Victory Rolls!

So I tried victory rolls yesterday. I followed the instructions in Vintage Hairstyling by Lauren Rennells. I think they turned out pretty well for my first try. I used hot rollers and I'm really please with the curl it gave my hair now that it's a little longer. I did learn that the trick is to position them on top of your head instead of on top but slightly to the side.

One question for you Victory Roll veterans: How do you hide the bobby pins but keep your hair in? I have really thick hair so I need to secure it well but this -^ is unacceptable. Haha. Thanks!



Epic Hair Fail

So, today I decided to try another 'do from the Vintage Hairstyling book. It didn't really turn out. Here's my hair in pincurls:

My arms were shaking by the time I was half way done from them being up over my head for so long while pin curling. It looks very messy in the back but I have a lot of hair and it was only like my second time doing pin curls! haha. I had heard that if I allow my hair to dry partially and then put it in pin curls, it will dry faster and not take so long (cause I have super thick hair) so I tried that and... it failed. I ended up having to curl pieces with a curling iron and I took it out when it was still a little wet even though I let it dry for like 3 hours.

Here's what I was going for (it's called "Silent Film Star" so it's a 1920s inspired hairstyle):

And here's what I got:

The whole ridge around the top layer of curls - ya, that didn't happen. I've decided to start growing my hair out so once it's a little longer and my layers aren't so short, I'll attempt this again... maybe. :)

Any suggestions on pin curls? Have you guys tried any styles similar to this? How did it go?

1940s Hair

So I bought this book - Vintage Hairstyling by Lauren Rennells - a couple years ago at the San Francisco Vintage Fashion Expo and I have attempted only one hairstyle that was a complete failure - pincurls.

Anyways, I decided to try something new this morning. This is what I was going for:

Now, I have short hair so it wouldn't reach to the other side of my head for that large curl in the front so I just put it at the top of my head. I used hot rollers on the whole front section of hair and then a curling iron for the back. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I need mor practice on the rolls to get the side to be a better shape, but overall, I think it came out pretty well.

eek! You can see the bobby pins.

 And the back...

Not bad. And working with my short hair was not as big a challenge as I thought it would be with this style. Yay!