Hair Styling
Sideburns for Girls
The Fresno Bee - Jan 14, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 15, 2023 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling, 1960s
Newana Gayfish, Native American Flapper
Get the full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 27, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Fads, Wives, Hair Styling, 1920s, Native Americans
Chest Wig
Looks more like a chest carpet than a chest wig.
Marshfield News-Herald - July 22, 1975
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 31, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #408
"He risked his life and did us a great service--but he's got a bad haircut."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 24, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hair Styling, 1960s
Hair Dressing with Quinine
Source.
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Eau de Quinine compound hair tonic was introduced in the 1850s by Ed. Pinaud’s (Edouard Pinaud), a Paris parfumerie. Advertisements indicate that the product was sold into the 1960s. Quinine is a toxic alkaloid derived from the cinchona tree. When heavily diluted, it was used in hair products, specifically as a treatment for hair loss. Pinaud’s was advertised as the favorite hair dressing of "Cultured Women" and the only tonic "used by the crowned heads of Europe." It was an "indispensable preparation for the refined toilet" with a "delicate fragrance that overpowers the unpleasant effects of excessive oiliness on the scalp. Pinaud’s product was imported to the United States from France and many barbers apparently tried to pass off domestic preparations as genuine Eau de Quinine. In the mid-1920s, Pinaud filed an injunction against companies making the counterfeit product.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 27, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Hair Styling, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #331
Puppet experts are always to be trusted.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 20, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hair Styling, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Electric Hairdo
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 04, 2017 -
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Category: Hair Styling, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #267
It's funny, because women don't know which end of a lathe is up!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 08, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, Tools, Hair Styling, 1960s, Women
Norwegian Navy Beard Form
If sailors in the Norwegian Navy want to grow a beard, they must submit a form requesting permission to do so. This form should include a drawing of what their beard will look like. Redditor "aellgutta" recently shared a photo of such a form that he submitted, along with a translation:
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 28, 2015 -
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Category: Military, Hair Styling
Hair Fertilizer
Les Hoten's miracle cure for baldness: mix together chicken manure, fine sand, and potash, and rub it all on your head. It's guaranteed to work!
Sources: The Lodi News-Sentinel - Nov 27, 1967; and The Daily Courier - Sep 28, 1967.
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 07, 2015 -
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Category: Hair Styling, 1960s
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