How to set hair

Roller Placement

 

The picture above shows the two basic curler sets used in all the pictures below.

Short hair styles: (Party Curls, Piquant Pixie)Hair should be cut in graduated lengths, from 2 1/2 to 5 inches. Set as shown right on 3/4 inch diameter rollers and medium sized pin curls. Front rollers are wound right to left. Rollers at crown go from center to each side. Pin curls in back go from right to left.

Longer hair styles: (Ruffled, Big Curvy Curls) Hair should be about mid-neck length. Set, as shown on the left, on jumbo rollers. Right side is set same as the left..



                                                                                                                                       Patty Curls

 PIiquant Pixie


Piquant Pixie coif bids for attention with tousled curls and curved bangs.

Comb Out: Brush out in direction of setting pattern, fluffing into soft curls all over head

  
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Ruffled Curls
Comb Out: Make a short center part.
Fluff hair up at crown.
Comb down into waves on sides with ends
                                         curved under loosely.

Big Curvy Curls turn the hairdo into evening drama. Hair is crisscrossed in frotn, flipped into curls on cheeks, pulled behind ears, pinned at nape, to bell out into flatteringly saucy, open curls.

Comb Out: Starting 2 inches behind forehead, section front hair, then cross sections and flip forward in front of ears. Turn hair at crown into big, open curls. Hold in place with pins. Bring rest of hair back of ears, fasten close to nape with bobby pins. Then arrange back hair in more large curls.
 

Photo credits: Splash / Mega Management / Wireimage/ Fiftiesweb/ Shortstyles

Retro Hair 1960s

               The 1960s







(via shorthairblog) The 1960’s was a time of statement making bouffant hairstyles. All lengths of hair had particular styles and they were much more high maintenance than the decade to follow. Curls were extremely popular and whether straight or curly, a woman’s hair always appeared to have voluminous waves. Both Twiggy and Vidal Sassoon had profound impacts on short hairstyles and were in many ways the two major influences that broke the mold of the typical bouffant look the 60's were renowned for.

 The hair was clipped shorter on the bottom and became longer as you worked your way up. The longest section was in the crown and top area for height. Everyone wanted height, thinking; that the more height they would have on the top of their head, the slimmer their body would look and there was only one way to accomplish this; and it was to backcomb the hair until all of the hair was like a birds nest close to the scalp.
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60's Mod

The British domination of 1960s fashions extended into hair styles as well. Twiggy and Vidal Sassoon each had a profound influence on short hair styles.





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 Up-do & Long hair

 Up-do's:

                        Men

 

Retro Hair 1950's

HOLLYWOOD

The Fifties look was usually achieved by an arduous process of pin curling and rolling. Remember - no blow dryers in the 50s. As demonstrated by super model Suzy Parker, one pinned the hair and sometimes sprayed it to keep the set.

Universal-International Studios released the drawing of Sandra Dee's 1959 look.

You need:


Perm Rods
Hair Pins
Patience    









                                                              Rock n' Roll 

 

Rock N' Roll 50's styles 


The bouffant hairstyle was a big introduction in the 1950's. Often seen on the First Lady Jackie Kennedy, it was popular through 1964 when it slowly began to phase out. 1950's hairstyles were all about the curls and chiffon head scarves. It was a rock and roll inspired decade that explored various hairstyles from basic to beautiful. In the late 1950's, ladies changed dramatically from swept back ponytails and simple pin up curls to beehives and the French pleat.

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