I've been a hair stylist for years. I got into hair because of vintage hair styles. Over the years I've collected dozens of vintage books and magazines that explain how to do hair styles. The main thing I always tell people is "PUT THE CURLING IRON DOWN!" Rollers, rollers, rollers. Always use rollers and or pin curls. Set your hair as part of the winding down process before you go to bed. When you wake up, you'll thank last night you for helping you out. The second thing is hide your pins. Pins are Loch Ness Monsters. It's vital for your hair's mystique that they just about never be seen. The third thing is that victory rolls are essentially partially collapsed cylinders. They shouldn't be able to be seen through. If you are looking in the mirror and can see the wall behind you, that's a barrel curl or a pin curl, not a victory roll. Victory rolls are closer to slinkies or sometimes cones than soup cans with the flat bits chopped off. Watch an old movie from the 40's or 50's and try to replicate someone's hair from that source if you are having trouble. 99%+ of the time that 23 year old girl on Instagram has no idea wtf she's doing and then it's just the blind leading the blind. I'm not being mean or judgmental. I say this because I've spent countless hours collecting and studying vintage photos and manuals and recreating what was done back then. Actually look at pictures of Veronica Lake, Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr and Vivian Leigh. They had different looks but they had common threads. If you follow what they did (or rather what their hairdressers did), it's actually not difficult at all to accomplish an authentic, convincing vintage style that will stay for days. It's mainly styling gel, setting lotion, u pins and working with the motion of the curls instead of against them. The hair needs to flow like water. I keep my hair very long and often wear it in longer adaptations of vintage styles. At night, I comb out each section, massage the scalp a little and pin it to its base in a curl just like it was on the roller, but laying down. This gets done while watching UA-cam videos or a movie, so I'm not sure how long it takes, but not long. It takes me 5-10 minutes to lazilly take the clips out of my hair in the morning, which I do while still sitting in bed with my eyes half open and Netflix playing. Then it takes maybe 2 minutes to pin it or put it up and then I'm out the door. If my hair weren't long enough to sit on it would take far less time. It's super easy.
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EmileeArsenic that's very useful, thanks! What do you think about modern "vintage" hairstylists that use the curling iron before they set the hair in pin or barrel curls? I'd say if you don't have the whole night, it's an acceptable and fast alternative that often gives strikingly good effects if you know how to do it well
It depends, really. If you're only going for a show it might work, but the thing is that the curl you get from heat styling is very different from the curl you get from set curls. Heat styling is incredibly damaging, even if you do it with heat protectants, and once that hair is fried, it's done. Damage, despite what you see in so many commercials is technically irreversible and must be cut off. Even things like keratin bonding and such are temporary and eventually come undone. If you want to wear the vintage styles with any regularity, heat styling is a really bad idea. The reason I say stick with rollers is because it really does stay better by a long shot. There really is no good substitute for setting the curls. Using a hood drier is a faster alternative than over-night styling in a pinch. And authentic looking finger waves with a curling iron? It's one of those things that can be done, but someone who knows what the real thing looks like can almost always spot a rush job. When the other method is better suited for the job and doesn't carry the same dangers (like burns or damaged hair), why risk it? If you apply styling lotion and roll while damp it doesn't take a super long time - significantly less than rolling sopping wet. When hair dries in a certain pattern it's far more likely to stay that way. Without a doubt every time I've seen curls fall in a hot studio during a photo shoot or after a long day it's because heat styling was used and the hair just couldn't keep its shape. In these vintage looks, or really any updo, the curl is the foundation, and like when building a house, if tons of short cuts are taken on the foundation, you're probably going to have a bad time. And at the end of the day, when you're trying to pin it in place, if you use the oldschool method and know how to roll properly etc, the hair will pretty much work with you, and you won't have to coax it anywhere near as much as if you use a curling iron. I typically stay away from this word, but in general, when I see stylists trying to do vintage (not retro) looks with heat tools, it comes across as lazy to me. They should really know better (and I know I taught my students better when I was a theory teacher), and if they're worth their salt, they know they're sacrificing quality for speed. I tend to assume they just do it because they don't like doing finger waves, wet sets or pin curls, which is common for people who've gone through beauty school. I don't totally understand why that is, it's a gorgeous technique and in this case it really is the best tool for the job. Maybe I'm just a purist haha But you asked what I think, and there it is haha
Rin Wesley What specifically are you interested in learning? I've had the idea of starting a youtube channel devoted to classic, vintage and antique styling techniques and whatnot for some time now. To be honest, very little of what I've learned I've seen online. I assumed it was that way because people weren't really interested in learning the older ways since fashions change and a lot of older techniques are less popular. Usually I find these things as part of antique sales, or from retired hairdressers who worked in the 30's and 40's. I assumed it was that way because now most people like heat styling so there hasn't really been much of a market for it. Maybe I'm underestimating the interest?
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EmileeArsenic I'd definitely watch this kind of material! I'm always watching old movies and ads and swooning over elaborate hairstyles, wondering how they were made and wishing someone showed me how to recreate them. Most of the tutorials nowadays are modernized or simplified in some way
I really like your blouse, I thought "wow, what a nice vintage blouse", and then you just said "it's just a h&m blouse" like wow, hairstyle can really make you look vintage
I'm from Poland too and make videos in English. :) I make funny perfume reviews, so, when you're interested in perfumes: Zapraszam serdecznie :) Pozdrowienia, Agnieszka :)
"I wouldn't say subscribe because I don't really care" 😂 Love that! It's a breath of fresh air finding someone who makes videos purely because they enjoy talking about their passion and not because they're looking for attention. Love your channel!
I'm new to the scene, but I've learned SO MUCH more from her than anyone else. She so informative and yet has a gentle humor that keeps it interesting!
Texture. Texture, texture, texture. That is what curling your hair does. You see so many fake vintage styles in movies where the hair lacks texture and it just looks bad.
@@taritangeo4948 It means having your hair curled to start with. It doesn't sound like much until you actually try it, but having set your hair at night and starting with flowy, floofy curls helps tremendously when working with hair and changes the game. If your hair is flat and straight, it will lack volume and so will the hairstyle. Proper taxture helps to work the hair in the proper way like it was done back in the day.
Kate Moth Rag curlers work so well. I like to cut strips of cloth from t shirts for a DIY option. Bonus, they soak up excess styling product and hair is left softer.
@@ReptilianTeaDrinker Rolling your hair on strips of cloths is as fast as winding it onto rollers. It's just wrap, roll and tie, done. Plus it's much comfier to sleep on than rollers. :)
I literally just finished putting rag curls in, I love putting a film or video on and doing my hair before bed. It only takes an hour and that's because I'm an absolute perfectionist.
YESSS. And every single school musical set in this era, please!!! It drives me crazy to see fake "rockabilly" stuff in stuff like Grease, West Side Story, etc. Huge bumps on top of your head and straight, super long hair in ponytails is not. accurate. please. stop.
I wish I could know how "normal women" looked like back then I mean women who didn't had money or time to style the hair When I look for a vintage style they only show hairstyles with lots of curls and hairspray and thousand of bobbypins What about girls like me, who got up late and run to school or working place ?? XD but still wanted to save the hairstyle ?? Loveee Anna :3
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YuukaYoghurt as surprising as it is for us nowadays, not curling your hair was so unthinkable for those women that almost all of them did it, rich and poor. I used to believe that some simply gave up because they had no time, but to be completely honest, I've seen and studied a lot of pictures from the 1930s-1950s and I've only seen a couple of women with their hair undone, majority of them young. I believe it was a matter of "honor". walking around with your hair straight - especially when you were a grown up - meant you were very untidy and made you unattractive. what shocked me most were ww2 pictures of women being taken from Jewish ghettos - and I noticed, despite the severely harsh conditions they were forced to live in, that all of them had their hair done. what's also worth to remember is that they didn't have to do it everyday, usually once a week would do the trick. some would also do perms. I myself have some "cheating" hairstyles that I do on my lazy days :D headwear is also saving my lazy ass all the time.
Domowa Kostiumologia Though most people curled their hair, it didn't automatically make them seem (to society) as unattractive or ugly if they didn't do so. Women with very long hair, for example, would often simply pin it into styles, if you get what I mean, rather than actually using curlers or pin curls. Especially in the 40s with the war effort, less women bothered to curl their hair, and instead simply tied it back, braided it or put it under a scarf. Also, the 'vintage roll' does not involve curling, and loads of females just pinned their fringe/front section of hair back in a sort of poof thing (not good with hair in general, no clue how to describe it!!! 😂). Sorry if this made no sense 😂
YuukaYoghurt when you get more skilled, you're able to pick up the styling faster. Practice makes perfect. Setting hair at night has always been my godsend, as well as hot rollers. Another cheat is using "second day hair." Unfortunately, most of my own family photos even show my great relatives and before with curled hair. It's a product of the time. The ones that didn't were farmers and they just tied their hair back.
YuukaYoghurt I'm from Germany and I'm always stunned that our "Trümmerfrauen" (women who build houses from ruins after 1945) had their hair done while working in the ruins. There is video footage of that. Wondering about my own lazyness tbh =D
+Vampstors50 Elliott "The funny thing is I have natural waves so you'd think curling irons would work?!" "...mine is so straight and hates holding any curl." You two clearly have completely different hair types. I don't know why you'd think what worked for you would work on dead straight hair when you have curly/wavy hair. Unless you use a texturising/sea salt spray or shittonnes of hair spray, pin-straight hair *will not* hold curls, simple as that.
You can blame the 1990's for that, sure Straight hair started to be kinda normal in the 1960's, and 1970's, but the 1990's killed it off. Personally I think it should come back, given there is a lot you can do with curls
I have very fond memories of sitting in my grandmas bathroom watching her put rollers in her hair and chatting with me. She would cover it with her yellow scarf. She is now her nineties and she still does it. ❤️❤️❤️
I’ve been adding vintage style clothing to my wardrobe for several years and always wore hair flowers or bows with curled hair with a curling wand to make it seem more vintage but my curls would fall. I recently started using rollers and it’s definitely made a difference in my whole look!!
I have naturally curly hair, so this video is good news! I also think the right tools are key. I inherited a natural bristles hairbrush from my Grandma and simply using it through my hair already pulls off the vintage look. The bristles are completely different from modern brushes; It makes the hair super shiny, but it does not detangle hair at ALL...
Also, short/medium hair is your friend! From 20's-50's, there are so many great simple styles like bobs, pixies, etc., and most women didn't really wear their hair long past their shoulders for convenience. So many styles *can* be achieved with long hair, but are simpler and even more accurate with medium to short length hair. (Disclaimer: that's "so many", not "all". There are still long hair styles, for sure, but you will find your life easier and have a lot more styles to choose from if you keep it shorter. This is coming from a girl with hair at least two feet long in a pony tail.)
As a hairdresser, I have many hairstyling books from the '20s through the '50s. I love trying to replicate what was done so many years ago when stylists actually styled the hair to stay. Using Brilliantine(mineral oil or petrolatum) for some shine and hold. Also lacquer as hairspray. Their hair really would last a week.
The thing with texture... my grandmother told me that women back then only washed their hair once a week. The rest of the time they used powder shampoo or just brush the oils off or redistribute. That is why they had the sheen or shiny look to their hair compare todays' over washed, over-processed hair. Also, "dirty" hair takes in the hair color more readily and makes it last long, which is why root touch-up are done and not overall redying the hair that is colored already. Which explain why they had more hair back then too. You look at todays' hair it is flat, dull, very thin and in some cases severely damaged. BTW, I went without washing my hair in two weeks and the hair did this magical thing... the dirty and oil got wiped off by the brush. O_O I do have to wash my brushes constantly, but better than overdrying hair due to washing it every two days or so. After washing the hair, It than took my scalp and roots to be oversaturated with oils in two weeks. Whereas, before doing the two week no-poo technique I had to wash my hair every three days due to how oily the scalp would get. I also noticed that leaving my hair go without shampooing every two weeks that my hair grows thicker and healthier. Who knew. I do use conditioner at the tips in-between the shampooing to moisturize the tips and two days before washing day, I would use lots of oils on tips and midway of hair strands.
You look like you step right out of time! You’re vintage style is great! Loved your set up in this video-that pretty chair, the mustard blouse you’re wearing-beautiful! Well done!
this video gives me strength, I don't like the modern pin up/rockabilly looks and every 'vintage hairstyle tutorial is someone with pin curls and a curling iron. No thank. This is 100%
I absolutely love your look in this video! Great work on making the high street blouse look so authentic. 😍 the matching chair. I recently started curling my hair with my great grandmother's 1920s curlers and you're right, it makes all the difference. It will take some practice to perfect
I seriously just found your channel and subscribed and then you upload a video a few minutes after! That is such a coincidence! I have also followed you on instagram ;) I love seeing creative and individual things on youtube! It is just like in the old days! And I absolutely love your videos and all your vintage things! I have always had an interest in vintage fashion and history and all but I had kind of forgotten about that passion of mine and you just reminded me of something I used to love, I am going to dive right back in to that hobby again, thank you so much! Lots of love and I hope to see more videos from you in the future
THANK YOU! Visible bobby pins are my biggest pet peeve with any hairstyle, but they really do ruin a vintage look unlike anything else. You are my hair hero! ❤
I am so in love with your skin tone and your eyebrows. Such a beautiful shape and looking very natural but neat. Your skin is such a pretty porcelain shade. Anyway, very nice video!
I will actually make a defence for the people not setting their hair - they might simply not be going for a true vintage style. A lot of more vintage cuts are incredibly flattering on the body, or they have a certain style which is lovely. But they may not be going for an actual vintage style, or even like the hairstyles that people wore back in the day.
The look I go for tends to be vintage outfits with modern hair and make up ... i don't think thats a waste because it is my aesthetic. Sometimes i have 'sort of' vintage hair not because I can't do it but because I don't want to. i also suffer from tension headaches so constantly using grips in my hair is a no no.
kimberley merry yep. I have lots of vintage inspired clothing, but prefer to wear my hair in a modern way(unless I’m dressing up in a costume). I think it’s kind of mean to think that it’s a waste to do that.
You don't often upload, but when you do, it's great. I wasn't personally interested in any of this before, but the way you conveyed your personal interest in your videos got my attention enough that I watched all of them and started searching things up myself. Your hair in this video is awesome btw. I love the look.
Are you referring to the ragging effect for hair ( 2:07 ). Basically you tie your hair while it's wet into little knots with old ripped rag pieces, usually sleep with them in overnight, and then the next morning when you take them out you get sort of ringlets/ curls. I had to do this when I was little because I was dressing up as Shirley Temple for a dress up party. My hair was already curly but it gave it the sort of tamed ringlet look.
Most vintage looking hairstyles simply can't reach to the original because of the hair cut. Mostly the "middy" was done and you can see how the hair shapes almost naturally into eveloped styles.
when i was in high school i used to set my hair every night and those curls would last me a week :P it was cool cause after 3 or 4 days they start to look a bit frizzy and crushed so i just did updo's like victory rolls the rest of the week :D
A couple of things to note. There are plenty of 'vintage girls' out there like me and Ive seen plenty on Instagram who arent trying to achieve a fully authentic look. They are just taking and mixing aspects of vintage styles they enjoy. Also for many (myself included setting my hair simply isnt practical even if I wasnt disabled) I have a lot of hair which even hairdressers take about 40mins min to set. Wet sets take literally days to dry, dry sets drop in hours and look authetic Id need to travel hours to get an authentic cut so its just not practical. My grandparents who had poker straight hair like me would have had theirs permed and had access to specialist hairdressers who knew how to create/cut for vintage hair which is something that simply isnt an option for modern women.
I have a short asymmetrical bob cut (one side reaches my jawline, the other is almost to my collarbone) that's partly dyed bright blue, so authentic vintage hair is basically impossible for me, but one day if/when I grow my hair out, I'd love to try it out! In the meantime I'll watch video tutorials on it because I love how it looks!
yay for the new video! I subscribed like two days ago and I get to see a new video, I feel so lucky right now. I hope you'll make videos in a regular basis. Keep up the good work!
I have so thick hair, that having a vintage style got an 24-7 hobby. No brushing makes it smaller (just gives really big weaves). So I gave up, and are back to my teen thoughts: "how could I ever manage to live in the 30's or 40's, me - who hates skirts, dresses and doing hair". Nope, I would have been one of those tomgirls. Trousers and page or shoulder length hair with just side part and barette. Looking in old magazines showing ordinary people, shows that we existed also then. I grow up in the 70's and 80's and was not even then typical for my time. I have realied one must work with oneself to get it to work.
I have a couple of 1950's pictures of my mother and my father on Google plus and you are so right about the texture. My mum has this really shiny Jennifer Jones/Heddy Lamarr thing going and these were pre 1957 because they were married in 57 and had me the year after. I can attest to your critisism of late 60's 70's and onwards because I was there and was really fashion forward for my time. My mum was a bit of a glamourpuss as was my dad lol! I was a punk but I went through some real 1930's and 40's phases and I always loved real vintage clothes which my sister and I inherited I bulk from all my mothers aunts who didn't have kids who fitted or wanted to fit them...most of the stuff us in storage at my sister's home In Scotland. I must say that you really know your fashion history. I am so happy to have found your channel. They only did their hair weekly too. There was a War on as I have been repeatedly told!
She's right! I have thin hair and when I do pin curls and then sleep on them, they will last for 3 days, and on the 4th and 5th days will be beautiful beach waves. If you keep your hair moisturized and wrap it in a scarf while you sleep it can actually be really healthy for your hair
Naturally I have curly hair, but my natural curls are an odd size, and it’s hard to arrange them in a becoming manner. Luckily if I set it in rollers or socks, etc when wet, it holds a curl beautifully, usually for 3 days if it doesn’t get too greasy.
I just love your red lipstick. It’s such a rich red color. I remember growing up doing a lot of old school or vintage way of styling your hair bc where I come from there wasn’t much “new technology”. Like the techniques used was that of old school is what I am trying to say. If that makes sense. No money for hairstylist so we did our own thing at home like hair masks and using a big roller in order to straighten the hair, etc. To give a perspective: I had black and white tv with nobs/buttons to manually change channels and volume.
I saw Ginger Rogers, I clicked. :) ♡ My homegirl, she was so, so beautiful. Thank you for that great video and generally the awesome channel you're running. It gives me hope for our cultural future.
One of the amazing things in her channel is that she has no accent when speaking in English, even though she is a Polish. Also in some point where she is distracted by something. Also great content. Love this channel
Hello ! I iron my hair for many years (unfortunately) ... now i always use PIN CURLS and it's true pin curls are the key for real vintage look ! Thanks so much for your video really really good !
As a Swing dance person I have gone to vintage hair clinics and they literally had no idea what to recommend to me because I have naturally curly ringlets. If I remember correctly I think the lady asked me to straighten it and then come back so that they could teach me how to put it in pin curls or rollers. XD I just told her no offense but if she didn't have any hair styles for curly haired people to teach I'd just take a refund, which she did give me without any hard feelings. I did eventually learn some vintage hairstyles for curl haired people just not from any clinics... from good old UA-cam!
Me, someone with naturally wavy hair who don't need to brush my hair everyday when I heard that vintage hairstyles can last for 3 days: 👁️ ᴗ 👁️ I'm gonna do it
What I often recognized when I was looking for "1950s Fashion" in the internet is, that the pictures just show the ROCKABILLY Style: Petticoat dresses, long hair, Victory Rolls, High Heels etc. And everytime I think: "This is NOT 1950s fashion!". When I wanna dress vintage some people directly say: "You look like rockabilly". And I'm so sick of that because Rockabilly isn't my thing. "Rockabilly" and "1950s fashion" is NOT THE SAME. It's the same with 1920s. Black eye shadow, red lips, dresses and head bands were not put on during the day. It was a Party outfit, but the dresses looked different than most people think. And not everybody was wearing Finger waves or dark Make-Up. (Sorry for my english).
If I'm talking to my friends, my bird will immediately start chirping because he feels left out. Just cover them with a blanket when you're recording so they think it's night time :P
you're so rad. my friend introduced me to you and i love that you know so much about vintage fashion. i feel like whenever you post a video you're like "here's what i did and it's wrong so take a lesson from me" I learn so much from you and your trials
Love Your Channel!! You are So Pretty and I Love Your Videos about past styles! I was a teenager in the 60's and early 70's. We didn't have a shower so I had to wash my hair in the bath or kitchen sink. My hair is Very Straight! I always set it on the pink foam curlers to give it bounce! When the Short style that was flatter at the front, and back-combed at the back came in, that really worked for me! I probably spent more time on my hair than a lot of my friends back then. But, I Definitely know what you mean about curlers or pin curls!! My mom pin curled her hair for Years ! Grandma B 🐝💕
Happy to see you back! And i think it would be great if you'd start posting here more stuff, even if im not trying to look vintage or sth its just very interesting for me to read or listen about that.
Welp, I have straight hair up to my hip and I'm not willing to cut it, so the struggle is real! 🙄😳 But I'm getting better at this. I'm currently trying and testing with rag curls and that is bringing kind of a good result, better than with foam rollers so far. I'm sure I'm gradually getting better at it and when my hair gets a bit greasy, I braid it and put it up as fashionable as possible, which also works nicely. :) Thank you so much for your tutorials and example, I so love your channel! Greetings from Germany! :D
Not all women curled their hair. Well... not in pin curls. Veronica Lake had wavy hair and kept her hair really long in comparison to other women. Not to mention some women still didn't cut their hair in the 1920s or the 1930s for various reasons, such as religious (A lot of Catholic women didn't cut their hair). I say if you want to go authentic, look up something that looks about right, try it out, if it doesn't work, look for styles that are older. My hair doesn't curl, though it keeps waves decently, it's ultra fine and I have a lot of it that is very long; I have the kind of hair that women in the Victorian era would have adored. That being said, I pull my hair up in a few braided styles, which have been around for ages.
Yes!! I have the same ultra fine hair which I'm growing back out (below shoulders now) I'm thinking about going for a "Gibson girl" style as with a little discreet back combing it will work great with the texture. Back when perms were a must (the 80's) my hair was soooo thick and curly with a perm - it would hold any style with ease! I've tried to get my hairstylist to give me a perm recently, but she says either perm or haircolor, not both. At this point in my life my hair looks drab without color - so no perm for me :( I really wish perms would come back-all this straightened hair I see everywhere is getting old. It's been what? A decade of straightening or more? Ugh, can we move on please? And those half assed "beachy" waves that have been around forever always lack something in my opinion.
I cover my hair as a matter of faith so I get to do the whole head scarf look which is bittersweet because I can do a quick tie and look very vintage buuuut the hair nets and curls look so cute
I've been a hair stylist for years. I got into hair because of vintage hair styles. Over the years I've collected dozens of vintage books and magazines that explain how to do hair styles. The main thing I always tell people is "PUT THE CURLING IRON DOWN!" Rollers, rollers, rollers. Always use rollers and or pin curls. Set your hair as part of the winding down process before you go to bed. When you wake up, you'll thank last night you for helping you out.
The second thing is hide your pins. Pins are Loch Ness Monsters. It's vital for your hair's mystique that they just about never be seen.
The third thing is that victory rolls are essentially partially collapsed cylinders. They shouldn't be able to be seen through. If you are looking in the mirror and can see the wall behind you, that's a barrel curl or a pin curl, not a victory roll. Victory rolls are closer to slinkies or sometimes cones than soup cans with the flat bits chopped off.
Watch an old movie from the 40's or 50's and try to replicate someone's hair from that source if you are having trouble. 99%+ of the time that 23 year old girl on Instagram has no idea wtf she's doing and then it's just the blind leading the blind. I'm not being mean or judgmental. I say this because I've spent countless hours collecting and studying vintage photos and manuals and recreating what was done back then. Actually look at pictures of Veronica Lake, Rita Hayworth, Hedy Lamarr and Vivian Leigh. They had different looks but they had common threads. If you follow what they did (or rather what their hairdressers did), it's actually not difficult at all to accomplish an authentic, convincing vintage style that will stay for days. It's mainly styling gel, setting lotion, u pins and working with the motion of the curls instead of against them. The hair needs to flow like water.
I keep my hair very long and often wear it in longer adaptations of vintage styles. At night, I comb out each section, massage the scalp a little and pin it to its base in a curl just like it was on the roller, but laying down. This gets done while watching UA-cam videos or a movie, so I'm not sure how long it takes, but not long. It takes me 5-10 minutes to lazilly take the clips out of my hair in the morning, which I do while still sitting in bed with my eyes half open and Netflix playing. Then it takes maybe 2 minutes to pin it or put it up and then I'm out the door. If my hair weren't long enough to sit on it would take far less time. It's super easy.
EmileeArsenic that's very useful, thanks! What do you think about modern "vintage" hairstylists that use the curling iron before they set the hair in pin or barrel curls? I'd say if you don't have the whole night, it's an acceptable and fast alternative that often gives strikingly good effects if you know how to do it well
It depends, really. If you're only going for a show it might work, but the thing is that the curl you get from heat styling is very different from the curl you get from set curls. Heat styling is incredibly damaging, even if you do it with heat protectants, and once that hair is fried, it's done. Damage, despite what you see in so many commercials is technically irreversible and must be cut off. Even things like keratin bonding and such are temporary and eventually come undone. If you want to wear the vintage styles with any regularity, heat styling is a really bad idea.
The reason I say stick with rollers is because it really does stay better by a long shot. There really is no good substitute for setting the curls. Using a hood drier is a faster alternative than over-night styling in a pinch. And authentic looking finger waves with a curling iron? It's one of those things that can be done, but someone who knows what the real thing looks like can almost always spot a rush job. When the other method is better suited for the job and doesn't carry the same dangers (like burns or damaged hair), why risk it? If you apply styling lotion and roll while damp it doesn't take a super long time - significantly less than rolling sopping wet. When hair dries in a certain pattern it's far more likely to stay that way. Without a doubt every time I've seen curls fall in a hot studio during a photo shoot or after a long day it's because heat styling was used and the hair just couldn't keep its shape. In these vintage looks, or really any updo, the curl is the foundation, and like when building a house, if tons of short cuts are taken on the foundation, you're probably going to have a bad time.
And at the end of the day, when you're trying to pin it in place, if you use the oldschool method and know how to roll properly etc, the hair will pretty much work with you, and you won't have to coax it anywhere near as much as if you use a curling iron.
I typically stay away from this word, but in general, when I see stylists trying to do vintage (not retro) looks with heat tools, it comes across as lazy to me. They should really know better (and I know I taught my students better when I was a theory teacher), and if they're worth their salt, they know they're sacrificing quality for speed. I tend to assume they just do it because they don't like doing finger waves, wet sets or pin curls, which is common for people who've gone through beauty school. I don't totally understand why that is, it's a gorgeous technique and in this case it really is the best tool for the job. Maybe I'm just a purist haha But you asked what I think, and there it is haha
EmileeArsenic do you have a website or channel I can check out? I would love to learn your technique. Or any suggestions for sites?
Rin Wesley What specifically are you interested in learning? I've had the idea of starting a youtube channel devoted to classic, vintage and antique styling techniques and whatnot for some time now. To be honest, very little of what I've learned I've seen online. I assumed it was that way because people weren't really interested in learning the older ways since fashions change and a lot of older techniques are less popular. Usually I find these things as part of antique sales, or from retired hairdressers who worked in the 30's and 40's. I assumed it was that way because now most people like heat styling so there hasn't really been much of a market for it. Maybe I'm underestimating the interest?
EmileeArsenic I'd definitely watch this kind of material! I'm always watching old movies and ads and swooning over elaborate hairstyles, wondering how they were made and wishing someone showed me how to recreate them. Most of the tutorials nowadays are modernized or simplified in some way
I really like your blouse, I thought "wow, what a nice vintage blouse", and then you just said "it's just a h&m blouse" like wow, hairstyle can really make you look vintage
To be fair, it looks pretty old and has the weirdest of colors.
I mean some clothes are timeless
finally a Polish youtuber recording in English. GOD BLESS
miss me?
Jim Moriarty oh hello Jim, miss me?
I'm from Poland too and make videos in English. :) I make funny perfume reviews, so, when you're interested in perfumes: Zapraszam serdecznie :) Pozdrowienia, Agnieszka :)
Płoc what about pewdiepie
@@wormonastring1044 huh? pewds is not polish :)
Up until quite recently, my grandmother went around the house in her curlers, taking them out when she went "to town".
That's the sweetest image
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Omg my grandma used to do that and i was always so confused as to what they do until i got into vintage.. i thought it was just a grandma thing
My grandma too (well until she passed, about 8 years ago) and I never understood why, neither did I give much thought to it. Now I understand
"I wouldn't say subscribe because I don't really care" 😂 Love that! It's a breath of fresh air finding someone who makes videos purely because they enjoy talking about their passion and not because they're looking for attention. Love your channel!
Savana B Most semi-big youtubers aren't even looking for attention, theyre look for monys
I like your channel. Believe me, it's much *smarter* than many others and definitely not *stupid*.
You make unique content.
I'm new to the scene, but I've learned SO MUCH more from her than anyone else. She so informative and yet has a gentle humor that keeps it interesting!
Texture. Texture, texture, texture. That is what curling your hair does. You see so many fake vintage styles in movies where the hair lacks texture and it just looks bad.
Well that word means nothing to people like me who arent into hair
@@taritangeo4948 It means having your hair curled to start with. It doesn't sound like much until you actually try it, but having set your hair at night and starting with flowy, floofy curls helps tremendously when working with hair and changes the game. If your hair is flat and straight, it will lack volume and so will the hairstyle. Proper taxture helps to work the hair in the proper way like it was done back in the day.
My great grandma set her curls at night using cloth pieces she tied together. I still curl my hair this way.
Kate Moth Rag curlers work so well. I like to cut strips of cloth from t shirts for a DIY option. Bonus, they soak up excess styling product and hair is left softer.
But isn't that more work?
@@ReptilianTeaDrinker Rolling your hair on strips of cloths is as fast as winding it onto rollers. It's just wrap, roll and tie, done. Plus it's much comfier to sleep on than rollers. :)
I literally just finished putting rag curls in, I love putting a film or video on and doing my hair before bed. It only takes an hour and that's because I'm an absolute perfectionist.
I wish those "pinup girls" that always shiw up at historical reenactment events would watch this....
YESSS. And every single school musical set in this era, please!!! It drives me crazy to see fake "rockabilly" stuff in stuff like Grease, West Side Story, etc. Huge bumps on top of your head and straight, super long hair in ponytails is not. accurate. please. stop.
Stalina Alexandrovna this is off topic, but I really love your profile picture! Harold Lloyd is great!
I mean, I sometimes wear bumper bangs, but that's me trying to look 80s LA new wave and not 50s Rockabilly
@evapalma9899 bumper bangs, though smaller than in pin up rockabilly styles, we're done in the 50s!
I wish I could know how "normal women" looked like back then I mean women who didn't had money or time to style the hair
When I look for a vintage style they only show hairstyles with lots of curls and hairspray and thousand of bobbypins
What about girls like me, who got up late and run to school or working place ?? XD but still wanted to save the hairstyle ??
Loveee Anna :3
YuukaYoghurt as surprising as it is for us nowadays, not curling your hair was so unthinkable for those women that almost all of them did it, rich and poor. I used to believe that some simply gave up because they had no time, but to be completely honest, I've seen and studied a lot of pictures from the 1930s-1950s and I've only seen a couple of women with their hair undone, majority of them young. I believe it was a matter of "honor". walking around with your hair straight - especially when you were a grown up - meant you were very untidy and made you unattractive. what shocked me most were ww2 pictures of women being taken from Jewish ghettos - and I noticed, despite the severely harsh conditions they were forced to live in, that all of them had their hair done. what's also worth to remember is that they didn't have to do it everyday, usually once a week would do the trick. some would also do perms. I myself have some "cheating" hairstyles that I do on my lazy days :D headwear is also saving my lazy ass all the time.
Domowa Kostiumologia Though most people curled their hair, it didn't automatically make them seem (to society) as unattractive or ugly if they didn't do so. Women with very long hair, for example, would often simply pin it into styles, if you get what I mean, rather than actually using curlers or pin curls. Especially in the 40s with the war effort, less women bothered to curl their hair, and instead simply tied it back, braided it or put it under a scarf. Also, the 'vintage roll' does not involve curling, and loads of females just pinned their fringe/front section of hair back in a sort of poof thing (not good with hair in general, no clue how to describe it!!! 😂). Sorry if this made no sense 😂
YuukaYoghurt when you get more skilled, you're able to pick up the styling faster. Practice makes perfect. Setting hair at night has always been my godsend, as well as hot rollers. Another cheat is using "second day hair." Unfortunately, most of my own family photos even show my great relatives and before with curled hair. It's a product of the time. The ones that didn't were farmers and they just tied their hair back.
thanks a lot for the answers!!
YuukaYoghurt I'm from Germany and I'm always stunned that our "Trümmerfrauen" (women who build houses from ruins after 1945) had their hair done while working in the ruins. There is video footage of that.
Wondering about my own lazyness tbh =D
*That moment when you have naturally curly hair👍*
n o quite
Quite what?
n o curly girl here!! (3a XD)
+Vampstors50 Elliott
"The funny thing is I have natural waves so you'd think curling irons would work?!"
"...mine is so straight and hates holding any curl."
You two clearly have completely different hair types. I don't know why you'd think what worked for you would work on dead straight hair when you have curly/wavy hair. Unless you use a texturising/sea salt spray or shittonnes of hair spray, pin-straight hair *will not* hold curls, simple as that.
n o I've got curly hair but it's tight curls and massive, vintage hairstyles only look perfect when I straighten, then curl my hair again 🙄
It's strange how modern hair style trends to be straight=fashionable; considering how long curly or wavy hair was fashionable.
You can blame the 1990's for that, sure Straight hair started to be kinda normal in the 1960's, and 1970's, but the 1990's killed it off. Personally I think it should come back, given there is a lot you can do with curls
Fashion changes, it's natural
Yeah but so were floorlenght dresses.
but where are the pictures?! it would be so much nicer to see some examples
you have the whole internet
@@cozymoggele that's ridiculous
@@bdufka no , you are just lazy
@@bdufka lazyy
@@elenagarcia1355 So this video is useless, because you can search everything in the whole internet.
I have very fond memories of sitting in my grandmas bathroom watching her put rollers in her hair and chatting with me. She would cover it with her yellow scarf. She is now her nineties and she still does it. ❤️❤️❤️
Seriously your style just intrigues me so much! I love it. I'm a sucker for vintage and antiques
I’ve been adding vintage style clothing to my wardrobe for several years and always wore hair flowers or bows with curled hair with a curling wand to make it seem more vintage but my curls would fall. I recently started using rollers and it’s definitely made a difference in my whole look!!
I feel like I just time traveled. Omg. If people in the 40's had what technology we have today
I have naturally curly hair, so this video is good news! I also think the right tools are key. I inherited a natural bristles hairbrush from my Grandma and simply using it through my hair already pulls off the vintage look. The bristles are completely different from modern brushes; It makes the hair super shiny, but it does not detangle hair at ALL...
Also, short/medium hair is your friend! From 20's-50's, there are so many great simple styles like bobs, pixies, etc., and most women didn't really wear their hair long past their shoulders for convenience. So many styles *can* be achieved with long hair, but are simpler and even more accurate with medium to short length hair.
(Disclaimer: that's "so many", not "all". There are still long hair styles, for sure, but you will find your life easier and have a lot more styles to choose from if you keep it shorter. This is coming from a girl with hair at least two feet long in a pony tail.)
I would love for you to make a video on this hairstyle.
Also, you remind me of my grandma so much. This is a huge compliment. She was born in 1928 and she was an absolute doll.
As a hairdresser, I have many hairstyling books from the '20s through the '50s. I love trying to replicate what was done so many years ago when stylists actually styled the hair to stay. Using Brilliantine(mineral oil or petrolatum) for some shine and hold. Also lacquer as hairspray. Their hair really would last a week.
Oh I'm so happy to see you. You're videos are always so interesting!
KHAZimmermann your beautiful btw.
The thing with texture... my grandmother told me that women back then only washed their hair once a week. The rest of the time they used powder shampoo or just brush the oils off or redistribute. That is why they had the sheen or shiny look to their hair compare todays' over washed, over-processed hair. Also, "dirty" hair takes in the hair color more readily and makes it last long, which is why root touch-up are done and not overall redying the hair that is colored already. Which explain why they had more hair back then too. You look at todays' hair it is flat, dull, very thin and in some cases severely damaged. BTW, I went without washing my hair in two weeks and the hair did this magical thing... the dirty and oil got wiped off by the brush. O_O I do have to wash my brushes constantly, but better than overdrying hair due to washing it every two days or so. After washing the hair, It than took my scalp and roots to be oversaturated with oils in two weeks. Whereas, before doing the two week no-poo technique I had to wash my hair every three days due to how oily the scalp would get. I also noticed that leaving my hair go without shampooing every two weeks that my hair grows thicker and healthier. Who knew. I do use conditioner at the tips in-between the shampooing to moisturize the tips and two days before washing day, I would use lots of oils on tips and midway of hair strands.
You look like you step right out of time! You’re vintage style is great! Loved your set up in this video-that pretty chair, the mustard blouse you’re wearing-beautiful! Well done!
this video gives me strength, I don't like the modern pin up/rockabilly looks and every 'vintage hairstyle tutorial is someone with pin curls and a curling iron. No thank. This is 100%
I absolutely love your look in this video! Great work on making the high street blouse look so authentic. 😍 the matching chair.
I recently started curling my hair with my great grandmother's 1920s curlers and you're right, it makes all the difference. It will take some practice to perfect
I seriously just found your channel and subscribed and then you upload a video a few minutes after! That is such a coincidence! I have also followed you on instagram ;) I love seeing creative and individual things on youtube! It is just like in the old days! And I absolutely love your videos and all your vintage things! I have always had an interest in vintage fashion and history and all but I had kind of forgotten about that passion of mine and you just reminded me of something I used to love, I am going to dive right back in to that hobby again, thank you so much! Lots of love and I hope to see more videos from you in the future
vitoria it's in the description box 😊👍
So proud of a Polish vlogger, who actually can speak proper English
THANK YOU! Visible bobby pins are my biggest pet peeve with any hairstyle, but they really do ruin a vintage look unlike anything else. You are my hair hero! ❤
I am so in love with your skin tone and your eyebrows. Such a beautiful shape and looking very natural but neat. Your skin is such a pretty porcelain shade. Anyway, very nice video!
I will actually make a defence for the people not setting their hair - they might simply not be going for a true vintage style. A lot of more vintage cuts are incredibly flattering on the body, or they have a certain style which is lovely. But they may not be going for an actual vintage style, or even like the hairstyles that people wore back in the day.
Cinderbloom then the video Is Not For Them
@@taritangeo4948 But she talks about them
The look I go for tends to be vintage outfits with modern hair and make up ... i don't think thats a waste because it is my aesthetic. Sometimes i have 'sort of' vintage hair not because I can't do it but because I don't want to. i also suffer from tension headaches so constantly using grips in my hair is a no no.
Anne this exactly... I want a modernity to the look.
I usually go for vintage hair and makeup with modern clothes. We should combine and become a superhuman.
Exactly, I want my look to be vintage inspired, and not like I stepped out of a BBC drama. (not that there is anything wrong with that)
kimberley merry yep. I have lots of vintage inspired clothing, but prefer to wear my hair in a modern way(unless I’m dressing up in a costume). I think it’s kind of mean to think that it’s a waste to do that.
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You don't often upload, but when you do, it's great. I wasn't personally interested in any of this before, but the way you conveyed your personal interest in your videos got my attention enough that I watched all of them and started searching things up myself. Your hair in this video is awesome btw. I love the look.
i think it would have been beneficial to show some pictures and examples
Are you referring to the ragging effect for hair ( 2:07 ). Basically you tie your hair while it's wet into little knots with old ripped rag pieces, usually sleep with them in overnight, and then the next morning when you take them out you get sort of ringlets/ curls. I had to do this when I was little because I was dressing up as Shirley Temple for a dress up party. My hair was already curly but it gave it the sort of tamed ringlet look.
Most vintage looking hairstyles simply can't reach to the original because of the hair cut. Mostly the "middy" was done and you can see how the hair shapes almost naturally into eveloped styles.
Your fashion is awesome. I love your mustard shirt!
The last time I watched your videos, it was in the 1815 Vlog. I'm delighted to view this one!
when i was in high school i used to set my hair every night and those curls would last me a week :P it was cool cause after 3 or 4 days they start to look a bit frizzy and crushed so i just did updo's like victory rolls the rest of the week :D
A couple of things to note. There are plenty of 'vintage girls' out there like me and Ive seen plenty on Instagram who arent trying to achieve a fully authentic look. They are just taking and mixing aspects of vintage styles they enjoy. Also for many (myself included setting my hair simply isnt practical even if I wasnt disabled) I have a lot of hair which even hairdressers take about 40mins min to set. Wet sets take literally days to dry, dry sets drop in hours and look authetic Id need to travel hours to get an authentic cut so its just not practical. My grandparents who had poker straight hair like me would have had theirs permed and had access to specialist hairdressers who knew how to create/cut for vintage hair which is something that simply isnt an option for modern women.
1:37 "you gotta curl your hair,you gotta make 'em stare". (For some reason I had to think about that one 80s add for clarol benders. idk why XD)
I have a short asymmetrical bob cut (one side reaches my jawline, the other is almost to my collarbone) that's partly dyed bright blue, so authentic vintage hair is basically impossible for me, but one day if/when I grow my hair out, I'd love to try it out! In the meantime I'll watch video tutorials on it because I love how it looks!
You are so original! I have never seen a girl with videos with a vintage content!!
Check out Lilly jarlsson's channel, its great
I second that ^^ She's a goddess.
Jbunzie also does some vintage videos
Mariana Oliveira also check out The Pinup Companion
yay for the new video! I subscribed like two days ago and I get to see a new video, I feel so lucky right now. I hope you'll make videos in a regular basis. Keep up the good work!
I have so thick hair, that having a vintage style got an 24-7 hobby. No brushing makes it smaller (just gives really big weaves). So I gave up, and are back to my teen thoughts: "how could I ever manage to live in the 30's or 40's, me - who hates skirts, dresses and doing hair". Nope, I would have been one of those tomgirls. Trousers and page or shoulder length hair with just side part and barette. Looking in old magazines showing ordinary people, shows that we existed also then.
I grow up in the 70's and 80's and was not even then typical for my time. I have realied one must work with oneself to get it to work.
youre really wellspoken and intriguing,, also youre adorable!!
I actually loved the natural bird noises in the background. You can have parrot guest stars at any time!
Yes! I love this channel.
BOOKCAMP thank you and I do! @eleonoraamalia
thanks!
Yes film more! You're great don't worry about the "r's" we get you! 😉
I have a couple of 1950's pictures of my mother and my father on Google plus and you are so right about the texture. My mum has this really shiny Jennifer Jones/Heddy Lamarr thing going and these were pre 1957 because they were married in 57 and had me the year after. I can attest to your critisism of late 60's 70's and onwards because I was there and was really fashion forward for my time. My mum was a bit of a glamourpuss as was my dad lol! I was a punk but I went through some real 1930's and 40's phases and I always loved real vintage clothes which my sister and I inherited I bulk from all my mothers aunts who didn't have kids who fitted or wanted to fit them...most of the stuff us in storage at my sister's home In Scotland. I must say that you really know your fashion history. I am so happy to have found your channel.
They only did their hair weekly too. There was a War on as I have been repeatedly told!
Parrots are smart and social creatures. They hear you talking and want to talk too. My parrot can scream at annoying times though for sure.
She's right! I have thin hair and when I do pin curls and then sleep on them, they will last for 3 days, and on the 4th and 5th days will be beautiful beach waves. If you keep your hair moisturized and wrap it in a scarf while you sleep it can actually be really healthy for your hair
I absolutely love your channel! I've always had an interest in vintage fashion, never stop making videos💜
These are really great videos, Karolina! Always entertaining, informative and very smart! Thank you!
You pay attention to so many details about history, and about human behavior in general. I love it. Nice channel.
You look like Bruno's mother (Vera Farmiga) from "The Boy in Striped Pajamas"
Naturally I have curly hair, but my natural curls are an odd size, and it’s hard to arrange them in a becoming manner. Luckily if I set it in rollers or socks, etc when wet, it holds a curl beautifully, usually for 3 days if it doesn’t get too greasy.
oh may THAT MAKEUP is WOW!!! eyeliner is gorgeous
I just love your red lipstick. It’s such a rich red color. I remember growing up doing a lot of old school or vintage way of styling your hair bc where I come from there wasn’t much “new technology”. Like the techniques used was that of old school is what I am trying to say. If that makes sense. No money for hairstylist so we did our own thing at home like hair masks and using a big roller in order to straighten the hair, etc. To give a perspective: I had black and white tv with nobs/buttons to manually change channels and volume.
My grandmother, who would've been 91 this year, used to go to a salon to get her hair set every week, although she already had curly hair.
It's awesome to see that you are back!
I love the look you have in this video seems very authentic just stunning💚💚💚
you seem like you're such a fun girl! new to your channel! excited to see more :)
I saw Ginger Rogers, I clicked. :) ♡ My homegirl, she was so, so beautiful.
Thank you for that great video and generally the awesome channel you're running. It gives me hope for our cultural future.
One of the amazing things in her channel is that she has no accent when speaking in English, even though she is a Polish. Also in some point where she is distracted by something.
Also great content. Love this channel
Hello ! I iron my hair for many years (unfortunately) ... now i always use PIN CURLS and it's true pin curls are the key for real vintage look ! Thanks so much for your video really really good !
Hurray, you are back!
and heart the eyeliner people try winks and just make them too long but yours are so chill
As a Swing dance person I have gone to vintage hair clinics and they literally had no idea what to recommend to me because I have naturally curly ringlets. If I remember correctly I think the lady asked me to straighten it and then come back so that they could teach me how to put it in pin curls or rollers. XD I just told her no offense but if she didn't have any hair styles for curly haired people to teach I'd just take a refund, which she did give me without any hard feelings. I did eventually learn some vintage hairstyles for curl haired people just not from any clinics... from good old UA-cam!
Me, someone with naturally wavy hair who don't need to brush my hair everyday when I heard that vintage hairstyles can last for 3 days: 👁️ ᴗ 👁️ I'm gonna do it
Świetnie wyglądasz w tej fryzurze!
please make a new one of these! id love to hear you talk about hair history!
Your eyebrows are rocking!
This is amazing
What I often recognized when I was looking for "1950s Fashion" in the internet is, that the pictures just show the ROCKABILLY Style: Petticoat dresses, long hair, Victory Rolls, High Heels etc.
And everytime I think: "This is NOT 1950s fashion!".
When I wanna dress vintage some people directly say: "You look like rockabilly". And I'm so sick of that because Rockabilly isn't my thing. "Rockabilly" and "1950s fashion" is NOT THE SAME.
It's the same with 1920s. Black eye shadow, red lips, dresses and head bands were not put on during the day. It was a Party outfit, but the dresses looked different than most people think. And not everybody was wearing Finger waves or dark Make-Up.
(Sorry for my english).
Id like to correct, it is a 1950 fashion, an art one, not casual
If I'm talking to my friends, my bird will immediately start chirping because he feels left out.
Just cover them with a blanket when you're recording so they think it's night time :P
you're so rad. my friend introduced me to you and i love that you know so much about vintage fashion. i feel like whenever you post a video you're like "here's what i did and it's wrong so take a lesson from me" I learn so much from you and your trials
bruh karolina I needed this video
Love Your Channel!! You are So Pretty and I Love Your Videos about past styles! I was a teenager in the 60's and early 70's. We didn't have a shower so I had to wash my hair in the bath or kitchen sink. My hair is Very Straight! I always set it on the pink foam curlers to give it bounce! When the Short style that was flatter at the front, and back-combed at the back came in, that really worked for me! I probably spent more time on my hair than a lot of my friends back then. But, I Definitely know what you mean about curlers or pin curls!! My mom pin curled her hair for Years !
Grandma B 🐝💕
You sound like such a sweet person
It's Ok Karolina...I like the sound of birds, so to me, it's beautiful background music! LOLOL!
Your blouse is so beautiful! I love the color.
Thank you! I'm finding this super important so I'm instantly sharing the video with my swing community in Czech Republic :)
TEŻ MASZ PTAKI W DOMU! ❤️❤️❤️ ja mam ryżowca, dwie mewki, dwa kanarki i jednego pół-kanarka, pół-szczygła
whaaaaat?! I just subscribed today, and then you uploaded a video! How awesome :-) Great to see you, I am looking forward to your next upload ;-)
Happy to see you back! And i think it would be great if you'd start posting here more stuff, even if im not trying to look vintage or sth its just very interesting for me to read or listen about that.
Welp, I have straight hair up to my hip and I'm not willing to cut it, so the struggle is real! 🙄😳
But I'm getting better at this. I'm currently trying and testing with rag curls and that is bringing kind of a good result, better than with foam rollers so far. I'm sure I'm gradually getting better at it and when my hair gets a bit greasy, I braid it and put it up as fashionable as possible, which also works nicely. :)
Thank you so much for your tutorials and example, I so love your channel! Greetings from Germany! :D
Great tips !
Alicia Vintage Love your cute vintage style!!😊
OhSoVeryKawaii Thank you :))
Not all women curled their hair. Well... not in pin curls. Veronica Lake had wavy hair and kept her hair really long in comparison to other women. Not to mention some women still didn't cut their hair in the 1920s or the 1930s for various reasons, such as religious (A lot of Catholic women didn't cut their hair). I say if you want to go authentic, look up something that looks about right, try it out, if it doesn't work, look for styles that are older. My hair doesn't curl, though it keeps waves decently, it's ultra fine and I have a lot of it that is very long; I have the kind of hair that women in the Victorian era would have adored. That being said, I pull my hair up in a few braided styles, which have been around for ages.
Yes!! I have the same ultra fine hair which I'm growing back out (below shoulders now) I'm thinking about going for a "Gibson girl" style as with a little discreet back combing it will work great with the texture. Back when perms were a must (the 80's) my hair was soooo thick and curly with a perm - it would hold any style with ease! I've tried to get my hairstylist to give me a perm recently, but she says either perm or haircolor, not both. At this point in my life my hair looks drab without color - so no perm for me :( I really wish perms would come back-all this straightened hair I see everywhere is getting old. It's been what? A decade of straightening or more? Ugh, can we move on please? And those half assed "beachy" waves that have been around forever always lack something in my opinion.
Diane Dianna Danna lol well, I get waves when I braid my gair. that's about as far as my hair will go toward curls.
You really do look like a beauty from a bygone era.
Your channel is the best thing ever happened to me, on UA-cam.
Alot of hair styles from the 20s, 30s,40s and 50s required a permanet wave to get the curl effect and style desired . It was the fashionable back then
I cover my hair as a matter of faith so I get to do the whole head scarf look which is bittersweet because I can do a quick tie and look very vintage buuuut the hair nets and curls look so cute
I would love a tutorial on your hair in this video!!
Your skin is flawless!
Good luck studying! Oh and Happy New Year! Another interesting video
I dont dress vintage nor anything like that but im binge watching your videos religiously
"Oh my God, I broke something"
When you said you had to kill those birds... I thought you said you had to kill your parents. XD Good video, by the way! 😊
How Lovely is Thy Rose oh God hahaha, no, they're not that loud 😁
@ so, you mean if they were that loud, you will... kill... them...?
Just found your channel and my goodness I am in love with your content! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos in the future 😄
Mid 20s and late 50s on straight hair was worn by some women, but for the rest of the time period the hair is curled.