Artificial Hairdressing or "Postiche"
Hair Adjucts, Wigs,
Partial Wigs Switches and Falls
Spiral Bound Book Republication™
Originally published c1930!
Up for your consideration is another marvelous Dakota
Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound Republication™ of our original abridged
"Artificial Hairdressing
or "Postiche"
Guide!" Sixty-nine pages of authentic Flapper Era instructions and diagrams on how to achieve the
ultra-feminine and stunningly romantic Flapper Era Beautiful Postiche Hair Piece
Additions! I
wonder if this information may be useful
to those who repair or restore
doll??? (Original is NOT for sale)
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This item is a great resource
for those who are WWI and Flapper Era historical reenactment enthusiasts, beauticians, opera, stage and theatre
hairdressers, students of historical hair care techniques and
recipes, etc!
An
excerpt:
"
Definition of "Postiche" : The young hairdresser...if
he is to become a fully
trained and competent hairdresser...must be instructed in the branch
of hairdressing known as "boardwork" or postiche. The French term postiche (meaning "added hair")...connotes
the working in human hair separated from the head and its preparation for
the purposes of personal adornment...[i.e.,] artificial hair... [T]he purpose of which is not so
much to cover baldness as to decorate, or to extend, prevailing coiffures, for example, coloured
wigs, pincurls, eye-pieces,
etc.
...the art of
making postiche [has] apparently no limit to its possibilities."
Contents:
Tools
Required
The bench
The Card or
Hackle
Drawing
Brushes
with Bristle
Pattern
with Wire
Pattern
Wig and
Transformation Blocks and Holders
Weaving Screws
and Sticks
Wig Blocks,
Malleable Type
Adjustable block
Holder with Vice
Telescopic and
Movable Pedestal Block Holder
Twisting
Machine
Sundry
Tools
Large and small
Pinching Irons, Pinching
Irons (Square), Pinching
Irons (Round), Crimping
Irons for Creoling Hair, Measuring Compass, Tape Measure, Scissors, Combs, Small Hammer, Round-nosed Pliers, Curling Pegs, Pins of
Various Sizes, Hairpins of Several Lengths, Narrow White Tape, Needles of
Various Sizes, Thimble, Finger Shield for Blockwork, Knotting Needles, Gauze
Hooks, Block-points, Beeswax, Galloons, Foundation Nets, etc., etc.,
etc...
Combings
The
Preparation, Cleaning and Making-up of Hair Combings
Hackling,
Drawing and Clubbing
Turning
the Roots
Varieties of Hair
Human Hair
Sources and Substitutes
Asiatic,
European, White, Grey, Brown, Black, Cut, etc.,
Preparing Hair
Drawing
the Hair
Preparing Curly Hair
Preparing Wavy Hair
Mixing Hair
Bleaching "Postiche"
Dying
and Tinting "Postiche" - Various Recipes
Ink
Solutions
Bismark
Powders and Nigrosin
Chestnut
Dyes
Dyes
Including Fustic, Logwood, Brazil Wook, Quercitron, and Catechu
For Producing a
Dark Brown
How to Cover a
Reddy (Reddish?) Tinge without Making it Darker
Changing Dark
Red to Dark Brown or Black
To Obtain a Good
Black
The
Blondes
For Darker
Shades, but not Dark Browns or Blacks
For Light
Shades
For Ashy
Shades
A Formula for
Dyeing Over-bleached Hair
Darkening
Already Dyed Shades
Dyeing Wigs and
Transformations
Treatment of
Combings
Concluding
Details on Decolouring "Postiche"
Making of
Crepe-Hair, and Weaving
Frames, Pads,
and Frizzettes
How to Make
Switches, Pads (Pompadour Pads & Rolls), Frizzettes, Crepe-hair (also used
to make theatrical beards, moustaches and covering hair
frames) Transformations, Bulking Wigs, etc. via the Use of Weaving Sticks
and Pegs, etc...
Some Other Uses
for Half-Crepe Hair -
Weft Wigs, to
bulk Marteaux, Crepons, Chignons and Switches
Methods of
Weaving Hair
"The four
cardinal arts of the posticheur may be classified as (a) reparation of hair;
9b) weaving hair; (c) knotting hair; (d) final dressing out of
postiche
Weaving
Frame
"Once-in"
Weaving
Method of
Weaving
"Twice-in"
Weaving
Method of
Weaving
Wig
Weaving
Fly
Weaving
The Uses of
Hair Weft
Making-up
Switches
"The main
considerations in making-up a switch are: first, to produce a
nice-looking, well-tapered tail; second, to obtain strength and
durability; third, to ensure that the finished article is supple, so
that the wearer is able to arrange it satisfactorily."
Instructions to
Make Switches
Winding Up a
Switch
Two-Stem
Switch
One-Stem
Switch
How to Make
Pin-Curls, Pin-Waves, Eye-Pieces, Puff-curls
Curling by the
Paper and Pinching Mode
Bunch of Curls
for Top Dressing
Marteaux
"The marteau is
perhaps the most popular of the simpler forms of postiche. It is conceived not as
a mere ornamentation like the pin-curl...but more as an article of
utility...[and] may be contrived with one or two loops, or may be mounted on a
back, or side, comb, or attached to a hair slide, or some other fixing device,
as desired." (appears to be what has been otherwise named a "fall")
"Marteaux" with Loops
"Marteaux" on Combs
"Marteaux" on Pins
"Marteaux" on Sliders and Mechanical Fixers
(Barrettes, "Ninon" "Postiche-fixe," "Toupee Hook
Adaptor")
Weft
Chignons on Combs
Chignons
Made with Switches
Chignon
of "Marteaux"
Frame
Chignon
"Cache-Peigne"
"...extremely popular before the War [WWI, and] literally means a
hidden comb, or a covered comb."
Diamond-shaped Mesh Weft for "Cache-Peigne"
Foundation
Torsades
"another
device constructed from hair weft...which is really a two-stem swathe...made
up...in the for of switches...or comprise[d of] a tress...knotted on to a small
piece of foundation net..."
A
Torsade with Curled Ends
"an
elegant design for evening wear"
Torsade
with Bunch of Curls in Centre
Clips
with Steel Combs for Holding "Postiche" Curls, etc., when Dressing
Them
The
Art of Wig-Making
Knotting
How to
Make a Single Knot
How to
Make a Double Knot
The
Uses of Galoon (the hair band)
How to
Cover Springs
How
to Make Fringes
Making a
Foundation
Fringe
Foundation with Galoon
Fringe
Foundation without Galoon
Knotting a Fringe
Weft
Fringes
Water-waving a Fringe
Finger-waving a Fringe
Finger-waving (Wet)
How to
Take Creases Out of Foundations
Crepon or Papadour Fringe
A
Light Frontlet or Modern Bandeau
Knotted Chignons
Method
of Knotting Used
Chignon
Mount, with Passees Knotted Around Edges
"Marteau" Dressed Out, Ready for Chignon
Chignon
Mount with Hair Placed in Curl Formation
Placing
Finished Chignon in Position
Chignons
on Variable Mounts
Chignon
Mounted on Band
Chignons
for Evening Wear
Chignon
with Cross-over Dressing
Methods of Measuring for Transformations, Wigs,
etc.
Diagram
of Head Measurements
Paper
Patterns
Plaster Casting and Wax Modelling
How to
Deal with Misfits
How to
Make Elastic Springs
Transformations
Transformation Mount, Galoon and Net, Showing Hair Knotted along
Edge
How to
Make a Transformation with Weft Hair
Semi-Transformations
Scalpettes
Centre
Parting ("Postiche") for Ladies
Toupets
Gentleman's Topet, Paper Pattern
Mount
for Gentleman's Toupet
Pompadour Toupet with Narrow Front
Toupet with Hair-Lace Parting
Toupet
with Hair-Lace Front
How to
Knot a Crown of Net or Hair-Lace Foundation
Renewing
Old Partings
Gentleman's Weft Wig
Mount
for Gentleman's Weft Wig
How to
Make a Weft Parting
Weft
Crown, showing Direction of Weft
Gentleman's Knotted Wig
Sectional Whirl Method of Knotting Crown Piece, for Ladies' and
Gentlemen's Wigs
Mounts
without Galoon
Ladies'
Wigs
Mounting
a Lady's Wig
Lady's
Weft Wig
Lady's Knotted Wigs
Boudoir
"Coiffure"
A Young
Lady's Wig
How
to Make a Drawn-Through Parting
New
Methods in Adding Hair to "Postiche" and in Finishing Pin-curls and
Pin-Waves
Section
Divided for Adding Hair to "Postiche"
New
Method of Winding Pin-Curls
Pin-Curl
Top (Old Style)
Pin-Curl
Top (New Style)
Pin-curls and Wavelets
Dressing Out "Postiche"
How to
Water-wave a Transformation with All Weft Hair
How to
Dress-through Parting
How to
Wave a Pompadour
Water-waving "Postiche"
To
Water-wave a "Marteau"
One can readily
find similar combs, hairpins, hair nets, etc. at most any store nearby. Or, you
could find them on eBay with a quick search. :)
This item's extensive information is representative
of the types of beautician and hairdresser expertise of earlier
feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you
will have many hours of enjoyment with this fascinating walk down history's
coifing path just the way your great-grandmothers did!
What a historically educational and delightful hair art
instructional piece this is!
The hairdressers of earlier times put their
hands to such marvelous styles and now you can too! There are
many beautiful haircut and styling choices which are sure to delight yourself or your beauty
shop customers! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the
experience beauty school operator will be capable of altering as per individual
needs and artistic whim.
The Spiral Bound Book Republication™ you will receive is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!
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