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Don't you just love those rare moments when your hair goes right???

 

Vintage style middy hair cut by Lucille's Locks

Pincurls and styling by myself

Dress by Stop Staring! from 20th Century Foxy

 

The long and short of it

I'm quite an impulsive person and if I make my mind up about something I want it done quickly before I change my mind. Last week I decided that I was beyond bored of my long hair and fancied a change. I'm happy with the colour so the only other option was to go short. As someone who has had long hair for practically all my life this was a big step but I was more than ready for a new me and called upon the services of the lovely Lucille at Lucille's Locks to do the deed. I'm so lucky to have a lovely vintage hairdresser so local and new she was the gal for the job.

My brief was 'Snow White' so after cutting off what seemed like a tonne of hair Lucille expertly pinned my hair in pincurls and I popped on a chiffon scarf whilst the magic happened. I nervously took out the pincurls the next morning to reveal a fantastic 'do' that lasted a whole week with loose pincurls going in at night to maintain the shape.

In fact this picture was taken after 6 days and my hair still loked fab!!!!

I attempted my own pincurls yesterday and although the results aren't as good as Lucille's expert version I'm not too unhappy and I know I'll improve every time I do it. For special occasions I'm still going to call in the expert though!!!

If you're lucky enough to live in the Nottingham / Derby area I can highly recommend Lucille's mobile services or if you live further afield I believe you can make appointments to visit her at home, well worth the journey. Check out her super duper lovely blog too.

I love my new locks and honestly don't miss having long hair one little bit - give it a go!!!

Vintage Hair.....and a trip to Bella Me

If you're considering a vintage look it's important to consider ALL aspects of it.....including HAIR!!! I'm very lazy, and always short on time, so vintage hairstyling isn't always top of my priority list. I do use heated rollers but lack both the skills and patience to create the fabulous 'dos' that I envy on other people.

I recently discovered a few tips and tricks that have really helped me that I wanted to share and also made a visit today to a brand new local salon that specialises in......wait for it......VINTAGE HAIRSTYLING. Whoop, whoop and thrice whoop!!! No more will I have to spend an age trying to describe to modern hairdressers the look / era / style etc that I'm aiming for as at Bella Me in Breaston, Derbyshire they understood completely. My hair today was done by the lovely Lucy of Call Me Lucille and it was great to have a stylist who knew what I meant and could recommend products and styling methods to suit. The salon is so pretty too....well worth a visit.

This is me after my appointment and hair coiffed. It's very long, (I'm also growing out my Bettie Page bangs) but lacks shape and definition and doesn't hold a curl well so we added a long layer and trimmed the dead ends so it has a kind of U shape which should give the desired effect when styled...can't wait!!!

(dress by Vivien of Holloway shoes by Rocket Originals)

Here are a few books I have that you might find useful

The bottom book is the best if you're going to invest in one - lots of tips, tricks, techniques and styles with plenty of clear, instructional pictures. It can usually be found on Amazon and eBay as well as sites like Vivien of Holloway, Deadly is the Female and 20th Century Foxy.

Youtube is also a great resource for online tutorials and you can find literally TONNES if you search for vintage hair or victory rolls etc. Lisa Freemont Street does brilliant youtube clips and I also love Nikki Napalm's victory roll tutorial. Be warned though, these gals are all super cute and very distracting hehe!!!

I'm looking forward to having a bit of spare time to give a few different vintage styling techniques a go but remember ladies..........if it doesn't work out you can always rock it in a headscarf and any messy bits can be adorned with hair flowers - tres chic!!!

Look out for future blog posts as I attempt to recreate some sort of vintage fabulosity on my unco-operative hair!!!