When you were a kid, how did your Mom curl your ha... - Page 8

Suziepeach · ‎03-10-2010

On 9/10/2014 Funloving said:
Peachysue- I bet "the contraption" spanned a number of years. I added to my post above. I was never exposed to beauty salons so wouldn't have seen it regardless of when it was used.

Yowza!

Wow, that's great your mom did your hair at home & you had the ability to do yours & others. I'd go with Momma and my hair would be trimed, sister's too. It is a contraption for sure..

Cakers, funny how far we've come from that to now.. wonder how many are just sitting somewhere gathering dust? So funny looking back at this stuff..

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LaterGator · ‎03-09-2010

On 9/10/2014 Pqfan said:
On 9/10/2014 Peachysue said:
This isn't me but how well I remember one of these contraptions in the beauty shop Mom went too.. looked like a robot or something...

${#emotions_dlg.lol}$

I remember these things too for perms. I was never treated to one but boy, they look strange now. We lived in a small farming community in Ohio at the time and I really think they still used these in the early 50's.

stargazer · ‎03-10-2010

I was born in '36 and a lot of Mothers wanted their girls to look like Shirley Temple. I don't know how she achieved it but I have pictures of ""the look"". I also got permanents like the one shown here. It smelled like my hair was burning !

Cakers1 · ‎03-09-2010

On 9/10/2014 Peachysue said:
On 9/10/2014 Funloving said:
Peachysue- I bet "the contraption" spanned a number of years. I added to my post above. I was never exposed to beauty salons so wouldn't have seen it regardless of when it was used.

Yowza!

Wow, that's great your mom did your hair at home & you had the ability to do yours & others. I'd go with Momma and my hair would be trimed, sister's too. It is a contraption for sure..

Cakers, funny how far we've come from that to now.. wonder how many are just sitting somewhere gathering dust? So funny looking back at this stuff..

Peachysue: I also remember home hair dryers like the hairdresser had then they came out with the ones that had an adjustable cap with a hose attached to the dryer unit. lol

I remember we had a Sunbeam hair dryer like that.

sylviahomeatlast · ‎03-11-2010

I had a Toni doll. She came with everything to give her a perm: tissue papers, curlers, and some kind of solution. Did any of you have her?

LaterGator · ‎03-09-2010

Cakers, we had one of those dryers too. My mom's was tourquoise.

Stargazer your hair probably was burning!

colliegirls · ‎05-13-2012

On 9/10/2014 Pqfan said:
Pink foam rollers.

Pink foam rollers for me too but my mother used bobbie pins!!! As I got older we used those painful brush rollers!!! OUCH!

hennypenny · ‎03-10-2010

My mother did the pin curl thing on me.

I was ""treated"" to a perm in a salon when I was about three. It was the late forties. The gizmo (in the pic) was terrifying. I remember the smells and the ""electrical smell"" ---I think i screamed the whole time. I never had one again.

Funloving · ‎03-10-2010

LatorGator- I'm trying to visualize what you're talking about. The only rubber type that comes to mind are like the rollers/curlers they use for perms. Sorry to be of no help... ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

You guys who got to see the contraption were worldly buggers.... while I led a sheltered life.. far, far away from the pain of beauty. lol

Seriously, I never hit the salon scene until I was around 20. Now I'm totally dependent on them for color and cuts. I wouldn't even attempt a go at bangs. At least I saved my parents some $$, And boy have I overcompensated for it since! haha

Cakers1 · ‎03-09-2010

On 9/10/2014 LaterGator said:
Cakers, we had one of those dryers too. My mom's was tourquoise.

Stargazer your hair probably was burning!

LG: So was ours!!!