Hair Styling - 1940s Victory Rolls | ASMR (brushing, DIY volume powder, soft spoken & whispers)

Good evening,

and welcome to a new hair styling video.

Tonight I will show you a very iconic hairstyle

that was very popular in the 40s,

especially in the United States:

the Victory rolls.

This is a beautiful hairstyle

that looks simple but

that is not so easy to do.

I tried to do it on my own hair

when I was working on my 1948 video

but because of the length and the thinness

of my hair

it kept falling apart

every time I tried to roll a strand.

But here I have one of my doll heads

that has the perfect length

and type of hair for this.

This is a hairstyle that could be compared

to hair sculpture actually,

you will see why.

So let's have a look at what we will need:

So of course we're going to need brushes,

any brush would do.

At least one comb,

I've got a few there.

We are going to need

bobby pins and

ripple pins.

One elastic band.

A bit of hairspray and

something new,

we are going to make our own volume powder

for this hairstyle.

This is very simple, I'll show you how.

But first, let's prepare the hair,

I'm going to untangle and brush it

so we have the perfect base to start.

I'm going to use a comb first.

This one is great if we have

some knots.

Here we go.

Alright,

now let's start a bit higher.

Good, on this side...

That's good.

Now let's use a brush.

This one.

Alright, that looks good.

Alright, before we start making

the volume powder,

I'm going to part the hair

because we'll mainly need volume on the front.

So I'm going to part the hair here,

what we don't want is something

too symmetrical, it would look weird

and not really pretty so...

Here will be just fine.

Alright, and now I'm going to split the hair

just behind the ears

because we'll only use the front part

for the rolls.

Right here...

Good.

And the other side...

And I'm going to make a simple pony tail

at the back, just to keep it away

from the rest of the hair.

Alright.

And now we are going to add volume

with a powder.

So this is a recipe that I've found

on different websites,

including Loepsie's channel

who is a gem if you're interested

in historical hair styling.

I will link it down below.

For the powder we're going to need

arrow root or corn starch,

both are great.

Baking soda,

and a bit of cocoa powder

or cinnamon powder

if your hair is not blond or white.

And you can also add a few drops

of your favorite essential oil,

just be sure that you can apply it

directly on the skin.

Here I'm going to use...

Peppermint,

that will stimulate the blood flow

and the scalp.

Lavender would be a good choice as well

as it is very soothing.

So,

I'm going to blend

2 spoons of arrow root,

1 spoon of baking soda,

And a bit of cocoa powder

until I'm pleased with the color.

And now a few drops of peppermint,

maybe 4 or 5.

Alright.

Now I'm going to place this

in a little sprinkler.

Here we go.

This is a very good alternative

to dry shampoos as well.

And as you can see

it is very easy to make

and very affordable.

It's ready.

Alright and now I'm going

to sprinkle this powder

at the base of the hair.

And if you're doing this on real hair

you can massage the powder a bit.

Here we go.

Good,

on the other side...

Alright, and now to add even more volume

I'm going to tease these parts

strand by strand.

This is a technique I showed

in other videos

quite easy and very effective.

Good.

And on the other side...

And I'm going to smooth the outsides

with the brush.

Alright we now have plenty of volume

and we're going to start the rolls.

Let's start with this side.

I'm going to roll this part with my fingers.

Just like this.

And this is the step you might want to do

again and again until you're satisfied

with the shape of your roll.

For this you can use ripple pins

that I'm just going to put temporarily

just to make sure this is the shape I want.

And work on my hair funnel

and sculpt it until I'm satisfied with it.

This is where you want to use a bit

of hairspray as well.

Let's do it again.

Alright.

It looks a bit better.

And once you're happy with it

you can fix it with bobby pins.

Second one...

Right into my little hair funnel,

making sure we don't see it.

Alright, second one.

Let's roll the second one.

Around my fingers and...

I'm going to place it here.

It looks cute.

Again let's secure it with bobby pins.

And another one at the back of the roll.

Making adjustments...

And it's done.

As you can see it requires a bit of time

and patience,

but with a bit of training

you can achieve beautiful rolls.

I like this wavy movement.

This is quite interesting.

New we're going to take care of the back

it's going to be much easier.

There's no rule,

you can do whatever you'd like,

you can just let your hair down

and curl the end of it.

Or make a simple updo.

Here I'm going to make some kind

of rolled updo.

Here we go.

I'm taking one strand on each side

and I'm going to tie them together

with an elastic band.

And now I'm going to tuck the rest of the hair

into these strands, just behind.

Until I get a nice kind of crown.

So I'm going to tuck them strand by strand.

Just like this.

Again I'm going to use bobby pins to secure it.

Let's keep going.

Another bobby pin...

And last strand...

One last bobby pin...

Good.

That's very simple.

And now, a bit of hairspray again.

And we're done.

Very classy, isn't it?

Now I will arrange a few things here and there

to make sure there is no fly away.

Or at least not too many.

Thank you for watching and,

as always, I wish you a very good night.