Female Hair Tutorial by Jennie Devries

                                                           A Note from the Leningrad Tailor

I'm again thrilled to have Jennie Devries guest post for my blog. Last week she took the time to do an over view of women's hair styles, and this week, she's doing a how to. Again, I'm flattered to have her contribution to this page. 

For the first hair tutorial I have chosen a hairstyle worn by one of the women in uniform. Her hair style is one that is a little more typical of those found in the 1940s with its curled hair and volume created by what appears to be a large roll or pomp.

                                                                         

 


To get started with this one, you will need to have curled hair. I have chosen to do pin curls but you can use hot rollers, hot sticks, rag curls, any other method to curl your hair. Your natural hair thickness and texture will more than likely determine the method you use. For me personally, I have thin and fine hair that takes to pin curling very well.


Step 1
Once your hair is curled you will want to carefully brush the curls out to get a smooth look and make the hair able to be manipulated. For brushing out the curls, do so in small sections (too large and you can get snarls) and curl the hair ends towards the face and under. Hair part here was on the side.

                                                                                 

 
                                                                 

Step 2
The hair is not level across the face, it has one half lower than the other. First I did the lower half because that is the easiest. The lower half was done with the half with the least hair too. What I did after the brush out was I took the hair , gave it a slight twist upwards and towards the head. The hair was secured with a pin.

                                                                            

Step 3
Next is the larger section of hair. Here I took the hair and rolled it into something like a victory roll. The opening of the roll faces the sky and not the face. In the photo her hair was swept off of the face and this twist on the one half and the roll on the other half will do a good good keeping hair off the face. At the back of the roll, I took the hair behind it and gave it a little twist to secure it and keep the hair tidy. That is an optional step.
                                                                        

                                                                                   

Step 4
The back of the hair was controlled and that can be done with good hair spray or else a very fine net. If you are lucky, you may be able to leave it as it is and it may stay just fine.