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    Back to the Future: Retro Beauty Gadgets Worth Revisiting

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    Technology has brought us amazing advances in hair, ranging from a rotating curling iron to keratin treatments. And that's all good and well. But, in our quest for next big thing, we can easily overlook some exceedingly useful beauty items from days gone by. And that's a mistake.

    These seemingly outdated grooming gems are to beauty what slips are to fashion - and they deserve to be re-embraced. Ahead, a roundup of hair accoutrements that have been around since the Kennedy administration but are surprisingly awesome in modern times, too. Master their usage and then get ready to tell your date to stop getting "handsy" at the drive-in.


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      Hair Rats

      As unappealing as its name may be, rats simplify complicated updos and give you mega volume. Critical to a technique that's been used since the Victorian era, hair rats add padding under your hair to create lift and shape. Best employed for formal updos, rats transition a top knot from puny to robust. Choose a shade that's as close to your hair color as you can get, so it's easier to camouflage in your mane.

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      Hair Rats

      As unappealing as its name may be, rats simplify complicated updos and give you mega volume. Critical to a technique that's been used since the Victorian era, hair rats add padding under your hair to create lift and shape. Best employed for formal updos, rats transition a top knot from puny to robust. Choose a shade that's as close to your hair color as you can get, so it's easier to camouflage in your mane.

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