Burlesque Hairstyles | Victory Rolls

I know it seems weird, but if you wash your hair once a week, using organic and vegan shampoos and conditioners, blow dry it straight, use a straightener to sleek your style, and then, only then, use some large rollers, will you have the ability to really rock a burlesque or rockabilly style. The best hair updos are created with lovely loose curls that have been created on a great foundation of straight locks.

Short hair is often seen as being very easy, but really, when you think of it, there is more ease in long hair. For one, you can visit the stylist less, wash less, and always wake to vibrant fun hair when you take good care to always prepare your long hair with the steps discussed here.

Remember:

1. Wash once a week to keep your hair fresh, but healthy
2. Use simple but natural products whenever possible
3. Blow dry with a quality blow dryer that won't damage your hair
4. Straighten with a high quality, high heat straightener like a chi straightener, to ensure a great platform for your curls.

5. Now curl your hair!

Have a fun day pampering and making yourself feel great. It is the gift of giving yourself some time to feel special.

You can create these rolls anywhere on your head, and use the length of your hair to make them very wide and open like shown here, or smaller and more demure.

Your style will need, hot rollers, thermal spray, bobby pins, a brush and/or comb, and some hairspray. Pomade comes in handy too, as it can avoid the fuzziest of hair.

Start, with clean hair, wet or dry, sprayed with thermal spray. You should have set your head with hot rollers, in a upward rolling fashion, all over your head. This will be a great volume increase for your hair, and will extend your style. If you have fine hair, your victory rolls can be very skimpy, and this can be avoided with rollers.

First, pull up on your hair, at the spot you want the roll to start, teasing as you go. The hair can then be slowly rolled over into a nice curl, and pined to your head. The opening should be visible. If you like, do the other side of your head in the same manner, and then in the back as well. You can create a big roll all the way around your head, to get that great short style, or leave the tendrils loose.

Not everyone understood the complex situations and events of the 40s and the late 30s, even the people that lived during that time. Coming out of a burst of industry, corruption and political upheaval, the people of this era were at a crossroads, and were often poor and struggling. Most Americans survived with one person in the household working, and they were farmers and uneducated quiet country people. They did not have much school experience, and the initiative to provide public school for all, was becoming a mission of the government.

Kitchens and bathrooms were simple, indoor plumbing was becoming more reliable as public utilities were being created and physically installed throughout America. Electrical, sewage, and copper lines were being installed underground, and the workforce to make it happen were being trained to manage these new and complex systems. Schools, hospitals and universities were being built to educate our citizens. New ways of growing, and producing food were being tested and tried, and the entire movie industry was producing a new leisure activity for the tired workforce that was growing and developing America.

The ladies of the time, found the war effort driving their young men away to the front line, and the increase in the war effort, combined with the splitting of family members created a wave of patriotism. Women were there to create the stability of the time, and even brought the patriotic edge to their fashion. Silk stockings, a necessity for the time, were often donated and thus hard to find, during a time where they were a fashion essential. Pants for ladies became an acceptable form of dress, and the hair went from short bobs with finger waves, to longer lengths, with updos around the face.

The fighter planes of the WWII era, created an exhaust roll, that remained after the plane left the area, and this roll of dust and exhaust, was the origin of the hairstyle known as the Victory Roll. The loose curls that accompany the rolls, only are reflective of the era, where a straight hair style was not the goal, and a lady always curled her hair, with loose and flowing curls. The war effort was committed to the resources that were available at the time, and all bobby pins were difficult to find, so undeterred, women used pipe cleaners to achieve the look when bobby pins were not found.

A hairstyle to reflect the patriotism of the home front, and the ladies who waited patiently for their return, is the victory roll. It is no wonder that it is becoming popular once again, as our country sends so many to the battle lines, and we wait patiently for our honored soldiers to return to us.