How to Create a Vintage 1960s Hairstyle
If you want to create a vintage 1960s hairdo, style your hair the way they did it back then. Here are step-by-step directions to get the real thing. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Brush rollers and picks
- Several orange juice cans
- Long bobby pins or an iron
- Setting lotion
- Teasing comb
- Hair spray
Instructions
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Shampoo your hair and comb in the setting lotion.
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Wind the wet hair around the brush rollers if your hair is short to medium length. Secure with the hair picks. If your hair is long, wind it around the orange juice cans (emptied and washed) and secure with bobby pins. Or you can iron your hair dry with a clothing iron set at a low temperature.
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Let your hair dry naturally on the rollers, or you can use a hair dryer. Do not take the rollers out until your hair is completely dry.
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Brush out your hair, tease the crown, the back and sides if you need height there. Spray all the teasing with an extra hold hairspray.
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Comb the very top layer of the teased hair smooth. Spray the finished hairstyle all over with spray. Let dry for a couple of minutes and spray again.
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Tips & Warnings
Go to your public library and look in the magazine archives for pictures from the 1960s for inspiration.
