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

Modern Retro French Pleat Tutorial

So the french pleat is a tad out-dated now, so this updo has been twisted up into a more modern take, perfect for weddings, proms or dinner!

 

I based this look off a Trevor Sorbie hair up design from his book The Bridal Hair Book, you can check him out and his work at http://www.trevorsorbie.com

 

Right on to the tutorial!

 

You will need;

 

Strong Hold Hairsray

A soft bristle brush (I used a deman)

A pin tail comb

Bobby pins

Hair Clips

 

 

 

You'll also need some hair! I've used my trust training doll Pippa! Excuse the left over zebra print on her face, I was practising for a fashion show!

 

Step One

Start with the hair split into three sections like so;

 

 

Step Two

Backcomb one of the back sectioned hair, clip back into the original three sections and then backcomb the other back section.

 

 

 

Step Three

 

Smooth one of the backcombed sections using a soft bristle brush towards the centre parting. You may need to use hairspray to get a smooth finish to the sides and to make it a bit easier for yourself!

 

 

 

 

Step Four

 

Fold the smoothed section into itself towards the centre parting

 

 

 

Step Five

 

Secure the section with bobby pins and hairspray to get rid of fly aways and give more hold.

 

 

 

Step Six

 

Do exactly the same thing on the other backcombed section of hair but pin it slightly over the middle parting, on top of the other half of the pleat. Finish with hairspray to smooth any fly aways!

 

 

Step Seven

 

 

Brush out your top section, divide it into two and backcomb each sections towards the back of the head.

 

 

Step Eight

 

Smooth the two backcombed sections back with a soft bristle brush, and pin, giving height to the crown for an almost there beehive look, finish with hairspray!

 

 

 

I finished mine with a hair flower for a more 50's retro twist!

 

 



TADA! A super cute, modern twist on what's now a bit of an out dated hair up!

I'll be posting more how to's very soon, but are there any requests? Leave your comments below if there's something you want to see!

 

Until next time!

Becca

The Rock 'N' Roll Hairdresser