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1940s Hairstyle Book by Morris (Vintage Hairstyling)

1940s Hairstyle Book by Morris (Vintage Hairstyling) Creative Hair Styling 1940s Swirls, Curls and Water Waving Techniques by Alfred Morris CONDITION: new, softcover, crisp and glossy covers, 2008, 151 pages, unabridged, size: 6.69×9.61, published by Bramcost PublicationsOriginally published in 1948 and considered to be one of the rarest styling books of the era, this book covers general principles of hairdressing as well as the components necessary to create fantastic 1940s styles. Creating pin curls, direction of lines, proper finger positions, and other techniques are demonstrated. The author breaks the hairstyle portion of the book down into 12 basic pin curl settings with detailed illustrations. These pin curl settings are numbered, with each hairstyle referencing the number of the pin curl setting to use when creating each style. Twelve hairstyles are demonstrated with an easy-to-use chart. Another 9 hairstyles with instructions are located in the Swirl, Sweep and Roll chapters and an additional 11 hairstyles can be found in the Hair Style Designs chapter of the book. Beautiful updos still fashionable today can be learned from this book including the Bolster Roll, Olympia, Harmony, Aspiration, Prestige, Magnifique and many others. A large section of the book is devoted to water waving with 34 illustrations and 20 pages walking you through the process of setting the hair, joining the waves, placing the curls, and then creating different hairstyles based on the parting of the hair including a center parting, full pompadour, semi-pompadour, and double dip pompadour. Instructions are also provided for creating waves using setting combs. The book also contains chapters on: Shaping and Tapering for Successful StylingArt of CurlingArt and Practice of Water WavingHairline and Practical SettingWater Waving With Setting CombsDrying the Hair After Water WavingDefinition of BeautyPrinciples of PhysiognomyStyling to TypeAdapting Postiche to Modern HairdressingCockscomb DesignVariations of the Bang DesignSide SwirlSide Swept V RollPage Boy DesignHair Style DesignsModern Hair Fashions Influenced by Historical HairdressingPlease see images for a sampling of the instructions and styles. Be sure to check our other listings for more vintage hairstyle books. Bramcost Publications is your publishing resource for vintage lifestyle books and patterns. Our books/patterns focus on the way our foremothers and forefathers lived, laughed and loved in their everyday lives. Beauty, fashion, millinery, entertaining and handicrafts are the building blocks of our book/pattern offerings with an emphasis on VINTAGE:makeup, hairstyling, beautysewing, pattern drafting, fashion designknitting and crochet patternsmillinery, hat construction, hat patternsbeadwork, jewelry makingribbonwork, embroidery, embellishments, quiltingweddings, bridal interestpaper dolls, doll books, doll clothes patternsChristmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine?s Day holiday celebrations