50's Housewife pin curls with a wand?!

No, you did not miss read the title, there is a way to do the perfect 50's housewife hair with a curling wand! Which if I have any 'I Love Lucy' fans i think this is exactly what her hair looks like when its not pulled back in a bun. If you want a looser (more 40's) effect, see my last post. Now the reason I decided to use a curling wand is because I personally don't like using traditional curling iron because I find it takes too much time. As with a curling wand the process goes faster. With this, you will need a Curling Wand which is an inch in diameter (mine slightly slopes smaller, but you can use any kind), curl setting spray, hairspray (if your hair looses curl easily), lots of bobby pins, and a hairbrush (it can be any old hairbrush).

First, make sure your hair is completely dry, then spray it slightly with a curl setting spray to help hold the curls but not make them stiff. Then make sure your curling wand is plugged in and ready!

Second, brush your hair out once it doesn't feel slightly damp anymore. The you can begin curling it with the wand, when doing it you will go in alternating patterns. I start with the very top part of my hair for the first layer and I curl it under towards my face. Once you finish the first top layer of your hair all in the same direction going towards your face. Each curl you do, as soon as you curl it pin it up with a single bobby pin (it may be hot so be careful if you have sensitive skin).

Third, now go on the layer underneath the one you just pinned up and start curling that layer away from your face. With these ones to the same thing after you curl each individual curl, pin it up with a bobby pin.

Fourth, now you should be on the last major layer, on this layer you are going to curl as you did on the first layer, towards your face. Then pin up each curl after you'd curled it. The rest smaller bits of hair you may have left can be curled in any direction of your choosing.

Fifth, spray over the set pinned curls with the curl setting spray. As you let these curls set do something to preoccupy your time, I do my make up in this time. Once you've let the curls sit for a little while (for about 15 minutes) take out all the bobby pins but do not mess with the curls until they're all taken out.

Sixth, when all the bobby pins are out of your hair spray your hair lightly with your curl setting spray one last time. Then, run your fingers in your hair to break up the curls. Be warned it will look like a poofy 80's mess at first, but don't worry!

Seventh, take your hair brush and begin to brush out the curls, then keep brushing but use your hand along side the brush to give a non-frizzy and together took. And with that your hair should be complete! You can of course give it a good spray of hairspray if your hair type calls for it as a way to keep your curls all day.


I hope you all enjoyed and can find use of this! Comment and let me know what you are interested in seeing here on my blog!

xoxo,
Kitty

Pin Curl effect in 1,2,3!

Did you wake up this morning wanting the perfect 1940's hair but had no time to prep? Or maybe you were just too tired the night before to put in your pin curls? Well keep on reading because I have the solution for you!

After a hair dying catastrophe, i was left to having to dye my hair the day of an important event. So needless to say I had zero actual prep time in order for perfect pin curls, as for I typically curl them and sleep in them so they contain a nice hold all day. So how did I manage this perfect 40's hair? The process is simply.

First after I got out of the shower, I towel dried my hair then sprayed it with a curl setting spray to help hold all day. Then of course I dried it completely with a hair dryer.
Secondly, I respray the curl setting spray on my dry hair and let it sit as I do my face make up.
Third, I take my mirror bladed straightener and curl my hair in the same direction as I would pin curl set my hair, by sectioning it into layers and doing alternate curl directions, starting with the top layer curled towards my face and the next layer curled away from my face.
Lastly, spray one last mist of your curl setting spray on to your fresh curls and let it sit as you continue to do your eye make up. Then you simply brush out your curls and you should have the easy, perfect 1940's hair!

If you try this simple and quick pin curl imitation, comment and let me know how it went for you!

xoxo,
Kitty Wynne