Victory Rolls - Hair Tutoral (with bonus hair doughnut tutorial)

 

With the 50's retro look being a huge look alot of ladies are struggling with the 'ole Victory Rolls!

If video tutorials have still left you in a bit of a situation, hopefully this SUPER SIMPLE tutorial will see you through!

 

You will need:

Bobby pins, hairbrush, hair spray and hair clips!

(hair doughnut for bonus tutorial at the end!)

 

 

STEP ONE: 

Curl your hair! It makes the whole process loads easier!

 

STEP TWO:

 Take a section of your hair. You want a section from the front to just behind the ear. It doesn't really matter if the parting isn't particually perfect or anything!

 

STEP THREE:

Divide the section into two and backcomb the back one. This will help hold the shape and make it easier to style!

 

STEP FOUR:

Smooth the non backcombed hair OVER the top of the backcombed bit and smooth with a bit of hairspray. Brush all the hair back and upwards towards the crown, try to make sure you keep this hair smooth!

 

STEP FIVE:

 

Simply roll the ends of your hair around two fingers to make a loop around your fingers! Simple eh?!

 

STEP SIX:

 

Roll the hair in on itself towards the scalp!

 

 

STEP SEVEN:

 

Once you reach the scalp pin the hair with as many bobby pins as you need to keep the shape! Try to hide the pins INSIDE the victory roll.

 

STEP EIGHT:

 

Smooth with hairspray and shape /play with it/add more pins until your happy with the shape!

 

DONE!

 

Repeat on the otherside!

 

Mine are a tad wonky, but my poor head has taken a beating the last few days with curling and highlights, she is in desperate need of a good shampoo and blowdry!

It might take a few attempts to get them perfectly level etc, but you WILL get there!

 

 

 

 

BONUS TUTORIAL

 

How to use a hair doughnut!

 

I still get people telling me they have no idea how to use these little beautys! They really are SUPER easy!

 

Pull the hair back into a pony tail where you want your bun to be and pull the pony tail through the middle of the doughnut.

 

Pull the doughnut to the ends of the hair and simply start rolling the doughnut back towards the head, tucking the hair around it as you go.

 

 

Keep rolling and tucking until you run out of hair, then simply secure with bobby pins and give it a good ole blast of hairspray!

Simple!

 

 

 

 

Until next time!

 

The Rock 'N' Roll Hairdresser

 

Becca

xxx

Hair Help - Dip Dye Gone Wrong!

With the new trend of dip dyes and the 'home dip dye kits' it's not wonder there's a mass of them out there that look a little less ombre and a little more bad color grow out!

Fear no longer, fixing a dip dye isn't as easy as it was to put in but it's not the end of the world either! Your best bet being truely honest is - go and see a proffessional. Correcting a dip dye comes under color correction and although being pricey, you'll end up with a much better result and learn a lesson in home dying!

 

I had a client come to me who had been given a dip dye she was hardly thrilled with. It was blocky and not very ombre at all!

 

This was a challenge to say the least, where the hair was such different colors it was hard to be able to simply drag the blonde up or her natural color down!

 

This isn't going to be a tutorial on how to fix your dip dye, you truely need to get proffesional hairdressers to sort this out, it's very easy to make it look a whole lot worse!

With my client I had to bring her natural color down into the blonde to try and break up the blockyness. I basically sectioned her hair off and drew lines in various thicknesses and lengths into the blonde to try to break up the line.

Once the brown was done we cracked out the bleach and basically done 'mini' highlights through out her hair. Like the brown we had to do different thicknesses and lengths to ensure it didn't end up blocky again!

 

The end result was one the client and myself were very happy with!

 

 

At the end of the day DON'T PANIC!

I know hairdressers can be expensive but going to get something drastic will always be cheaper than having to go for color correction!

If you still want to give you home ombre a go, make sure you have someone there to help who can ensure it is kept uneven and doesn't turn out blocky!

 

Until next time!

 

The rock and roll hairdresser

 

Becca

xxx