Teazy Wiggy

The band.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 31, 2017 - Comments (0)
Category: Fads, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling

1960s Christmas Hairdos

Munich 1964

Detroit Free Press - Dec 7, 1964

Pittsburgh Press - Dec 20, 1966

St. Cloud Times - Dec 12, 1964

Decatur Herald - Dec 24, 1966

Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 22, 2017 - Comments (1)
Category: Holidays, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling

Atomic Hairdos

How the atomic bomb inspired hairdressers.

La Grande Observer - July 30, 1946

Mansfield News-Journal - Apr 29, 1946

Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 24, 2017 - Comments (1)
Category: Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1940s, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling

Instant Establishment Wig

Created in 1969 by Bob Woodford, for when longhairs temporarily needed to blend in with the collective, corporate establishment.

But I think those sideburns are still a giveaway.

Binghamtom Press and Sun Bulletin - Aug 25, 1969

Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 28, 2017 - Comments (4)
Category: Headgear, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling

Minipoo

Minipoo Dry Shampoo was sold from the 1940s until the 1960s. I'm assuming that 'poo' must not have had the same slang meaning back in the 1940s? Otherwise why would a manufacturer choose a name suggesting a small bowel movement?

I came across a newspaper column from 1980 commenting on the strangeness of the name. So at least by then the name had started to sound odd to people.

Muncie Evening Press - Mar 19, 1980

I found the Minipoo images at the National Museum of American History website. The very first comment there, posted in 2015, was from a woman, Dolores Mitchell Byrne, claiming to have been the model on the label. I googled her name and found that a woman of the same name won the title of "Miss Subways" back in January 1961. (Paul has posted about this unusual beauty contest here.) She's got a different hairstyle, but I think it's her, the Minipoo model. You can see a more recent photo of her at BrooklynPaper.com.

Dolores Mitchell Byrne, aka 'Miss Subways' - via Facebook

Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 17, 2017 - Comments (12)
Category: Hygiene, Excrement, Hair and Hairstyling, Slang

Hair Care During Nuclear Attack

Prompted by the recent threats from North Korea, Guam's Office of Civil Defense recently issued guidelines on what people should do in the event of a nuclear emergency. It included the advice that you should wash your hair with shampoo or soap. However, you shouldn't use conditioner "because it will bind radioactive material to your hair."

Interesting and potentially useful to know.

More info: Guam Civil Defense Fact Sheet, npr.org

Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 16, 2017 - Comments (5)
Category: Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Hair and Hairstyling

Annie Oakley’s Dandruff Shampoo

Story of its invention here.





Source of second ad.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 06, 2017 - Comments (4)
Category: Body, Hair and Hairstyling, Head, Hygiene, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Twentieth Century

Do Girls Get In Your Hair?

The Daily Tar Heel - Oct 16, 1960

Playboy - 1960 -- via Hair Hall of Fame

Posted By: Alex - Sun May 28, 2017 - Comments (3)
Category: Advertising, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling

Atomic Shave

Source: Newsweek - Mar 18, 1957

Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 29, 2016 - Comments (6)
Category: 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling

Akmo Hair Grower

Unlike most patent remedies, there is no information that I can find for Akmo. I wonder what ingredients were in it.

Original ad here.

I assume it could be safely used with this product.



Second ad here.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 28, 2016 - Comments (0)
Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1920s, Hair and Hairstyling