boy Bob
Sep 1949 
Swirled
Cap
Sep 1949
Sleek
Contour
Sep 1949
 
NEW!
Good
Mixer
Jun 1943
Casually
Yours
Jun 1943
 

Short
Waves
Jun 1943

Order
of the Day
Jun 1943
Summer
Sprite
Jul 1943
American Hairdresser
Aug 1943
American
Hairdresser
Aug 1943
Holiday
Gadabout
Dec 1943
Swing
Bang
Dec 1943
Neat
Rhythm
Mar 1944
Crisply
Coiffed
Mar 1944
American
Hair Fashions
Aug 1944
Perfect
Pin Curls
Oct 1944
Beauty
Culture
Feb 1945
Modern
Beauty
Feb 1945
American
Hairdresser
Aug 1945
American
Hairdresser
Oct 1945
American
Hairdresser
Apr 1946
American
Hairdresser
Dec 1946

American
Hairdresser
Dec 1946
American
Hairdresser
Dec 1946
American
Hairdresser
Dec 1946
After- Dark
Splendor
Dec 1947
Properly
Short
Dec 1947
Perfect
Waves
Wave of
Excitement
Feb 1949
Wave of
Elegance
Feb 1949
Campus
Caper
Feb 1949
First
Nighter
Feb 1949
     



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