Modern Hair Styles

Southland Times, Issue 23942, 7 October 1939, Page 12

Modern Hair Styles

Movie Styles

By

HELEN HUNT

Famous Hollywood Hair Stylist

Short wave in front and four twofinger pin curls in back of wave. Five pin curls at sides, lying forward towards face. A wave and a halt back of the ears, ending in pin curls set rather low, forming a triangle on back of head.

When dry, take top curls and make into one large puff. The side curls make two more large puffs. Enough hair is reserved from puff to make a small pin curl to the left of the part in front, breaking the hairline, and on right side of wave another small curl lies back of the big . puff. The back makes sculptured curls which stand up and lean towards the front. This style may be slightly too elaborate for offscreen girls, but it can be used on the screen. You may find it

interesting for a particularly spectacular occasion, or for experiment. It might be good with a period evening gown. If you are making a drastic change in the style of your hairdress, you can expect some opposition on the part of the male members of your family or your men friends. The reason is that

all men are a trifle old-fashioned and resent anything new. Producers are critical of screen tests. If you show them a hairdress that was popular last year, they will like it. If it’s absolutely new, they can't bear it. It’s the same with hats. Show any man a hat worn last spring and he thinks it is very nice. He is used to it. Show him a new hat and he hoots.

Try your hair in an upswept style tonight, and your husband, unless he is a very unusual fellow, will be appalled. But take him around to pictures and show him Loretta Young, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Stuart and other beautiful girls wearing it and presently he will be reconciled. Before you try it, however, be sure it is becoming to you personally.