Though you’ll notice during these photos it may look a little more dry as it took awhile to take all the photos!Įven doing this, about the latest in the evening I can start a fresh set from washed hair is about 7pm if I’d like it to be dry by the next morning when I wake up for work. If I wet set my hair with completely damp hair it takes forever and a day to dry, so I start the process when my hair is about 75% dry. I start with freshly washed hair that is mostly dry but still a little damp. optional: water-based pomade, hair serum or your favorite styling products.setting lotion, like Lottabody or Motions Foaming Wrap Lotion.So, let’s begin! A late 30s/early 40s sponge roller set (with no dents!) Supplies: You can achieve a somewhat similar look with longer hair, but your whole style will be much fuller and you’ll need to do a lot more brushing. This hairstyle will work for shoulder-length hair up to about chin-length hair. I’m going to share my tip for avoiding dents! (People also complain they don’t keep their shape, but all you have to do to fix that is get them wet and they’ll bounce right back by the time they dry.) I sometimes use perm rods, which I like well enough although they have their own quirks, but I always return to my sponge rollers. Sponge rollers sometimes get a bad rap, I think in part because of the tendency they have to leave a dent at the top of each section of curl due to the little plastic bar closure. It’s quick and it’s easy, what can I say. ![]() Let me say at the onset that I really admire gals who do full pin curl sets, but my lack of patience combined with fussy, rather fine hair and a bit of laziness thrown in means my preferred method of setting my hair for vintage hairstyles involves sponge rollers (also known as foam rollers). ![]() I don’t have a video camera yet but I’m working on it, so in the meantime you’ll have to make do with photos. I know over the years I’ve learned a ton from vintage hair tutorials online, so hopefully this will help someone out there and I can pay it forward. It’s just a nice hairstyle that I think is easy to wear and easy to style. ![]() Now that I’ve settled into a routine with my haircut at shoulder-length, I thought I’d show you one way I set my hair for a late 1930s/early 1940s look.
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