http://www.retrobelles.com Appropriate Manicures For Normal, Square, Pear Shaped Nails - Modern Beauty Shop November 1940||||171||||2010/3/28 Appropriate Manicuresby ALVENA STOVER, Shoreham Hairdressing Salon, Chicago.Fingernails may be just fingernails to the layman. but every manicurist should train herself to recognize differences in nail shapes and types. The tendency of the nails to break and chip, the durability of the polish applic... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=28/03/2010&EventID=171 Classic Grace - Modern Beauty Shop November 1940||||170||||2010/4/2 November comes nipping into the scheme of things, setting spirits a tingle as indoor-outdoor calendars of things-to-do grow increasingly exciting! Right now you can be sure almost every patron is on the hunt for "a new personality" .... a mood she can slip on in this moment of exhilaration and feel ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=02/04/2010&EventID=170 Formality Returns - Modern Beauty Shop November 1940||||169||||2010/3/27 FORMALITY RETURNS!Coiffure by CHARLES BOCK. New York CityThe new formal season rolls in with drama! As for the fashions that will lead the vogue this Fall and Winter of 1940-41, formal dresses are classically simple, yet pepped up with exciting ornamentation. swoopy drapes and graceful flares.... Li... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=27/03/2010&EventID=169 Collegiana - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||168||||2010/4/1 Collegiana by MISS KAY, Bullock's Westwood Salon, L.A., Calif.No wonder Hollywood's lovely Barbara Britton looks so gay! And who wouldn't if she wore this ravishing hairdo that so smartly fills the need of any college lass or young modern who wants a double-duty mode? Perfect for afternoon and equa... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=01/04/2010&EventID=168 Feather Tape . . . . A Feather Bob Shaping Technique - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||167||||2010/3/29 FEATHER TAPE" •••• . . . . A Feather Bob Shaping Technique The "Feather Tape" method of shaping short hair is ideal for feather bobs, I find, for it tends to bring out all the curliness of a natural wave tendency or a permanent wave. It does this by eliminating excess bulk and excess length, both of... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=29/03/2010&EventID=167 Feather Bob Hats - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||166||||2010/3/31 Doll size hats that perch at provocative angles atop short feather bobs are big news for the coming cool weather season. Three small, but important, examples are pictured here dashed over crisp curls beautifully tapered to three-four inches, permanent waved and artfully dressed to show the hair to b... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=31/03/2010&EventID=166 Feather Fluff - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||165||||2010/3/28 Because it's pretty and practical . .so style-right for any occasion or need. . . . your patron will want this smart shortie to carry her through Midsummer and right into the approaching Fall season. A softly waved pompadour swings high to blend with feather puffs and curls which tumble all about ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=28/03/2010&EventID=165 Hands That Work . . . Hands That Play - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||164||||2010/4/3 HANDS THAT WORK . . . . HANDS THAT PLAY HANDS THAT WORKThese hands knitting for an American soldier symbolize all the feminine hands engaged in countless phases of active work. . . . loading munitions, welding rivets, driving motor trucks, performing any of the vital victory jobs American women are ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=03/04/2010&EventID=164 1940s Lips Make-up Guide||||163||||2010/2/27 To Hollywood must go much credit for many phases of our educational development via the painless movie entertainment route. But along with this women have absorbed and adopted many ideas in fashion and grooming altogether incongruous with daily life. Through a general misconception and misjudgement ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=27/02/2010&EventID=163 1940s - How to Style Arched Eyebrows||||162||||2010/2/24 Let's discuss first the right and wrong methods of arching the brows, since arching might well be considered a basic eye service. We have found that a carefully developed arching technique, which the client finds pleasant and satisfactory, will gradually win her to other eye services. ( Caution - Be... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=24/02/2010&EventID=162 1940s Nail Manicure - Half Moon - White Tip||||161||||2010/2/26 My operators find that polish goes on smoother and faster if a flexible brush with long bristles is used. If a new brush is too heavy to be flexible, the bristles are thinned out with manicure scissors as illustrated in Figure 1, but the bristles are not shortened. The hairs are cut out, one at a ti... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=26/02/2010&EventID=161 Part Five Of Our 1940s Hairstyles Picture Gallery||||160||||2010/3/16 Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in our Retrobelles Store... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/03/2010&EventID=160 Part Four Of Our 1940s Hairstyles Picture Gallery||||159||||2010/3/16 Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in our Retrobelles Store... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/03/2010&EventID=159 Part Three Of Our 1940s Hairstyles Picture Gallery||||158||||2010/3/16 Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in our Retrobelles Store... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/03/2010&EventID=158 Part Two Of Our 1940s Hairstyles Picture Gallery||||157||||2010/3/16 Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in our Retrobelles Store... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/03/2010&EventID=157 Part One Of Our 1940s Hairstyles Picture Gallery||||156||||2010/3/16 Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in our Retrobelles Store... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/03/2010&EventID=156 Round The Town - Modern Beauty Shop November 1940||||155||||2010/3/26 It's like NBC's Gracie Allen to wear a care free pattern of brush-curls and a tuft of feathery bangs. This wise choice of style was made by Louise of the Anne Meredith Salon in Hollywood, who designed the mode and called it " 'Round the Town." Note the casual diagonal waves set low on the crow... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=26/03/2010&EventID=155 Love of your Life - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||153||||2010/3/27 Love-of-your-Life by E. RUDY, Rudy Beauty Shop, Pasadena, Calif.It is radio's popular songstress, Harriet Hilliard, who wears this sprite-like ringlet coif with such aplomb . . . . and your patrons will be sure to ask you for just such a youthful style, especially when you tell them how easy it is t... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=27/03/2010&EventID=153 Careerist - Modern Beauty Shop November 1940||||152||||2010/3/30 "Careerist,"presented by Mrs. Ethel Judson Babcock of Elkhorn, Wis., gives the lie to "a style can't be practical and pretty." Of course it can with a little careful planning. This modified left-side pompadour and the waved right temple wing will bounce back after any number of recombings, a... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=30/03/2010&EventID=152 The Service Trim - Modern Beauty Shop August 1942||||150||||2010/3/25 The Service TrimWho says there can't be versatility in hairstyles worn with uniform caps? Who says that every woman, or even the same woman must look the same every day? With one basic styling, Johnny Monaco shows two different hairdos that are short, practical and equally lovely under the pert capw... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=25/03/2010&EventID=150 Pretty and Purposeful - Modern Beauty Shop November 1942||||149||||2010/3/21 This classic shortie, good for any season and any occasion, wins victorious applause for the woman who wears it. The short, practical length makes it easy to manage. The feminine swish of the fluffed-out curls assures the wearer of a becoming coif, a "style-right" appearance wherever she goes. The h... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=21/03/2010&EventID=149 Evening Star - Modern Beauty Shop November 1942||||148||||2010/3/21 Slated for sure social success, this bewitching mode is just in time to greet the approaching holiday season . . . . to be, indeed, the stellar coiffure of any gala evening. Many of your patrons will want sprightly hairdos for holiday merrymaking . . . and what young miss wouldn't feel festive in an... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=21/03/2010&EventID=148 Feathery Favorite - Modern Beauty Shop November 1942||||147||||2010/3/15 Way out in front of the fashion parade is this trig version of the short feather bob, prime favorite for all seasons and all occasions. And once again the feather bob proves its versatility by cleverly adapting to its own lines the growing trend toward more waves, producing thereby a practical combi... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=15/03/2010&EventID=147 Modern Beauty Shop November 1942 - Pattern For Patriots||||146||||2010/3/17 On active duty in the ranks of the ever growing group of women in war work, Gracie Allen, in her trim uniform, her jaunty overseas cap, her War Stamp corsage and her snappy short hairdo, is pictured in her real life role as a member of the American Women's Voluntary Services. This popular film star ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=17/03/2010&EventID=146 Modern Beauty Shop November 1942 - The NHCA Hairstyle Contest 1st Prize||||145||||2010/3/18 If you like this style, you can find the setting and combing instructions inside our publication 'Modern Beauty ShopAug1942- July 1943 - Nov 1940 - Nov 1942 - The Best Bits" available as an immediate download pdf file in our Retrobelles StoreDisclaimer - Yes, we have to state it.This Article is mean... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/03/2010&EventID=145 Modern Beauty Shop November 1942 - The Challenge Shield 1st Place Finger Waving||||144||||2010/3/18 The Challenge Shield 1st Place Finger WavingIf you like this style, you can find the setting and combing instructions inside our publication 'Modern Beauty ShopAug1942- July 1943 - Nov 1940 - Nov 1942 - The Best Bits" available as an immediate download pdf file in our Retrobelles StoreDisclaimer - ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/03/2010&EventID=144 Modern Beauty Shop November 1942 - The Challenge Shield Finger Wave||||143||||2010/3/18 If you like this style, you can find the setting and combing instructions inside our publication 'Modern Beauty ShopAug1942- July 1943 - Nov 1940 - Nov 1942 - The Best Bits" available as an immediate download pdf file in our Retrobelles StoreDisclaimer - Yes, we have to state it.This Article is mean... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/03/2010&EventID=143 Modern Beauty Shop November 1942 - The Challenge Shield Coiffures||||142||||2010/3/18 This year the Challenge Shield, handsome award presented by the Coiffure Guild of New York at the annual National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Assn. convention held in Chicago, Sept. 21-24, went to Karllo Haleczky, Detroit, Mich., whose combined points in the finger wave and marcel wave divisions... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/03/2010&EventID=142 The Liberty - Modern Beauty Shop November 1942||||141||||2010/3/20 Reflecting the 1943 "Liberty" style prediction of the Coiffure Guild of New York is this versatile mode by VIRGINIA FARRELL of Detroit, presented at the recent NHCA convention in Chicago. Combining lines for service as well as elegance .... four to six inch length on sides and top, tapered to three ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=20/03/2010&EventID=141 Winged Victory - Modern Beauty Shop November 1942||||140||||2010/3/16 "Winged Victory" - Drene's Costume Coiffure Of The MonthSmart, new, smoothly waved version of the short feather-cut. Note the interesting "Wings" spreading from the center-part; the professional lines of the softly brushed curls. This trim, well-groomed and easy-to-manage hair- do is the ideal compl... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/03/2010&EventID=140 More Formal - Modern Beauty Shop November 1942||||139||||2010/3/19 More Formal. . . Still Simple. . . Short. . .More Waves!That's The Hairstyle News For Winter! Coifureby JOHN PASSILIA. John of Bey Ridge. Brooklyn. N. Y. What's new for Winter? Hairstyles go more formal, yet the trend still runs toward simple formality, appropriate for wartime. Evening hairdos this... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=19/03/2010&EventID=139 Campus Queen - Modern Beauty Shop - February 1941||||138||||2010/3/23 Campus Queen by THEO AERTS, Aerts Beauty Salon, Los Angeles,Calif.Posed by PHYLLIS RUTH, NBC If you like this style, you can find the setting and combing instructions inside our publication 'Modern Beauty Shop Aug1942- July 1943 - Nov 1940 - Nov 1942 - The Best Bits" available as an immediate down... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=23/03/2010&EventID=138 Glamourette - Modern Beauty Shop - February 1941||||137||||2010/3/23 Glamourette FRED YOUR HAIRDRESSER, Madison, N. J. If you like this style, you can find the setting and combing instructions inside our publication 'Modern Beauty Shop Aug1942- July 1943 - Nov 1940 - Nov 1942 - The Best Bits" available as an immediate download pdf file in our Retrobelles StoreDisc... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=23/03/2010&EventID=137 Growing Up - Modern Beauty Shop - February 1941||||136||||2010/3/23 GrowingUp by ERNEST BAUERLE, Bauerle Beauty Salon, Chicago If you like this style, you can find the setting and combing instructions inside our publication 'Modern Beauty Shop Aug1942- July 1943 - Nov 1940 - Nov 1942 - The Best Bits" available as an immediate download pdf file in our Retrobelles ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=23/03/2010&EventID=136 Chic at Eight - Modern Beauty Shop - February 1941||||135||||2010/3/22 February . . . . and time for all progressive beauty shop owners to be "on the mark"and "set" for the second-semester fashion race for the young crowd. There's an undeniable thrill for the little girl or big if she can enter the new class with a new outfit from top to toe,which, of course, presupp... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=22/03/2010&EventID=135 It's Party Time - Modern Beauty Shop - February 1941||||134||||2010/3/22 Coiffure by GEORGE JAHN, Chelsea Hotel Salon, Atlantic City, N. J.February is "party month." Midwinter socials are in full swing and three special occasions. . . . Valentine's Day, Lincoln's birthday and Washington's birthday. . . . come rushing in with parties in their wake. So step up your profit... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=22/03/2010&EventID=134 1940s 1950s Hairstyles - Can You Fix A Switch? - Hair Extensions Part II - Chignons||||124||||2010/3/12 From 'Modern Beauty Shop'The following back arrangements can easily be achieved when the two-strand switch is attached to the head in the manner illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. See Part IDraped Effect: Figure 7—First cross the ends of the two-strand switch, placing the strand on the right on top of ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=12/03/2010&EventID=124 1940s 1950s Hairstyles - Can You Fix A Switch? - Hair Extensions - Part I - How To Secure||||123||||2010/3/9 From 'Modern Beauty Shop'Here's How To Secure and Arrange Extra Hairpieces in Modern EffectsDo you know how to pin on an extra hairpiece so it will stay in place? Or how to arrange an extra hairpiece, once it's on the head, in really chic effects? Here are full instructions in this phase of the hair... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=09/03/2010&EventID=123 How To Do 1950s Updo's for Weddings and Proms||||105||||2010/3/4 We've just added a fantastic new PDF re-publication to our store.Click here for more details1950s Hairstyles for Long Hair Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in our Retrobelles Store... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=04/03/2010&EventID=105 1950s Hairstyle - Gracious Lady - Tip Top Curlers||||104||||2010/2/18 (#400) Wave Clip (#2172) Springless Curler (#1044) Tuck Comb Luscious waves formed by 4" Wave Clips. Regular-sized metal curlers form clusters of soft curls at sides and back. Firm grip Tuck Comb, one of attractive Tip-Top Combs, used to assure lasting neatness.Digital PDF books with step by step... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/02/2010&EventID=104 1950s Hairstyle - Little Miss - Tip Top Curlers||||103||||2010/2/17 "Little Miss" soft plastic curlers for comfy curling and selection of Barrettes by Tip-Top in jewel box or on cards for pretty neatness. Featherweight metal Tail Holders for pigtails and tiny ponytails. Ring Combs for ponytails.Digital PDF books with step by step instructions to create greatlookin... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=17/02/2010&EventID=103 1950s Hairstyle - Continental - Tip Top Curlers||||102||||2010/2/16 (#300) Wave Clips (#18) Curved Curl Clip (#2290) Hair Clamp Part hair in middle and set in deepwaves with wave clips on each side. Set 4 pincurls on each side toward back with curved curl clip. Smooth short hair in back toward right and set in place with one large hair clamp to get natural look.Di... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/02/2010&EventID=102 1950s Hairstyle - Classique - Tip Top Curlers||||101||||2010/2/14 (#16) Tiny Curl Clipette, Curved (#2331) Regular Vinyl Curler 3 pin curls on top for deep swirl toward face. Regular-sized soft plastic curlers (in pink, blue,crystal or brown) form close curling in back. Ideal style for straight hair—gives sleek, simple lines.Digital PDF books with step by step... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=14/02/2010&EventID=101 1950s Hairstyle - Pageboy - Tip Top Curlers||||100||||2010/2/15 (#15) Tiny Curl Clipette, Flat (#618) Hair Roller and Clamp (#2333) Giant Dream Curler Part hair low on right. Set one hair roller on forehead rolled up. On right side use one vertical row of curls toward face. Set 2 flat curl clips on temple on left side; 2 curls above and 1 curl behind ear with... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=15/02/2010&EventID=100 1950s Hairstyle - Bouf -Puff - Tip Top Curlers||||99||||2010/2/13 (#617) Hair Roller and Clamp (#618) Hair Roller and Clamp Comb 11/4" of center top hair straight back. Use 6 regular rollers and clamps to set top of hair rolling hair round roller away from center part. Use smaller rollers on sides. Wind sides upward on rollers; back on rollers going down. Brush ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=13/02/2010&EventID=99 1950s Hairstyle - Coquette - Tip Top Curlers||||98||||2010/2/12 (#10) Gee Gee Curler Regular (#2168) "Shortie" Metal Curler Special flattery for square faces. Wind 1st row top-lock toward face. Comb out away from face for puff attop. 2nd row wound away from face. "Shorties" used in back are thick as regular curlers, only 11/2" long.Digital PDF books with step... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=12/02/2010&EventID=98 1950s Hairstyle - Campus Casual - Tip Top Curlers||||97||||2010/2/11 (#15) Tiny Curl Clipette, Flat (#18) Cone Center-Curved Curl Clip (#2335) "Sleepies" Plastic Curler Set top bang loose with 3 flat typecurl clipettes facing right. Make low right part slanted to crown.Set 3 pincurls with curved curl clips on sides. Roll hair under inback with two rows of "Sleepie... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=11/02/2010&EventID=97 1950s Hairstyle - Career Girl - Tip Top Curlers||||96||||2010/2/10 (#18) Cone center-curved curl clip (#2521/1) Wire Hair RollerPart hair off center for length of roller only. Set top hair on five covered wire rollers. Set 2 rows of large pincurls with regular curl clips on each side toward face. Divide hair in back and set two rows with regular curl clips follo... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=10/02/2010&EventID=96 1950s Hairstyle - Softee - Tip Top Curlers||||95||||2010/2/9 (# 2333) Giant Viny Curler ( #15) Tiny Curl Clipette, Flat Flattering for long, oval faces. Thick, soft plastic curler gives puffy effect. Flat pin curl clips for soft toplock effect. Part slants from over right eye to left of center in back.... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=09/02/2010&EventID=95 1940s Salon Owners Saved Time and Money||||94||||2010/2/7 An interesting article from 1942SAVE TIME!SAVE EQUIPMENT!SAVE YOUR ENERGY TO HELP WIN THE WAR!Practical Suggestions for Wartime Short Cutsby ALBERT of Fifth Avenue, New York CitySave on Hairstyling!Encouraging my patrons to accept the new trend toward more waves and fewer curls in their hairstyles i... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=07/02/2010&EventID=94 General 1940s Hair Questions and Answers||||70||||2010/1/10 Genuine questions in vintage articles from the 1940s. We'll be adding more Q and A's to this entry as we come across them in our collection. Q. How can I make a high pompadour stay in place? The hair seems to buckle when combed high, and the waves do not remain smooth.A. To give the required ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=10/01/2010&EventID=70 Pin curls - Questions and Answers||||69||||2010/2/1 Genuine questions in vintage articles from the 1940s. We'll be adding more Q and A's on pin curls to this entry as we come across them in our collection Q. Will you please give me a few pointers on the method of making waves by means of pin curls? When I try this technique, my waves... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=01/02/2010&EventID=69 Marcel Waving - How It's Done (Circa 1930) pt.3||||38||||2010/1/18 Waving Bandeaux and Parted Dressings. When the operator has mastered the fundamentals of Marcel waving—the art can be fairly quickly mastered with conscientious and assiduous practice—lie must turn his attention to the execution of the various styles of waving that are ap... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/01/2010&EventID=38 Marcel Waving - How It's Done (Circa 1930) pt.2||||37||||2010/1/17 Modern Method of Marcel Waving (Still circa 1930) As already indicated, Marcel waving is based on certain fundamental rules, and, although many ingenious attempts have been made from time to time to get away from these fundamentals, the hairdresser who desires... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=17/01/2010&EventID=37 Marcel Waving - How It's Done (Circa 1930) pt.1||||36||||2010/1/16 These were the GHD's of their day. Marcel waving Irons can be easily found. However, very few come with instructions on their use. The Original Method of Marcel Waving Marcel proceeded on the basis... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=16/01/2010&EventID=36 Cowlicks pt 6 - At The Nape||||35||||2010/2/23 AT THE NAPE A cowlick on the nape presents no problem at all if it is hidden with curls. But, many women with nape cowlicks prefer an up-in-back mode; others find a short, tapered style more becoming. Correct ways of minimizing the nape cowlick in either case are sketched. F... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=23/02/2010&EventID=35 Cowlicks pt 5 - Two on Crown||||34||||2010/2/22 TWO ON CROWN Complications in dressing the hair are likely to arise when two cowlicks occur on the back of the crown, but there are two good ways of correcting this double nuisance. First: in the majority of cases, one cowlick is more stubborn, harder to handle, than the oth... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=22/02/2010&EventID=34 Cowlicks pt 4 - At Crown Top||||33||||2010/2/21 AT CROWN TOP Here. again, to make stubborn hairs around a cowlick lie flat on the crown, the main rule to remember is to part the hair directly through the center of the cowlick. The dotted lines indicate various directions the part may take, but note that each suggested part ha... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=21/02/2010&EventID=33 Cowlicks pt 3 - Directly In Center||||32||||2010/2/20 DIRECTLY IN CENTER When a cowlick occurs directly at the center front, the easiest way to make unruly hairs lie flat is to part the hair through the middle of the cowlick and give a centerpart. However, a center part may not be becoming to w... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=20/02/2010&EventID=32 Cowlicks pt 2 - Two at the Hairline||||30||||2010/2/19 TWO AT THE HAIRLINE This double cowlick problem frequently arises, but it is easy to correct. In the case illustrated, one cowlick occurs at the left temple, another just above the right temple at a point likely to interfere with a right side part. In the correctly dre... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=19/02/2010&EventID=30 Cowlicks pt 1 - At Front off Center||||28||||2010/2/18 A cowlick often presents to the hairdresser a serious interference with the lovely hairstyle he plans to create. If the cowlick lies in the path of a part he wants to make .... it spoils a nice hairline effect .... or it jumps up at the wrong place and ruins a wave! But sometimes, what the hairdr... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=18/02/2010&EventID=28 1940s Dressing Jacket - Knitting Pattern||||25||||2010/1/6 Dressing Jacket - 1943 MATER1ALS.-7 ozs. 3-ply knitting wool in pale green, 1 oz. dark green. 1 pair each Nos. 9 and 12 knitting needles. MEASUREMENTS.—Length, 20 ins., Bust. 35-36 ins. Sleeve seam 5 1/2 Ins. TENSION.-6 1/2 sts. to 1 inch. ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=06/01/2010&EventID=25 1940s Snood - Crochet Pattern||||24||||2010/1/28 CROCHET SNOOD - 1943 Ideal to show off your 40's hairstyles MATERIALS.-- 1/2 oz. 2-ply wool. A No. 1 steel crochet hook and a length of round elastic. ABBREVIATIONS. —Ch.. chain: d.... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=28/01/2010&EventID=24 Solo - curler comb split rat tail||||21||||2010/1/8 The comb that curls. Features a split rat - tail to simplify hair curling. Made of plastic. You can find these on auction sites but they often have no display card or instructionsDigital PDF books with step by step instruction to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s ... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=08/01/2010&EventID=21 Solo - Curler comb||||20||||2010/1/9 You can find these on auction sites but they often have no display card or instructions A double utility comb. Perfect for resetting permanents. Fashioned in heavyweight acetate. Features aluminum spring-lock cover.Digital PDF books with step by step instruction to create greatlooking ha... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=09/01/2010&EventID=20 Solo - Twin curler||||19||||2010/1/14 Two curl rollers in one Makes thick and thin curls in double quick time. Fashioned of aluminum. No sharp ends to catch the hair. Instructions on card 1 Catch ends of hair between the prongs 2 Roll up. Fasten with a bob pin and with... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=14/01/2010&EventID=19 Solo - curl roller||||18||||2010/1/12 Instructions on card 1 Catch ends of hair between the prongs 2 Roll up. Fasten with a bob pin and withdraw the roller You may come across this item either on eBay or yard/garage/estate sales but they often have no display card or instructio... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=12/01/2010&EventID=18 Solo - curl roller||||17||||2010/1/7 Instructions on card 1 Catch ends of hair between the prongs 2 Roll up. Fasten with a bob pin and withdraw the roller Digital PDF books with step by step instruction to create greatlooking hairstyles from the 30s, 40s and 50s are available in o... http://www.retrobelles.com/blog.asp?date=07/01/2010&EventID=17 Solo - Ringlet rollers and clips||||16||||2010/1/4 An exclusive Solo feature... outstanding improvement in ringlet curlers. Creates the loveliest ringlet curls quickly and easily. 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