Quick Vintage Ideas For Your Hair

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Let's start off with the easiest way to wear your hair: in a chignon.

Start with your hair in a smooth ponytail:



Then twist your hair around the base, pinning as you go along:



You can leave the bun as is, or decorate it with a flower, comb, or pretty hair clip:



I wear my hair like this a lot.

Next, I am going to show you a complicated do, but the basics will show you how to make your ponytail prettier.

For an quick pony, pull your hair back into a ponytail as seen in the first picture. For the complicated do, split your hair into two ponytails, one right on top of the other:



For the quick pony, separate your tail into sections, spray, and roll in hot curlers. I can get all my tail into curlers in less then 5 minutes.

For the more complicated do, split your first ponytail in half, and then take the top half and split that into three sections. Roll each section towards your head. I used small rollers, but I would suggest using medium.

Then roll the rest of both ponytails in curlers away from your head. When finished it should look something like this:



After the rollers cool down, take them out:



Now here is where it gets tricky. Take the rolls that you had on the top of the first ponytail and reroll them (without the curlers) and pin the roll to your head. Create a sort of donut shape going around the base of the ponytail. Then brush out the rest of the curls so they are soft and pretty. Then you can add a flower. Here is the finished product:




And here is what your hair would look like if you didn't do the 'complicated' method and just brushed out the curls in the ponytail:




If you scroll back up to the first picture of the plain ponytail with no curl, you will see how much better it looks if you just take 5 minutes to throw some curlers in your hair.

As you can see, it is easy to create a quick vintage look for everyday. There are more quick styles then the ones I presented this week such as the french twist and the scarf around the chignon. You just have to practice and see what works best for you and your hair.

The Quick Set

How to quickly set your hair to get a vintage look

(via my vintage vogue)

Hello darlings, sorry for the late post. The internet was spotty yesterday, and with the kids at Grandma's house, I have been trying to get soooo much done.

But now I am ready to show you the 'quick' set, which is now pretty much the only set I do, unless I am trying to be 'fancy'. This set doesn't last as long as the full set on my hair- probably only until around 6:00pm if I set it around 9:00am. But I am almost always home and not going back out in the evenings, so it works for me. On the occasions I go back out I either reset my hair or pin it up.

The first picture is of my hair freshly washed, with setting lotion, and blowed dry. 99% of the time you will hear you should have unwashed hair, and I am guessing that is true, but it doesn't work on my hair- it ends up just looking dirty. So remember- practice, try new things, and see what works for your hair.

For the quick set, I don't section my hair! I only part it on the side, because that is where I always part it. If you usually part it in the middle, that is fine too. Then I just grab a small section of hair in the front, brush it, spray it, and then roll it with a medium roll. I roll under and towards my head. This is different from the full set where I rolled it away from my head. It doesn't give as much volume at the crown, but it does give a sexy over-the-eye look which you will see in the final picture.

Then I take the next section of hair, brush it, spray it, and roll it under.


I keep repeating this on both sides of my head as I work my way back. The reason for this is, if I run out of the medium sized rollers, I can switch to the larger size in the back.



Using the same method I work all the way around the head in one layer.













Then I let the curlers cool down for about 30 minutes. This is when I do my makeup and eat my breakfast. Once the curlers are done, I just take them all out and brush! Here is the back of the hair:




And here is the final product:

As you can see, this gives a less full appearance, and is flatter on top. It also gives a smoother curl because it only has the one layer of rollers. I can set my hair in 5-7 minutes using this method, which is much quicker then the 15 minutes or more on the full set. I also use this set when I know I am going to wear a hat, because the top of the head is flat, and if it is going to be covered by a hat, why go to all that work to do a full set when you are not going to see it anyway?

One other helpful hint: I plug in my rollers when I get out of the shower and let them heat up as I comb and blowdry my hair. That way they are ready when I am ready to use them and I don't have to wait around for them to heat up.

Faux 1940's Do With Three Variations

These next styles are based on Rachel's hair in The Notebook. I did them really quickly, so they are not perfect, but I think you can get the gist of what I was trying to accomplish. Plus, you can see that even with a short amount of time, they don't look too bad.

For the first look I often start with a full set or quick set of hair (quick set will be featured tomorrow). Once the curls are brushed I then take half of one side of hair and pin it up. To create a little bump in the front, I push the hair towards my forehead and then pin it into place. Then I do the same on the other side. Then I spray. This creates what I call the 'half up/half down'. It is much easier then the victory rolls, which I have never been able to achieve. I often pin a flower behind my left ear, which makes for a lovely do.



Here is the finished product:




Based on this hair I have three variations. The first is the pig tails. I start the same as above, but then I split the hair down the middle and set them in pig tails just under my ears. I love this look and think it looks cute with a more casual dress or skirt.



Another way to go is to braid the hair instead of setting it in pigtails as seen here:



And last, if you want to wear a hat with your faux 40's do, then pin the braids to your head. I twist mine together to try and hide the ends and the elastic, which wasn't the most successful on this try, but I was running out of time! As you can see, even if it isn't perfect, it still looks sort of like a retro hairstyle.




I know these aren't perfect period reproductions, and I am not even sure if that hat is from the 40s, but I think they all look cute and they are just so easy I had to share.

1950's Full Set Tutorial

How to curl your hair to create a 'pin-up' look

(via my vintage vogue)

First you need your tools:

A set of hot rollers

The clips that come with the hot rollers

Lottabody Setting Lotion

Styling Cream

I always wash my hair and then add some styling cream. Most people love the Lottabody, but I prefer the Paul Mitchell Styling Cream. I have heard Aveda also makes a great setting lotion, but I have yet to try it. After I have added the cream I blowdry my hair until it is 100% dry. Here is what it looks like:



Yes, that is me with super straight and super thin hair that doesn't take a curl very well.

Then I separate the hair into 5 sections: One on the top of my head, one from just behind the ear to the top section on the right, and I repeat it on the left, and then I split the back hair into two vertically. Here are some shots that sort of show you what I do:




The main purpose of separating the hair is to keep it out of the way and help give me a 'path' to follow.

So first I take the clip out of the top section of hair and brush it out. Then I separate the first section of hair, spray it with a medium hold hairspray- especially at the ends- and begin to curl away from the face using the smallest size roller:



Then I repeat with the next one- I brush one section of hair, spray the ends with a medium hold spray and roll the smallest curler away from the face and clip it on top of my head:



Then I start on the right side of my head. These are rolled with a medium roller and rolled horizontal to the head with the curl rolling down:



Then I follow with more curlers until all the hair in that section is finished. Sometimes I have two curlers, sometimes three. I also switch up the size and sometimes I use the smallest curler- it just depends on my mood:



Then I repeat with the left side. This time I used three curlers- there was no reason behind it, it is just what ended up happening. Remember to spray each section with a medium hold spray each time.



Then I move on to the back. I usually start with the left side back and start with a small section on the top and work my way down. The curlers are rolled horizontally to the head and rolled under. I used the largest size for this set, but sometimes I use the medium for a tighter curl.



Then I repeat with the right side:



At this point the set is finished and I wait about 30 minutes for it to cool down.

To take out the curlers, I start in the back with the first two or three rollers. I brush each curl in the back as it comes out of the roller to keep it smooth and turned under:





Then I move to the front and take all of the curlers out and I don't brush them- yet:



Then I brush the curls out taking care not to tug too hard or pull on the curl too much so they don't fall out. And then I spray the heck out of the do with a heavy duty hairspray. I am not kidding- I spray it all around, underneath, on the sides, etc. Then I wait for the hairspray to dry and I spray it again. I have done it up to FIVE TIMES before I have gone out- it just depends on how long I need the style to last. Here is the final product:




I consider the above to be my 'pin-up' look. But sometimes I want a softer hairstyle-more like a pageboy. For this I set the hair the same way, but I brush it out different. For the pageboy I brush each section as it comes out of the curler- the same way I do on the back. This keeps the hair smooth and structured. Here is that look finished:



I like this look with a hat as well:



Thats it! So that is what I call the 'full set'. It takes me about 10-15 minutes to roll, 30 minutes to cool, and five minutes or less to brush and spray. I have found the key to keeping the curls is hairspray, hairspray, hairspray. And I DONT touch my hair after I have sprayed with the heavy duty spray. EVER. I don't brush it again until the evening when I brush the whole thing out.

Tomorrow I will show you how to do a faux 1940's hairstyle with three variations. Then on Thursday I am hoping to show you the 'quick' set and on Friday I will show you really quick hair styles like the chignon, the french twist, and the ponytail.