Thursday 23 June 2011

Rolls

The first attempt in a very long time - its a work in progress, Honest. Just ignore the back bit and the fact it needs dying again!
I got a bit down lately with my hair - I haven't had it cut in ages and it eats up hair dye like a hungry monster. Because of my job - [dispenser in a pharmacy] in a dull starch white uniform being aside from the norm isn't given air time so I rarely try to do anything "nice" with my hair. Yet I would love to be more vintage - I love the eras, the clothes and the culture - yet I don't partake in it myself. Through growing more into myself and who I am its an avenue I want to venture down a little further. That and getting married - for which I do want a vintage hair style,  the dress is somewhat vintage but quirky in design, I have my eyes on red t-bar heels and there for sure will be red lipstick.

But rolls and my hair don't go well, I think its all the layers, bits fall out, rolls go lopsided or die within an hour. Then my arms start to ache, I get frustrated and then don't try again for months. Waking up on Tuesday morning [my day off] I was determined to give it a proper go - armed with hairspray, bobby pins a bottle full of determination and a flowery bobble it ended rather well - for a first go;
A bit of alreet for a first go?
I'd love to know how to do the more complicated and stylish rolls - but I guess it all takes time and learning but wearing it this way for the past two days seems to have gone down well at work with lots of lovely compliments. Having spied Belinda Hay's Style Me Vintage - Hair on Amazon, it that looks like it might be worth a try - has anyone used it? Or perhaps know any more sources for inspiration and guides for the novice that I am? All the videos i've come across on You Tube make it look so easy and I suck at interpreting it!

12 comments:

  1. Love this hairstyle, it looks gorgeous! My hairs crap with most things cause it's so damn thick! end up spraying dangerous amounts of hairspray in attempts to keep any style in! xx

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  2. Yeah my hair sounds like yours! Need so many pins and hairspray to keep it in, then there's always one bit that flies away and refuses to stay in place x

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  3. Your hair looks amazing!!! My hair is naturally very wavey so I find it so hard to do anything with it, it's so wild it never stays in! x

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  4. Thank you Hazel, it did take numerous attempts to make it half decent in appearance - which I had hair that was simple to style!

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  5. beautiful design, I love it! you have a great blog! please check out my blog and follow if you like, I promise to do the same! xx
www.lovejoice.blogspot.com

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  6. Dang, good job! When my hair was long I would always try to do pretty things but I never did this well. High five!

    xoxo mama wolf.

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  7. So beautiful and classy! Now I miss having heaps of hair on my head =(

    lovelovelove,
    autumn jordan
    www.we-are-infinite.blogspot.com

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  8. Cheers everyone - I normally never bothered doing anything fancy with my hair especially for work so its still a bit of a novelty and some people look at it oddly and wonder if i've stepped into the wrong era or wondering why I bother which is a bit of challenge to get over their mentality but i'll get there x

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  9. omgosh i love this hairstyle on you!! very 1950's glamour I LOVE IT!!!

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  10. I love your hair here so much.
    I currently reading back through your older posts and loving it. It's so weird though, because not only do you work in my favourite city ever, but we also do the same job. Whoop for dispensers and our lovely white uniforms. haha. x

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