How to Create a 50s Hairdo - from Flips to Ponytails
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1950s Hairstyle for Bobby Soxers
Are you putting on Bye Bye Birdie or Grease? Maybe you're going to a 50's hop and need to look the part. It's easy to create a pony tail or flip hairstyle that will compliment your 50's poodle skirt or outfit.
Open any high school yearbook from the 1950's and you'll see the popular hairstyles included cute Pixie Cuts, carefree Ponytails and piled high Bouffants. Short and curly hair was in (see I Love Lucy) . Here are some ideas and resources that will help you recreate the 50's look.
Open any high school yearbook from the 1950's and you'll see the popular hairstyles included cute Pixie Cuts, carefree Ponytails and piled high Bouffants. Short and curly hair was in (see I Love Lucy) . Here are some ideas and resources that will help you recreate the 50's look.
Hairstyle Inspiration
Take a look at actual 50s styles. Get your comb and hairpray ready !
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Hair Do Slang
Learn the lingo for the coolest hairdo's
Bob - a short curly hairstyle
Bouffant - a woman's hair style in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed-out appearance and often combed to frame the face.
B 52 - The beehive is a woman's hairstyle that resembles a beehive. It is also known as the B-52, for its similarity to the bulbous nose of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber
DA (Duck Butt) - greased hair piled high on top and swept back at the sides to form a ridge or seam at the back
Flat Top - A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle similar to the crew cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is deliberately styled to stand up.
Flip - a flip hairdo was hip. Shoulder-length hair was backcombed slightly at the top and then curled out at the ends.
Fringe - a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
Jelly Roll - hair is combed up and forward on the sides, to roll it together at the top of the head. This left a single large curl in the middle of the forehead
Marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron
Pompadour - a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
Rat - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure. It's used under a section of teased hair to give height to the hair do.
Bouffant - a woman's hair style in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed-out appearance and often combed to frame the face.
B 52 - The beehive is a woman's hairstyle that resembles a beehive. It is also known as the B-52, for its similarity to the bulbous nose of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber
DA (Duck Butt) - greased hair piled high on top and swept back at the sides to form a ridge or seam at the back
Flat Top - A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle similar to the crew cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is deliberately styled to stand up.
Flip - a flip hairdo was hip. Shoulder-length hair was backcombed slightly at the top and then curled out at the ends.
Fringe - a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
Jelly Roll - hair is combed up and forward on the sides, to roll it together at the top of the head. This left a single large curl in the middle of the forehead
Marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron
Pompadour - a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
Rat - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure. It's used under a section of teased hair to give height to the hair do.
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Now that you've seen the pictures - What hairstyle are you going to try out ?
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spritequeen
Oct 9, 2010 @ 6:50 pm | delete
- I think they're ALL fun! Maybe one each day! :-D
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sheilamarie Sep 23, 2010 @ 2:07 pm | delete
- I agree with Sylvestermouse. Lucille Ball is tres chic. Love her hair color! And with red lipstick!
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Sylvestermouse
Apr 23, 2010 @ 2:42 pm | delete
- I luv lucy's hair :)
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Mickie_G
Apr 23, 2010 @ 8:04 am | delete
- Thanks for visiting my "1950's--what was NOT to like!" lens. Will lensroll you to it!
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Anonymous
Jan 24, 2012 @ 11:18 am | delete
- Not helped my research stuff for a play. Didn't liked it. Horrible website
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