Hello. So today I wanted to share with you one of my absolute favourite looks
Ta-da! This is what I call the
1940s Film actress
More specifically The Lauren Bacall. That's L-A-U-R-E-N B-A-C-A-L-L
This look is particularly smooth and sleek, I'm
sure you'll agree. It's
normally done with pin curls but I think pin curls are just a little bit fiddly and tricky.
So I'm using rollers.
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Let's get started
Hello and welcome to the night before. You thought my hair was short, but it's actually a medium length.
It was washed and allowed to air dry the day before this. If you're a hair wash everyday person then skip the conditioner
as silky hair really struggles to hold on to hair rollers. Normally in a rolling pattern
We hold the hair up here and then roll backwards or forwards, but not this time. Oh
no. Instead we keep everything smooth on top, laying rollers just around the hairline
We're mimicking a classic pin curl pattern here, much like in my Rita, Hayworth tutorial, we'll be appending the rollers
so we don't get an unattractive dent in the hair. The front three rollers are the only ones
that will finish off still on the scalp. The others would all be dangling off.
Start with the front fringe section of your hair. I'm using a three point five centimeter roller for this section
I'm going to be dipping my rollers into a setting solution of Lotta Body that is pretty darn strong.
It's two parts water to one part Lotta Body. Yes that that is strong and can actually keep my hair together.
Take that roller, dip it in. Brush up the sides of your hair section to get them damp.
Roll backwards away your face, like so.
All other sections will be rolled in the opposite direction towards your face
Make sure you tuck in those mischievous ends. For the front section opposite your parting, you'll also be taking hair from the top of your head.
The next section will be on the same side as your parting. Take about as much hair
as will fit into an inch of scalp squared,
but in a line, just behind the front roller. Does that make sense? Hold on. Okay. Let's put that on the screen.
Roll from the bottom, curling the hair in towards the face. Stop when the top of your roller is just below your hairline.
Now that roller is in place, begin to section off the rest of your hair. If you don't have a big hair clip to hand
Then use this nifty little trick and just clip it with the roller
This is about how much how you want in your under layer.
Again roll towards your face, from the bottom to the top, starting just below the hairline, so it looks like you have crazy earrings.
Take down your top layer and give it a quick brush.
Now divide and conquer. Remember to stop each roller at the same level as the ones already on your head.
You can tuck them down ever so slightly, to make sure they're in line.
Lauren Bacall trivia! An overnight sensation in her first film "To Have and Have Not",
She was dubbed "The Look".
But really was the whole package. Sultry looks, husky voice and a brash attitude. One of the most
Independent women on screen. Nevertheless at 19, she fell in love with her very first co-star,
45 year old Humphrey Bogart and they married a year later. After 12 years of marriage he died of cancer, and she remarried briefly
But since her new husband nick-named her "The Widow Bogart", you can probably see why it didn't work out.
We're done! It's party time.
Got a net on my head.
Oh yeah!
Looking cute!
I don't know what I'm doing.
I just...
like this look.
Good morning. Looking much brighter today, still dancing though.
Time to take out those rollers.
The first thing you're going to do, other than shake it off baby, is
break up those curls with your fingers, until it looks like you have a giant puff ball on your head.
Next up, grab a bristle brush and go to town.
oops! Top falling down.
I use the Pent Brushes PF0 Seven Oval Cuddle Pure Bristle Brush, which is a mouthful.
Shake it all around and start brushing through with a comb. This is going to calm the curls down and help them be a little bit more regulated.
Before we go any further, I'm going to add a little height to this middle section with some back combing.
Add a handy pot of pomade. Attempt to take your rings off, even a though you have already put it on your fingers and rub through your hair.
Add a little bit more to the ends. Delightful!
Then comb through.
And back to brushing.
Yeah there's a lot of brushing.
Once you are happy, it's time to spray, spray, spray. Try not to choke yourself to death.
Here it is, the finished look.
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Working until the last year of her life, Bacall aged very gracefully, declaring in her down-to-earth way
"I think your whole life shows in your face, and you should be proud of that."