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  1. MaryMary

    Interesting vintage pin curl and waving tools

    Thanks Olive! Yeah totally know what you mean about hair damage! The good news is that there are tons of ways to wave without heat, if you have the patience to let it dry! I have the waving clamps, but never have time to use them!
  2. MaryMary

    Interesting vintage pin curl and waving tools

    Thanks Olive! Ok, here is a pic of how it looked - It is really similar to a modern waving iron...not quite as good as the traditional finger wave technique but considering I had my whole head done in about 10 mins...it worked in a pinch!
  3. MaryMary

    Interesting vintage pin curl and waving tools

    Ok, just thought I would update you guys on my marcel iron...I tried it ( was nervous the whole time) and it worked beautifully on my hair! It didn't overheat or burn my hair, it actually was pretty gentle on it, and it produced a cool wave - it sort of reminds me of the same wave I get from my...
  4. MaryMary

    The ones that got away

    Two of the patterns are almost identical to each other as well.....that is a head scratcher.
  5. MaryMary

    The ones that got away

    Wow...did anyone watch the 1930's knitting pattern book on ebay? http://www.ebay.com/itm/280857681859?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 It went for $400....such a cool book, I have never seen one bound like that. Mary
  7. MaryMary

    Interesting vintage pin curl and waving tools

    Ok....so that is probably one of the stupidest questions I have asked yet....(lol always trying to beat my own record) I just got my hands on a 1920's electric marcel waver and it WORKS! I am sooooooo tempted to try it despite every rational voice in my head saying I am going to scald my hair...
  8. MaryMary

    Calling Toronto FLers!

    I think all stores here have been summed up nicely, the only place I would mentioned is a little shop called Mrs. Huizenga's on Roncesvalles ...lately it has been totally spruced up and she has a lot of awesome vintage items, mostly I buy household items from there but I have found two gorgeous...
  9. MaryMary

    The Cleaning Clothes (vintage or other) Thread

    I have been trying to search on here for cleaning knitted dresses, 30's to 50's....I have a few of them and some are pretty dingy. Would these be dry clean only items?
  10. MaryMary

    The Cleaning Clothes (vintage or other) Thread

    Wow! Drappa that stuff looks amazing, if it actually does work...I was won over just by their web site....hahaha
  11. MaryMary

    Are my hot sticks busted???

    Ok...thank you for replying because until you said that I hadn't noticed that the "light" wasn't a real light but just one of those coloured marks that turn colour when they are ready...LOL wow how did I miss that one??? Anyway, I plugged them in and noticed that on mine, the spot goes very very...
  13. MaryMary

    How to do my hair for the Titanic...

    If you would like more help on what would be Edwardian-era appropriate, I recommend the ladies over at the yahoo group Titanic Dresses. I am the creater/moderator of the group and can vouch for the experience of everyone there! (Nikki, who was mentioned earlier, is a member and she has much...
  14. MaryMary

    Are my hot sticks busted???

    Hi ladies, To those of you who have hot sticks for your do's, I have a question: so I just bought two hot stick sets off of ebay, and I used them last weekend. The only thing is that I had them heating for 30 mins and the indicator light still was not turning on... After 30 minutes I gave...
  15. MaryMary

    The ones that got away

    Did anyone notice the gorgeous green 30's 40's cotton day dress on Ebay? Sadly it was already lost to me when I saw it go above $85 but I honestly never predicted it would go to $213!!!! I love it, but when I think of some of the gorgeous evening gowns I could buy with that price tag...I...
  16. MaryMary

    Damaged dress, what should I do?

    Miss Sofia - how awful! Yes good thing you had safety pins! I am slowly learning to always be prepared! Sheeplady: yes you are right...I actually am beginning to hesitate to shop from this store anymore - it is known to be very overpriced to begin with - I was mentioning on another post that...
  17. MaryMary

    Damaged dress, what should I do?

    Thanks so much ladies for all of your help, suggestions and your sympathies....I know now that a lot of you have been there done that! I now see it is just the risk you run of buying vintage...this is the first time this has ever happened to me so I just wasn't sure if this was a common...
  19. MaryMary

    Damaged dress, what should I do?

    Hi Ladies, I hope you can be my jury and tell me what I should do in this situation: I purchased a silk 1950's wiggle dress from a shop here in the TO, and I love it to death, it is absolutely my favourite. It was really smelly and grimy feeling so I took it to my dry cleaner who cleans...
  20. MaryMary

    1930s hairstyles with long hair?

    I actually just watched a move recently from 1930 called Extravagance - you can actually view it online for free...anyway, the point is I was really shocked when I saw the lead female actress had long hair - like at least to her shoulders, maybe a little bit past that. It is actually a good...
  21. MaryMary

    Please help me find these rollers!

    Yes they definitely have wires, they just give the illusion of a cloth tie. But, the wires make it really easy to secure. I like the look, except sometimes I need smaller curlers around my head, so I usually use the pillow rollers for the back of my head when I want the curl to be a bit looser...
  22. MaryMary

    The ones that got away

    I agree - I don't think I'd pay that much either - lovely as it is. It used to be that those prices were reserved for the more elegant evening gowns. These prices seem to be common place now sadly. It is even more sad since online shopping was my last hope since Toronto prices are so high! I...
  23. MaryMary

    Please help me find these rollers!

    Yes, I have them, they are called pillow rollers. I bought them at my local drug store here in Canada. The only thing about them is that for some reason the material covering them can cause a lot of static in my hair, but they are comfy to sleep in. The "pillow" part is foam, and they have wire...

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