1940s HAIRSTYLES HOW TO FANCY DRESS PIN-UP HAIR 1940's

This unique 88 page book is compiled from two rare publications 'How To Dress Your Own Hair' 1st edition 1944 and 'How It's Done......Hairstyles For You' 1st edition 1948.  Both are now in the public domain.

There was a time when women learned the art of styling their own hair. On Fridays and Saturdays, female friends and relatives would style each other’s hair-do ready to go out on the town . If you were adept in the skill you would style your own.

Alas, because of convenience in a busy world, women now rely heavily on hairdressers and GHD's.

The skills needed for a 1940s and early 1950s hairstyle (before rollers became popular) were how to do finger waves and pin curls.

This book will teach you through simple instructions and pictures how you can recreate the styles from the 1940's.  How to create those pin curls and fingerwaves.

Like all creative skills it does takes practice but the end results are worth it.

This is a re-formatted, re-typed and graphically enhanced wire bound publication.  The advantage of being wire bound is that the book will lay flat on a surface while working from it.

As you can see, all the styles use a combination of finger waves & pin curls, simply explained with diagrams and instructions on how & where to place your waves & curls. 

Contents Book one 'How To Dress Your Own Hair' Dress your own hair * Instructions for finger waving * Making the curls * The back Pompadour * The front Pompadour * The back sweep Pompadour curl * The wave curl * The brush back with wave and fluff * The roll back of the side sections * The back sweep with the curls or fluff * The side wave with curls * The side fluff curls with the swing curl * The plain wave with curly ends * The soft fluffy back *Waves with fluff * The waves with roll curls * Swirl wave back with curls * The victory curl * The up-do * The page boy Book two 'How It's Done......Hairstyles For You'  Introduction * The two hairstyling principles * What is a good haircut? * The four basic hairstyle groups * How to select the most becoming hairstyles for the different face types * How to arrange hair to overcome facial and head defects * How to finger wave - How to make sculpture curls * Little girl hairstyles how to set, how to comb * Teen age hairstyles how to set, how to comb * Hairstyles for 20 to 60 age group how to set, how to comb * Bangs and rolls  how to set, how to comb

PLUS  We've added the following: How to make Side 'Victory' Rolls,
a knitting pattern for a Snood and how to wear it correctly.

The authors of both books realised that 'ordinary' women wanted to be able to style their own hair.

Quotes from both authors

'How To Dress Your Own Hair'

"This book is written for those ladies who would like to dress their own hair in the latest styles. It will save them both time and money.

Having been in the hairdressing business for many years, I have met ladies who are able to dress their own hair as well as any hairdresser.

WHY NOT YOU?

With a little time and study you can arrange any of the combination of styles that are described and illustrated herein to suit any individual."

'How It's Done......Hairstyles For You' 

"THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK is to present professional hairstyling methods in a simplified and easy-to-understand way, so that all may benefit from the heretofore closely guarded secrets of the master hairstylists."

Most of these hairstyles and techniques continued to be popular into the early 1950s

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1940s Hairstyles