Historical Victorian Hair: Early Victorian

Products you will need:

curling tong
sectioning clips
hair bands
hair pins
heat protection spray
hair spray
pin tail comb

Key points of an early Victorian Hairtsyle:

sleek
middle parting
simple
bun at the back
detailing at the side of face
plaits going from the side to the bun at the back
creating bun using plaiting
a little bit later they also had chin long tight curls on the sides

· -> To do middle parting: draw up a line (with pin tail comb )from the nose up, use the front bit of the comb and then go straight, check in mirror if middle parting is accurate, the do 2 sections for the curls/plaits in the front, from middle parting you go down at ear area, do around 3 ringlet curls on each side, or do a plait on each side

· -> Curl the ringlets into the face-> make sections, when rolling in the hair tong should point to the ceiling, I would start with the last section so the first ones don’t get on the way, no fishhook at the end, use pin tail comb to get the endings in neatly

· -> For (very) early Victorian : if you do the plait: take your section slightly forward, do a normal plait and then loop it around to the bun, in cooperate it in the bun if the hair is long enough->didn’t work with our doll’s heads

· -> At the back of the head do a middle high bun, comb hair well before, you can do a ponytail first and then plait it or twist it and then turn it into a bun

First i did the curls on the side version