Branding is such an intentional process and I've been doing a lot of work to really refine my branding to make it resonate with my identity, values, and personality. I hope this episode helps you find some inspiration for your personal brand so that you can be authentic to you rather than a knock off of someone else.

They say higher the hair, closer to God... but for Marie Antoinette it was closer to the guillotine.

I included pictures on my Instagram and TikTok if you're interested in seeing this with added visuals.

www.instagram.com/caseytaylorstylist

https://www.tiktok.com/@caseytaylorstylist

Sources:

https://lisawallerrogers.com/2018/10/29/marie-antoinette-queen-of-the-pouf/

https://www.thecollector.com/marie-antoinette-death/

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/02/the-power-and-pomp-of-the-wig/

http://www.thefashionhistorian.com/2014/12/coiffure-la-fill-in-blank.html

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2099/trial-and-execution-of-marie-antoinette/

The more I embrace my inner weirdo, the easier social media and business gets. Do with that information what you will.

Here is a hair anthropologist and artist keeping this tradition alive: https://www.instagram.com/hairanthropology?igsh=dzJzNXM2eGhkYjdi

Sources:

https://waltonsjewelry.com/blogs/style/the-fascinating-world-of-mourning-jewelry?srsltid=AfmBOoqFmUe0J6MMWb5wr4oKcYJDfKrxJd50DhSLYTtrD_HfKNOSettY

https://www.ericaweiner.com/history-lessons/hair-jewelry

https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/theyre-not-morbid-theyre-about-love-the-hair-relics-of-the-midwest/

Sources:

https://organichaircolorreview.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/mea/

https://www.combededucation.com/post/ammonia-vs-mea-what-s-the-difference

https://iris.epa.gov/static/pdfs/0422_summary.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK598714/

https://www.safecosmetics.org/chemicals/resorcinol/

https://www.safecosmetics.org/chemicals/p-phenylenediamine/

This is the slightly extended version of Morbid Hair History. If you watched this on social media it had to be cut down to 3 minutes to meet platform requirements, but lucky for you I don't have time constraints on the podcast

Sources:

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (the audio version is well done if you prefer audiobooks, but its available in all other formats as well)

https://a.co/d/eGLGxt4

John's youtube video:

https://youtu.be/CCbDdk8Wz-8?si=FUJGjCOcbSgBtTc3

https://mollybrown.org/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-how-victorians-used-common-poisons-to-become-drop-dead-gorgeous/

https://asm.org/articles/2025/may/tuberculosis-and-fatal-beauty-romanticism

https://www.revivalabs.com/7-fascinating-and-dangerous-beauty-trends-of-the-victorian-era/?srsltid=AfmBOopdLxYFAUkRdQ5rjgxn51lc4V88maSk9h4ybWVBVJkALH

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-poisonous-beauty-advice-columns-of-victorian-england

My tattoo artist located in Austin, Texas:

Lane Hahn

https://lanehahnart.wixsite.com/lane-hahn

https://www.instagram.com/lane.hahnn/

https://www.tiktok.com/@lanehahnn

Welcome to The Morbid Hair History mini-sode of barber-sugeons

Sources refferenced:

https://uppercutdeluxe.com/blogs/blog/barber-pole-history-uppercut-deluxe

https://www.theshavecave.com/blog/barber-shop-pole

https://www.nationalbarbermuseum.org/about/barbering-timeline

https://constitutioncenter.org/amp/blog/the-mysterious-death-of-george-washington

https://associatedbarbercollege.edu/the-rich-history-of-barbers-in-america/

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2022/01/benjamin-rush-george-washington-and-manhattan-leeches/

I look forward to sharing mini-sodes of Morbid Hair History on this podcast every Monday, and also updating my posting schedule of these main episodes to better fit my lifestyle. If I've learned anything from hosting this weekly podcast and being a content creator for the past 5 years, it's that sometimes you have to start a little messy in order to let things evolve into something better long term (a lesson my friend Misty reminds me of every day)

You know I love chatting about the latest viral video, so here is a little commentary about the recent OPI video that I believe ultimately comes back to conversations around diversion in the beauty industry.