Just in case the BeeHive comes back... in NJ
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There's been a Helene Curtis brand chair and dryer making appearances on CL around here (currently not in the listings, though). The gold naugahyde chair even has the integrated chrome ashtray with hinged lid sunken into one arm.
For a negotiable $100, it could be fun piece for somebody who has the room. I was thinking it might be possible to convert the dryer portion into a reading lamp with rope lights or small LEDs.
For a negotiable $100, it could be fun piece for somebody who has the room. I was thinking it might be possible to convert the dryer portion into a reading lamp with rope lights or small LEDs.
ptcruiser51
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The Beehive never left NJ!
I keep up my NJ hairdresser's license. My sister's house in Roxbury has a beauty parlor in it, with one of these contraption.
I keep up my NJ hairdresser's license. My sister's house in Roxbury has a beauty parlor in it, with one of these contraption.
twintubdexter
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Don't the parlors still use them?
My Aunt Laveen had a beauty parlor on the front of her house appropriately called "Laveen's" I remember she had two of those dryers along with one of those old curler machines with all the wires attached. When I asked my mom why she never had her hair done at Aunt Laveen's she said "are you kidding, and walk out looking like Shirley Temple?
Those dryers will be all the rage again if the Ronetts ever make a comeback. They were the "queens of the beehives"...
My Aunt Laveen had a beauty parlor on the front of her house appropriately called "Laveen's" I remember she had two of those dryers along with one of those old curler machines with all the wires attached. When I asked my mom why she never had her hair done at Aunt Laveen's she said "are you kidding, and walk out looking like Shirley Temple?
Those dryers will be all the rage again if the Ronetts ever make a comeback. They were the "queens of the beehives"...
As the legend went . . .
Prime real estate for nesting black widow spiders.
Prime real estate for nesting black widow spiders.
toploader55
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The Ronetts !!! I Loved them.
The Hairspray consumption back in the 50s and 60s is incredible. I remember my Mom always spraying that shellac on her hair 24/7
The Hairspray consumption back in the 50s and 60s is incredible. I remember my Mom always spraying that shellac on her hair 24/7
twintubdexter
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Although not a "Beehive" Do...
I wouldn't be surprised if local celebrity and star Bella Da Ball has one of those dryers tucked away in the closet.
I wouldn't be surprised if local celebrity and star Bella Da Ball has one of those dryers tucked away in the closet.
toploader55
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Yikes !!!
That model would have to be a Extend-O-Hood and Turbo Powered to dry that thing. Maybe a Norge Dryer Blower Wheel.
That model would have to be a Extend-O-Hood and Turbo Powered to dry that thing. Maybe a Norge Dryer Blower Wheel.
michaelman2
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Behive and the construction of the "do"
Hair used to be wet set in rollers then dried under a hooded drier. Now the same styles are achieved with curling irons and some still use heated / electric rollers to achieve bouffant styles. Whenever I see a television show or movie with period hairstyling, I think of the hours that it used to take to restyle an actress and now with a few short turns of a very hot curling iron ( still must know how to tease/backcomb properly) and one has a very authentic "do".
Hair used to be wet set in rollers then dried under a hooded drier. Now the same styles are achieved with curling irons and some still use heated / electric rollers to achieve bouffant styles. Whenever I see a television show or movie with period hairstyling, I think of the hours that it used to take to restyle an actress and now with a few short turns of a very hot curling iron ( still must know how to tease/backcomb properly) and one has a very authentic "do".
vacerator
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Dame Edna
had a facelift, got new glasses, and a faux fur stole.
had a facelift, got new glasses, and a faux fur stole.
Not For Beehives, But Still Space Age
Here's the HC chair I mentioned above.
Here's the HC chair I mentioned above.
toploader55
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Yeah, That's definitely a mid to late 60s model.
I remember going to the hairdresser with my Mom on occasion when she couldn't find anyone to watch me. I can still smell the combination of Peroxide, Hairspray and cigarettes.
She used to come home smelling like cigarettes and she didn't smoke.
I bet that unit has a film of nicotine preserving it.
I remember going to the hairdresser with my Mom on occasion when she couldn't find anyone to watch me. I can still smell the combination of Peroxide, Hairspray and cigarettes.
She used to come home smelling like cigarettes and she didn't smoke.
I bet that unit has a film of nicotine preserving it.
a film of nicotine
LOL -- no kidding Eddie! That chair was probably white to begin with!
And yeah, that beauty parlor smell. You'd think after all these decades they'd have figured out something better. No wonder my friend who has worked in salons for years can seem so fried at times.
LOL -- no kidding Eddie! That chair was probably white to begin with!
And yeah, that beauty parlor smell. You'd think after all these decades they'd have figured out something better. No wonder my friend who has worked in salons for years can seem so fried at times.
