vintage hairstyles

Many pictures from the 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s to help with your search for vintage hairstyles and other helpful information from that time period.

Vintage hairstyles like this one are really taking off right now and if you like to be trendy and edgy, take a look. You will be seeing more women with this Betty Paige look just like what we see with this model.

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This celebrity beauty is looking exceptionally glamorous with a retro 40s flash back similar to former Hollywood stars like Lauren Bacall.

Reese's spin on a 40s Hairstyle

Reese's 1940s Hairstyle

She is seen here at the "Four Christmases" World Premiere wearing a black strapless number. Her lovely blonde locks are mid length with a deep side part that swoops her bangs over the forehead with a deliberate bend that gives way to gentle waves and end in a tighter curl at the bottom. The other side tucked behind one ear.

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1940s Vintage Roll Hairstyle

This young woman is sporting a typical 40s roll hairstyle that is adorned with a headband of flowers. Women and girls of this time period usually used rollers at night with wet hair and slept on them to awake in the morning with neatly curled locks. These were the days before blow-dryers.

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Here is a great example of the classic 60s bouffant flip hairstyle.

 

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This one has huge volume with lots of back combing to create a big hump. The ends flip up to add a sassy edge to this 'do. She has a full bang and the length is ear level well up off of the shoulder. This woman is also sporting some great fashion ideas from this time like a cropped blouse and straight legged pants that hit above the ankle.

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girl with a 60s hairdo and curlers

O.K., so if you are old enough to remember the 60s, you might recall wearing curlers to get the look, or might have memories of seeing women in the grocery stores with hairnets and those curl things especially if you were just a kid back then. If you were not born yet, consider yourself lucky that you did not have to endure this. This pre-teen girl is playing with some younger children while her locks dry into perfect little curls on the top of her head. This was any easy way to get some lift for those poofy 'dos. Notice the neatly arranged group of short strands right in front of her ear. They used Dippity Do for that.

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