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    Do I have to curl my hair to be vintage accurate?

    Don't know if anyone has said, but for era placement those are Great Depression pictures taken by Dorothea Lange as part of a division of the WPA. I taught a class on it this past semester. Her work is VERY powerful and her most famous image is called Migrant Mother. I am interested by the...
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    Vintage Manicures

    Yes, heaven forbid we should want something that doesn't look like chiclets on the fingertips!
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    Love Letters

    I can't fault you for that at all. I have another hobby (asian ball-jointed dolls). Well, after five years of looking and dreaming, I finally had enough money to buy one (the dolls are actually considered to be works of art and therefore they range in price from 300$ to into the thousands). I...
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    What's On Your Vanity Table?....

    I recently got a beautiful 1930s Art Deco Waterfall vanity with large round mirror. I love it. I keep on top: 1940s college pictures of my grandparents with inscriptions on them all of my Chanel perfume (on the mirrored center shelf/tray) My jewelbox A smaller inlaid box from Egypt with...
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    New Indy Flick Poll

    #2 Saw it opening day! It was awesome!
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    Can I refill a vintage lipstick tube with a new lipstick bullet?

    You absolutely could do this if you had a mold to make a new shape. As a makeup artist, I need to condense my kit. I would cut the lipstick bullets into a divided pill box and nuke it in the microwave for about 10 secs (I don't think I have to say this, but don't put metal in the microwave)...
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    As if we didn't chat about pin curls enough. . .

    You know, when my hair got longer, my klippies weren't working, either. I went to bobby pins. When I get a trim, I'll go back to the pronged klippies.
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    Hello To All, Ratts

    I use rats made the 'old-fashioned' way out of hair from my hairbrushes. She can also tease the hair to give it some structural support and go without a rat, using some of the techniques the ladies have mentioned. She would look lovely with rolls. Try experimenting with positioning the hair...
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    Golden Age Furniture

    I definitely advocate buying older pieces. They cost less and are made better. Just because you have to hunt around and not buy new doesn't mean your place won't have a coherent look. It's up to you to group the right pieces together and be a discerning shopper. Sometimes, it can be finding...
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    The Ultimate Blonde Thread

    I must be the only natural blonde who doesn't want to be! With my pale skin, it's like everything fades away into nondiscript blah. I look best as a redhead.
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    You Walk Wrong

    My Response... ...while I'd hate to be dismissive of this, I am. My entire leg hurts when I do not wear shoes...so I fail to see how that is 'good' and to be preferred. I notice a major difference between wearing shoes and not wearing shoes while cooking dinner. Guess which one makes me...
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    Movie 'scream queen' dies at 82

    I dug The Raven out of my movie library and watched it the day the story broke to commerate her.
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    Bonnie & Clyde

    My grandmother went to school with Clyde Barrow. She told us a story about him 'hugging' his younger brother until the baby turned blue. It could be a schoolhouse rumor, but gran certainly believed it. She said he was a very nasty kid.
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    Late night horror hosts...

    I really can't stand Big Chuck and Little John. Their gags with the canned chuckling....ugh. Not to mention their annoying local commercials. I adore Elvira. Absolutely adore her. I dressed up "like" her in 2nd grade for Halloween and had a poster of her on my bedroom wall until my sister...
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    Ann Dvorak

    Wow. There really is absolutely no point at looking at those pictures. You can't see anything through the watermarks.
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    Sweetheart Items

    I really want to start collecting this now! I was wondering if this could be a piece of sweetheart jewelry? The bar looks like wings. The pendant is a buckeye. Thank you!
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    Do you use conditioner?

    I am always wary of instructions that say don't do this and always do that. There are many ways to accomplish a set which is evident from all the different ways we do our hair. I either do a completely wet overnight set, or a damp set for several hours. I always get better results with a wet...
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    What's your best beauty/household tip?

    As someone who worked in several dept stores for various beauty lines I have to say this: If you ask for a sample with the aim of trying to product to possibly buy, wonderful. Not saying beacaillou is advocating asking for a touch up/makeover from the girls at the counter, but please do...
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    The Vintage Fur Thread

    I paid 40$ for a very wide coat collar (it's not like the #2 pics). It is very large (covers shoulders completely) but not quite a wrap. It is fox.
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    Trouser gals

    I really want to find some to purchase for grad school because I don't want to 'dress up' to go to class (thinking more a Katherine Hepburn/Lauren Bacall tailored look) I probably will wait and see....I'm losing weight and don't want to be too hasty...either with the pants or the girdle to go...

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