i love style needs to get their hair did

The Rapunzel site is actually great! Those are perfect for my long-ass Mormon hair. I just did one of her Edwardian buns or whatever today, and it worked great!

this is... genius!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxS1ohz4Ao&feature=player_embedded#at=440

I have to tell you, I watched that from my hotel bed at 2am and was astounded.

I'll be damned.

think i might by a stretchy headband today and try it out!

buy, even!

hair is up in this thing right now. will report back if successful!*

*should be noted that - like everything i do - i kind of half-assed it, so it may be disappointing.

That is freaking awesome!

I'm going to give it a try, too, assuming my headband like that is not too tight and I can roll it up and get away with wearing it out in public.

OK so on curling and updos - I sorta tried both and it didn't really end up as planned. What I did get was a kinda messy wavy half up thing that I sorta think looks OK? I'm basically just dying to find something that can keep my heavy-ass hair out of my face on hot summer days. I think maybe I could work this?

http://i51.tinypic.com/wujs7b.jpghttp://i53.tinypic.com/1hf76f.jpg

Maybe I'll get better at the whole curling thing with practice. It's tricky!!!

i forgot to report: that hair thing kind of worked.

i only left it in for a few hours, so it was more wavy and less curly, and it fell out within a couple of hours. i think if i ~slightly~ dampened my hair, added some product and left it in overnight it might work better, but my hair really doesn't hold a curl v well.

That looks pretty, E!

The band thing worked but looked funky on me. I've got layers so it was a little too curly in the front and the back fell out in the night. It ended up looking like that early 80s perm fad where the top was straight and the sides were curly, like poodle ears.

I'm definitely searching for a new up do that works with my hair and my laziness and isn't a half assed pony tail.

omg youtube vid headband woman and i have pretty much the same type of hair! i am amazed by this technique and am trying it asap even though my hair is on the shorter side right now (but growing out nicely!)
wow. and how to brush curls around your hand was a good tip too!

I did it. I chopped off my hair. Or at least a lot of it. Enjoying the new look, it's much like I've had in the past with a good amount of length up top but a bit longer on the back and sides so it blends well.

I liked having long hair but I could not deal with having it all on my neck in this heat and I don't think I'm suited to a ponytail. I'm mobile but let me see if I can get a picture up...

that sounds like a good hair change!

really glad you did not take yr hair into ponytail territory

yea I had to put it up a few times out of necessity towards the end there and oh it was n so much agl

hahaaaaa yeah that's when you know it's haircut time

p.s. i tried the hairband curling thing this morning (washed and messily dried hair last night) and it totally works for me! i didn't use any product and only had it in (on?) for 20 min and did it loosely so it made nice big curls and waves. then i rode somewhere on my bike and it turned all 80s wave/fanned-out, but i put combs in and all was well again :)

Hi ILS, I need hair help!

This is my wedding veil:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyAUD0Bb-

I have dark brown wavy hair just past my shoulders. No bangs, but some shorter layers (chin-length, I guess) around my face.

How should my hair be did?

Hmmm why didn't that image link?

http://www.blissbookimages.com/news/wp-content/uploads/il_430xn100288185.jpg

This is not me, but the birdcage veil is similar, but with a small feather fascinator instead of a bow.

Need hair help, pls.

I prefer to have it down-ish because otherwise I look like a pinhead.

finger wave!

^^^^ Otm

quincie, congrats! when are you getting married?
I am getting married on Saturday(!) and my hairstylist is going to do a victory roll on the left side of my head with my bangs poofy and slightly curled.. the bulk of my hair will be down and curled. I have a similar birdcage veil and she's going to stick this big flower hair clip I bought onto the right side of my head.

She did a 10 minute mock up of my hair then unpinned it so as not to ruin the surprise for the fiance, but I took a picture when I got home because it had kept a bit of the shape:

http://oi51.tinypic.com/16k7y12.jpg

I tried to find red hair extensions and could find none, alas! I wanted for once to have full, long hair! I am pleased however as when I got engaged two years ago my hair looked like this and I just *knew* I wanted something that could support victory rolls! Yay for brighter, funner hair!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/5816_124665698577_516053577_2401591_732040_n.jpg

Oh wow Saturday! You will look so so so fab with that hairdo! I'm getting hitched on October 15. I love victory rolls and think my hair could support one, but I after a bit of googling I still haven't found a stylist in the area who specializes in vintage styles--how did you find yours??

Would love to see the dress to go with that hairdo :) Pics, please!

q, I think finger curls/waves are the way forward for you and your delicious veil! Victory roll idea feels like the wrong era for that headpiece.

http://www.hairfinder.com/hairstyles/7.jpg

http://www.beautyheaven.com.au/article_images/2009/September/September-28/DitaVonTeese.jpg

http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_03_img1177.jpg

Laurel those are all GREAT! The first is shorter than my hair, but maybe I just need to take the other two and shop them around to salons saying "uh can you do this?"

It is times like these when it would be helpful to live in NYC. I'm sure your fair city is lousy with vintage hairstylists.

I'm glad you like! I think of you as being more elegant than the rockabilly thing wd suggest -- don't get me wrong, I like the rockabilly thing, but much like the All-American Prepette, it can never be truly chic. (See "Dressing ILX" poll for that to make sense.) tza was right, finger waves are really glamorous partly because they don't draw attention to themselves except to make your hair look even more beautiful.

Hey um, my victory roll and birdcage combo will look super chic. I'll prove it next week. ;)

Quincie, my usual hairstylist is doing my hair! I live in Toronto - can't recall where you are - and she's been doing my red for a while. Luckily she's a Jill of all trades!

Oh and pics - I don't have a good one. But I will get a picture of me on here post-wedding!

Yay pics!

Laurel because you sew (at first I wrote "because you are a sewer," but obv. that did not look right at all), I will also post pic of dress pattern. I'll totally be wearing this dress to work the following week--it is my favorite style on my quirky bod. I need to pick out fabric; suggestions welcome! Stand by. . .

Oh and ff I think what Laurel was getting at is that victory roll is awesome on you because you have badass red hair and a hip style; I do not have cool hair or cool style, so something more conservative suits me!

http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/V8315.jpg

View B. Instructions say:

FABRICS: Cotton Poplin, Taffeta and Lightweight Shirting Fabrics. Unsuitable for obvious diagonals, plaids or stripes.

I know that Laurel is full of love! I'm just sensitive, so close to the day :) I think that dress pattern is adorable. I'm not sure about a pattern?

I mean I don't have any recs, not that a pattern wouldn't look awesome!

Are you doing it with the short, cuffed sleeves??

I honestly think for a wedding (even a second one!) the loveliest thing would be a satin with lots of body, something a little heavier than you might think, to give the collar enough shape not to slump and to make the wings on the cuffed sleeves really stand out.

But that's not really wearable to work the week after, I guess. Boo.

OR I'd be tempted to go the opposite route and have it be peek-a-boo. Use a stiff backing fabric for the skirt, the collar, the sleeve cuffs, and make the rest of the bodice out of, like, practically see-through dotted swiss. Wear a long-line bra/corset underneath and let that be your half-visible underlayer!

Aren't I helpful?

Also, for the day, I'd replace self-fabric sash with a tailored belt in white satin or patent of some color. More formal that way.

Are you married to that pattern? What about this re-release from the Vogue archives?

http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/V1043.jpg

Or

http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/filebin/images/product_images/Full/V2401.jpg?

Also, I'm not suggesting this pattern specifically but one of the things that makes this dress look really elegant and elevates the appearance of quality (or even Quality) is the RIDICULOUSLY deep hem. It's like 18"! But it gives the hemline extra body, extra stiffness, and shows a positively entitled disregard for overuse of materials, which is what it's all about, right? But seriously, this stuff adds up. Small seam allowances and shallow hems are hallmarks of mass-produced clothing that skins the profitability of each item right down to the bone.

http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/filebin/images/product_images/Add_2_Full/V1044.jpg

Even a 6" hem would do.

Who's making this dress, anyway?