Hairstyles 1953

Marty 1953

In case you want to recreate my look, I'm sharing my mom's hairstyling secrets:

1. It must be Saturday. (That's the only day anyone washes their hair.)
2. After baths, have your little girl put on her pajamas, and turn on Lawrence Welk.
3. While she watches the Lennon Sisters, dip your comb in some drippy setting lotion called goop and comb it through her hair. (I can't remember the actual name of the setting lotion, although I can remember what it smells like.) It will drip down the back of her neck and cause her jammies to stick to her back. (Beauty is pain.)
   
4. Notice that her bangs are only a quarter of an inch above her eyebrows. Smash them to her forehead, and trim them with your cuticle scissors. Now, try to even them up while she squirms. (They will be close to the hairline by then, and she will be crying.)
5. Depending on the look you're going for, choose—
   

Simply wrap sections of her hair around the center of the spool
and fold the large end down to secure.

Or maybe you like clippies—eight for 25¢.

Although they're harder to sleep in, it might be worth it for the practice.
You'll see why tomorrow.

If you want to save 15¢ and get more, choose bobby pins.

Use the criss-cross pattern with two per curl.
Otherwise they'll fall out.

A hairnet is the only guarantee for a perfect 'do for Sunday School.

In the morning she'll look like this!


See the resemblance?
(Maybe we used the wrong setting lotion.)