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HAIR & BEAUTY

Hairstyles through history

From long braids WIGGING OUT CLASSIC CURLS
Both Ancient Egyptian men and women Greek women curled
to powdered wigs shaved their heads entirely and wore their long hair using bronze
and pixie cuts, elaborate rods heated over a fire
and wore updos adorned
and heavy
discover how wigs instead. with flowers and gold
Archaeologists
powder. The length of a
hairstyle trends have discovered woman’s hair indicated
combs inside the her social status while
have changed tombs of those men either shaved or
from the elite kept their hair short with
throughout time circles of society. facial beards.

1550 BCE – 332 BCE 800 BCE – 500 BCE

HOLLYWOOD EVOLUTION OF DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
HAIR THE HAIRDRYER Women rebelled
against social
Hollywood actresses 100WATTS expectations
such as Rita Hayworth by cutting their
sported long, soft The power output of the first handheld hair short, with
hairdryer, released in 1920.
curls, which quickly styles like the
caught on with bob popularised
the public. Factory by Hollywood
workers began to The power output of hairdryers were actresses.
wear bandanas and five times more powerful in the 1960s. Brylcreem hit
other accessories to the market and led
prevent getting their 2,000 WATTS to men adopting
hair caught in smooth, comb-
The power output of hairdryers today in
the machinery. 2010s, with some exceeding this amount. backed hair.

1930-1940 1920 1920

A HAIR DYE REVOLUTION KEEP IT SHORT

Women rejected time consuming hairstyles TURN UP
of American
women dyed for short ones like the pixie cut or the THE VOLUME
their hair in inverted bob. The Beatles’ mop-top style
the early Long, voluminous,
1950s. made long hair fashionable for men again. sun-kissed hair with
40 a centre parting was
all the rage thanks to
actress Farrah Fawcett.

of American women dyed their hair in the 1970s. African-American
men and women
70-75% Clairol embraced their
natural hair with
of American women released the the Afro hairstyle.
dyed their hair in 2015. first at home dye
kit in 1956, allowing
women to dye their
hair at home
1950S 1960S 1970S

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