I want Veronica Lake's hairdo. I have long blond layers and my hair is naturally quite wavy, so it should take. But I don't know how to do it. Hot rollers don't work. Anyone know how to accomplish this look?
I want Veronica Lake's hairdo. I have long blond layers and my hair is naturally quite wavy, so it should take. But I don't know how to do it. Hot rollers don't work. Anyone know how to accomplish this look?





Pardon my ignorance, but who's Veronica lake?
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Her???
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One of woman's cardinal rule: Body parts can be fake,everything else has to be real.
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Same difference.Originally Posted by Guenevere
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One of woman's cardinal rule: Body parts can be fake,everything else has to be real.
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YEK- Blow it out straight with a round brush. Use some gel so you get that sleek look around the part. The curl the front with a large barrel curling iron. Don't let it get tooooo hot or it will be too tight. Then let it cool as you pull on the end of the curl to relax it a little. Brush thruough it and place it where you want it. It looks like the ends of the rest of her hair are just flipped under with a curling iron then brushed out.
Actually, that's Kim Basinger playing a prostitute dressed up to look like Veronica Lake.
But the hairstyle is a decent approximation. Here's the real thing...





Oh wait,Kim Basinger played a call girl in "L.A. Confidential".That was a good movie.
One of woman's cardinal rule: Body parts can be fake,everything else has to be real.
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Here's Rita Hayworth looking all fly. I want this hairstyle too. I REALLY can't figure out how to do this one... looks like it involves some tools I probably don't have.
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Back in those days,they used some kind of hair dressing that's hard to find nowadays.I believe it had a waxy texture to keep the style intact.
One of woman's cardinal rule: Body parts can be fake,everything else has to be real.
一个女人的枢机规则:肢体可以伪造,一切必须真实.
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I do that hairstyle when I want to look especially elegant or retro. The cheapest way is to use pincurls or rag curls. Google "The fedora lounge" it's a message board on how to creat vintage looks. The Powder room board is for ladies.
Also google "how to do pin curls" I found a bunch of great sites that way but i can't remember the urls.
For pin curls, get huge bobby pins, mist your hair with water and comb thru some gel or setting lotion then wrap a lock around your finger (don't twist the hair, just wrap it) then pin the curl-circle to your head, I usually pin with two pins, crossing them to make an X. Sleep on them then take them out, and comb through to break up the gel.
That's the traditional way to make 1940's and 1930's curls.
For rag curls (they are softer) cut up a sheet or tee shirt, into 1 1/2 inch strips, prepare your hair as your did for pin curls, and wrap a lock around the cloth by rolling it from the bottom, then tie tightly at the scalp. Sleep in them and comb them out the next day.
the girls in the Powder room swear by a product called Hot Sticks...
It takes some practice, but it really impresses people. I love the 1940's look, its so elegant. For a very sexy outfit, I've paired Veronica Lake hair with stockings and long gloves.
Hire a professional hairstylist with top-of-the-line equipment and several years' experience, and have that hairstylist stand by for touchups every five minutes or so. That's how it's done on TV and in the movies.![]()
J/K!





Yup...that's how I used to create the pinup look when I danced. They're rubbery sticks that heat up like hot rollers and you would wind them in your hair just like the rag curls. The ends clip together.Originally Posted by Liliana
^^^...Very nice!
Liliana: I can do pincurls but my hair gets REALLY frizzy in pincurls. I'll try the rag curls sometime!





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Just realized what I typed...rubbery sticks, heh heh.
Oh boy, where are our heads today, Yek!
Ha ha! I was actually laughing at holiday but you posted before I did. Still, yeah, hot rubbery sticks! Woohoo! I could go for a good hot rubbery stick myself right now.
To get the look, use hot rollers and roll hair all the way up to the root. After they cool, get the rollers out and use a soft brush to loosen the curls unto the shape you want. Spray some hairspray and gloss into the brush to set it.





Hot sticks are the cat's ass. I had a hairdresser friend do my hair in those- the only downside being I had pounds of hair at this time, and all of it piled on my head for two hours made my skull literally too heavy to hold up. I remember reading a magazine with my head resting on the table. But the effect was amazing. All the product in the world usually isn't strong enough to keep curls in my thick hair, but the hot sticks' curls held up all night.





Is that a Canadian expression???LOL!!!Originally Posted by mollyzmoon
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Yep, pin curls, rag curls and finger waves do the trick. Also a firm gel/setting lotion that you can comb/finger through once it's dry to get body and keep the curls.
I love finger waves, once I learned those in cosmetology school I was wearing them all the time.
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How do you do a finger wave?





*raises hand*Originally Posted by Lena
Like this....................................LOL, J/K.![]()
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LOL,that's me!!!Originally Posted by Guenevere
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Originally Posted by holiday
lmao...
Get outta my head girl!



http://www.nocturne.com/swing/hair/f...ngerwaves.htmlOriginally Posted by Lena
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Here's a link to fingerwaving with pictures......adding some around the face looks great.
http://www.vividinfinity.com/fingerw...ngerwaving.pdf
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