1940's hair using Rollers

• Heat the rollers and handle carefully
• Part a straight line from behind the ear going across to the other ear
• Use larger rollers (red and blue) for more of a lift than a tighter curl
• Wrap hair around the roller tight and neatly avoiding any hair falling out from the side and carry out brick work going downwards
• Use tail comb to help keep the hair wrapped in tight
• When the brickwork is done half way down the head make a straight parting and use the rollers going in the natural direction of the hair
• The left side of the head going towards left ear and the right side towards right ear, middle going downwards
• Use hairspray to make sure the hair stays in place and wait till all of the rollers are cooled down before taking them out
• Brush the hair out downwards then inwards and then same from inside of the hair and manipulate it to the hair style and shape you want
• Finish of with hairspray and shine spray

The part which i found the hardest was the sectioning as I tried to do it exactly like Lottie showed us in her demo however In the end she told me that I have to go with the way the natural hair follows otherwise It will get confusing. I found using the rollers and pinning it tightly to the head easy however that is because the hair on the doll was corse and had product in, I can imagine using this on soft shiny hair would not be as easy.

The end result showed me that number 1 I did not heat up the rollers enough and number 2 I did not wait till they cooled down completely before taking them out which gave me a very nice lift, however not enough curl. I am happy with the way the hair is lifted however I do not like the way the fringe sits and the lack of curls at the front. To improve I will take my time making sure every roller is heated enough and wait until cooled down completely before taking it out.

As I wasn't pleased with the way the look turned out on the doll i decided to do it on my friend to make sure I get enough practise.

I was much happier with the outcome on my model than the doll head. The rollers made her hair voluminous which is what i was aiming for. My model had extremely long hair which made it harder for me to even the sections of her hair as by the time i finished wrapping the hair on the roller it would be falling out from the side. This overall made some of the curls bigger than others therefore the look isn't as tidy as i would like it to be. Next time to make it even better i would spend more time in making sure the sections are very even.