What a hair do, right? I've always loved those huge victory rolls, creating a perfect 1940s heart shaped halo of hair. My bangs are a bit longer than hers and I didn't do my rolls as high as hers but you can play around with different heights to see what you like. If you have trouble getting your hair to be as tall, thick and full, you can experiment with rolling it in a rat. Here are some other tips:
-buy cheap hairspray. The stickier the better.
-Invest in a teasing comb. An invaluable hair styling tool- much nicer than a regular comb. If you do 40s styles frequently, they make victory rolls so easy.
-have a lot of hair pins on hand, matching your color. When I first started out, I'd use probably 6 pins per roll!
-make victory rolls easy by using a pin curl set. You can certainly do this look without a pin curl set but pin curls make the hair much easier to roll!
The Pin Curl Set:
Victory rolls
part hair from the top of your ear, forward, leaving your bangs out. Pin curl this into 3 or more rows, all hair curling back, in the direction that the victory rolls will go. I did two rows of three pin curls.
Pin curl the rest of the hair however you like. I did alternating rows so the hair will wave when I brush out. Not sure how to pin curl? See my tutorial,
Pin Curls 101
{ Husbands of bloggers have to have fun too!}
The Brush out
first, let the sides down and brush out. It will look like a frizzy disaster but that's okay, brush for a few minutes until its a bit smoothed out.
Using the teasing brush, back comb to give more lift and stability to the roll. Only back comb the back of the hair, not the front, which will show when rolled.
Pull the hair up, way above your head and roll it down towards the scalp. Pin in place, repeat on the other side.
*hint* if your rolls aren't as even as you'd like, take them down and try again until you get it.Sometimes it takes several tries before they're even but practice makes perfect! For this style, you'll want the biggest, cheesiest looking rolls you can get. It took me a couple of tries while doing this tutorial.
For the back, brush it out with a vented brush, brushing the curls against your hand and sculpting them till smooth. If you're having trouble with a brush out,
see my tutorial.*hint* Using medium to larger sized pin curls will help when it comes to brushing out. I wish I would have known this when I first started. I rolled so small that it looked like clown hair. See
this post!
Styling the bangs
Curl the bangs a bit with a small curling iron. Spread the bangs out with your finger tips so they go all the way up to the rolls and spray into place. Try to get the ends of your bangs to cover most of the opening of the victory roll. It may take a little fiddling with and a lot of hair spray.
Use a boar bristle brush (or the teasing brush) to gently fill in the gaps in your bangs. Pardon the hair spray stickiness!
If you don't have bangs and you're using a hair rat to create a faux bang, use a nice long rat and spread the hair out over the whole rat. See my tutorial for
Victory Rolls with Faux bangs to see what that looks like.
Next, pull a little hair over the opening in the victory roll and pin it closed.
Finish it all off with hair spray
that matches your hair color.
