Burlesque Hairstyles | 1930's Bob Style

You will need the following items to make this work! If you do not have hot rollers, wash your hair at night, and sleep in some soft foam rollers and a cap, very sexy huh?

1. Small Hot Rollers with Clips, around 20!
2. Thermal Hot Roller Spray
3. Bobby pins
4. Hair Spray
5. Wide Comb or Brush
6. Pomade

Make sure you are working with clean dry hair, and that it was sprayed with thermal spray to start. Then, heat up your hot rollers, and create a section part on one side of your head. The rollers will then be sectioned by this part. You should roll them in on the front by going down in the direction of the hair fall. The back should not be curled on the scalp, but just on the bottom of your hair. If your hair is very long, use bigger rollers underneath, but get all of your locks into rollers, all going down in the rolled direction.

Once the rollers have done their job, remove them slowly, and one by one. Start at the back and the bottom, and wait to work on the top. Use a wide comb to keep each section separate, and frizz free. Do not try to brush all the sections together, or you will have a giant hairy curly mess!

A great thing to try to keep your shine on your curls and keep them looking soft and remove frizz, is to apply some pomade to your hands, and use this soft finisher to keep your unraveled curls clean and shiny. Do not remove your sections as you go.

When you are working with your longer sections in the back, you will want to bring them up, and then loosely drop them down. This will give you weight and volume in your bob. These sections should all be up and down at the same length, and this creates the shorter look. Be sure to pin these sections one at a time, with an X of two bobby pins, and then let the curls fall over your bobby pins.

The top sections can then fall over your longer back sections, and be sprayed in place. If you need to position any of these curls, be sure to use a X bobby pin, and let the shorter curls flow over any pins. The style is now in place, and you should use your spray to set everything. If you like this style, and find it very appealing, you can think about getting your hair cut, but the length does add to the volume of the style.

This style can be easily saved for a few days with a silk pillowcase, and a tight hairnet. See if you can remove your style and reset it without destroying the curls too much! Have fun with your short curls!

Everyone thinks a wig is so passe, but really, if you are looking for a new look, and are not sure about cutting your hair, there are so many great short style wigs, and I think of the great one that Christina Aguilera wore in Burlesque. It was the one change that she made in the movie, that really made her character into the powerhouse singer and dancer that she really was. This change, although a small one, can really empower you as well!

A shorter wig does not have to be colored in a different way from your hair now, and in fact, the extensions of the hair industry, are often starters from a scalp wig, or full head of wonderfully manageable hair to support your new look. Find a sophisticated and lovely look with just a simple transition that makes your look new and very chic. The gentle waves of your look can be achieved with a straight styled wig, and a very hot hair straightener as a curler. The only fallback, is that the curls may then be permanent, so be very certain that you use caution.