Show us your hair do's....

[fortworthgal]

Rue, GrantFan, TheRedSquare - You ladies are beautiful, and what lovely hairstyles! Very nice all around.

 

[Miss C]

Sorry to repeat what others have said before me, but it has to be said again - Rue and Grant Fan your middy cuts look fantastic!! It makes me want to stay home from work tomorrow and practice a set on my own middy!! Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
Cx

 

[ginfizz]

Grant fan how long is your hair if its pulled straight?

 

[rue]

Thank you fortworthgal and Miss C

 

[Grant Fan]

Ginfizz it hits about an inch or so above my shoulders. I will take a picture of it before I set it, with my natural curl it is the same length as it is straightened because it flips out at the ends on it's own there is absolutely nothing I have found that will keep that form happening. But any how I will get one to show you so you can have a visual

 

[deadpandiva]

Wow, everyone's hair looks amazing. I love the hair cut Grant Fan.
I couldn't get a good picture of this and the back is really too short for this style anyway.

This will probably be my fall winter hairstyle as it's easy and I can wear my natural texture. This not a real bun. My hair is still too short for that. It's just brushed to look that way. Having corse hair is an advantage for once.

 

[lolly_loisides]

Everyone is looking lovely, DPD your hair looks great.

 

[Retro_GI_Jane]

Hi ladies! I hope you don't mind a noobie dropping in after months of lurking! Last month I found a lady who has been styling hair since the 60s that was able to know what I meant when I wanted a true middy (mine's not a baby though, it's just shy of being a femme fatale) so I've been drooling over all your lovely 'dos looking for some vintage inspiration! Grant, I am absolutely in awe of your curls and deadpandiva, you are making me want to rock my bumper bangs more often, though I still have to work on getting that curve shape down pat. Here's a quick snap I took with my cell phone for my FB ladies a couple weeks ago. I was inspired by By Gum By Golly's pigtail loops:

 

[crwritt]

[/url][/IMG]I thought I'd just share a pic of the back of my hair, just naturally air dryed. Its been driving
me nuts lately, and I've threatened to cut it, but if this keeps up i may not have to.

 

[AmateisGal]

[/url][/IMG]I thought I'd just share a pic of the back of my hair, just naturally air dryed. Its been driving
me nuts lately, and I've threatened to cut it, but if this keeps up i may not have to.

Oh, how I wish mine dried naturally like yours! It's gorgeous. Mine dries naturally frizzy.

 

[crwritt]

Oh, how I wish mine dried naturally like yours! It's gorgeous. Mine dries naturally frizzy.

Thanks. Mine used to dry "naturally Frizzy" too, but I've been working on the moisture.So there's hope.
Oil shampooing (rub in a little coconut oil then wash with a castile soap, rinse with 1T vinegar in a glass of water) has helped a lot, also using Shea Moisture Curl enhancing Smoothie as a leave in.

 

[sheeplady]

[/url][/IMG]I thought I'd just share a pic of the back of my hair, just naturally air dryed. Its been driving
me nuts lately, and I've threatened to cut it, but if this keeps up i may not have to.

Wow, that is gorgeous. I'm jealous.

 

[Retro_GI_Jane]

I found this cute picture from 1940 which seals my love for my v-neck sweaters (and shows me that they are indeed retro!)

So I dug out a scarf I've been waiting to use and though you can't really see it, added a WWII sweetheart pin and put my hair back with some combs I added some blue and cream pearls to.

 

[AdrianLvsRocky]

Ooh! I never thought to wear a scarf with a V-neck like that! What a fab idea! I have loads of V necks that I don't wear so much because they look a bit "modern".

 

[crwritt]

It does look nice and the scarf keeps the itchy wool off your neck.

 

[sheeplady]

While I know it isn't a hairdo and technically it isn't a middy, I had a set come out decently with my new haircut. This was done with pincurls, and the first time I've ever had them come out at all! My hair is cut into a 22 inch layered cut, which I used C-dot's middy tutorial to cut each length to 22 inches a few months ago. Thank you C-dot!



(Sorry for the poor picture quality, I'm limited to my cell phone camera right now.)

I think next summer I might go for an 18 inch cut.

 

[crwritt]

Pretty waves,sheeplady.

 

[Grant Fan]

Last time I posted I got all kinds of questions about my hair so I hope this answers them.
Here are my hot rollers

here are a few views of my roller set

and from the front sorry I look so angry

And once I let the hair out of the rollers and brush it out a bit I comb in a finger wave and clip it like so while the hairspray dries.

and once the hairspray is dry I gently run a comb through just the wave and I get a style similar to this though the wave varies from set to set

Oh and GinFizz you asked how long it was straight, when it is wet and at its straightest it grazes the top of my shoulders

 

[Retro_GI_Jane]

I love wave in the front, Grant Fan! I've been trying for ages to get my hair to do that and I finally did it! I think it's safe to say I'm having a fantastic vintage hair day today! (It helps that I broke down and colored my hair again...now these are the pin curls I remember doing years ago!)

I didn't do much brushing out today and I invested in some pomade...still learning how to use that to tame the flyaways and smooth the curls but I love the casual collegiate look I seem to have going.

 

[Clabbergirl]

Last time I posted I got all kinds of questions about my hair so I hope this answers them.
Here are my hot rollers

here are a few views of my roller set


and from the front sorry I look so angry

And once I let the hair out of the rollers and brush it out a bit I comb in a finger wave and clip it like so while the hairspray dries.

and once the hairspray is dry I gently run a comb through just the wave and I get a style similar to this though the wave varies from set to set

Oh and GinFizz you asked how long it was straight, when it is wet and at its straightest it grazes the top of my shoulders

Thank you for these! It helps!