History repeats itself they say. And that is a fact that cannot be denied. No matter what the most the trends of the past whether clothes, makeup or hair, they just find their way back to our closets and dressers! Popular Vintage Hairstyles keep coming back, don’t they?
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Finger Waves are one of the most popular vintage hairstyles for short hair and some celebs sport it these days for the red carpet or award show looks. It’s very simple and a well-worn style especially if you have very short hair. To get it , you need to shampoo and wash your hair thoroughly and then while the hair is still wet , apply some wet set hair gel and then part it either left or right. Now as the name applies “finger waves” take sections at the sides , insert two fingers and comb over the fingers front ways , and draw out your finger . again below it take another section and again insert two fingers and comb over it back ways , so that you get waves forward for one section and backward for the other section! It was the most popular in the 1920’s.
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Pin curls or short curls were awesomely in fashion. The process to pin curls is same as that in case of finger waves but here you don’t need hair gels , (though you may use strong hold hair spray), it’s damn easy and simple, take the strands of your hair and wrap around your finger like as if it were a ribbon , up to the scalp and secure tight with bobby pins. Pin curls is also possible without the pins , if you can get a very fine rolling iron especially designed for pin curls and strong hold hair sprays, and yes , your hair must be shorter than shoulder length for this .
Short curls are always in fashion for short hair, using rolling curlers like Velcro’s and then heat setting on to hair at the parlors were very common those days as is still now.
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Loose side curls were in fashion then, are in fashion now and will be forever. You just need a barrel curling iron and strong hold hair sprays.
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Victory Rolls were very popular in the late 1930’s and in the 1940’s. The trick here is to part your hair in the middle, then diagonally part your hair from the ear side to the center part, then back comb it towards your scalp, back combing is the key to a firm roll. If your hair is long, wrap it into a double layer. Then roll it, these days you can very well roll it with a barrel iron. Now take the piece of hair and roll it inwards your scalp and secure with a bobby pin.
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Bobby cuts-Linda Evangelista had a bob cut in 1995; this fashion came back with Victoria beckham sporting it during the 2007. These bobs never go out of fashion and look great on longish square faces.
Hope this article on vintage hair style updates you as to how you can style your hair in vintage style with a modern touch.