'40s Victory Roll

It's so funny, learning to blog. I haven't posted because I couldn't think of anything to post about. Then I realized I'd done three hairstyles last week that would have had me running for the hills last month. Can you guess what my next few entries will be about?

First off, I'd like to say God Bless Youtube! Seriously, before I started looking up hair tutorials online, I could do a ponytail or I could do a braid from the nape of my neck. On other people, I could make a french braid or two somewhat even french braids on a good day. That's it, that's all, folks! How that changed will be discussed in the next entry.

So here's how this victory roll experiment came about:
A cousin of mine posted a picture of herself online with smooth skin and a sheer-ish cherry tint on her lips. I saw this and could instantly picture taking it further into a 1940's makeup. She was game, so on Wednesday of last week (after stumbling on some absolutely amazing authentic makeup guide videos from the 1940s courtesy of glamourdaze at youtube) I went over to play.

The makeup worked out quite nicely but it seemed a shame to leave her hair (long and lovely as it is) just hanging there when the hair to go with that makeup would typically have been so nicely groomed. I had a moment of potential masochism and asked if I could try doing a victory roll in her hair. She agreed.

Her hair is quite a bit longer than the hair videos for victory rolls, so I sectioned off the front half of her hair, which consisted of shorter layers, and did the victory rolls with only that hair. Wonder of wonders, it actually worked! I would love to try doing this technique again sometime, but plan ahead and put in pin curls first.
Then it seemed a shame to leave her long hair hanging down her back, so I mixed my eras and put it into a Gibson Tuck. (Sadly, I've forgotten where I learned it, but if you search for it there are plenty of resources online.)

I haven't any pictures of my own, but I'll ask her if I can borrow one of hers to post here.

Oh, hair. It's so much fun once you start getting the hang of it.