February 3, 2012 by Jo
Ladies, if you have short hair, then this is the tutorial for you!
Why this video? For one, Marilyn Monroe is an icon and Lisa Freemont Street knows how to make a tutorial. What more can a gal ask for?
Lisa does a great job explaining how to put in pin curls and about some of the finer details about directionality of your curl. If you actually watch the entire clip, instead of jump through, you’ll learn about the difference between curls from the 1930s vs the 1950s.
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February 2, 2012 by Jo
I chose this video for two reasons:
I think it’s safe to say I’m red with envy!
Yes, it’s a long video and I’d say you could safely fast forward through it about 30 seconds at a time until you found what you were looking for. You also can stop watching at the 9 minute mark, and/or jump back in around 12:40 to watch her put an enormous bow in her hair.
Quick run down: section hair off by making a square on the top of your head (for your enormous swirl), put hair in pony tail, and then curl everything. Jump to 3:15.
In general, her motto is: curl it, hairspray it, tease it, hairspray it, pin it, and hair spray it again!
It’s sooooo beeg! (yes, I purposely spelled it that way)
Category Hair | Tags: big hair,faux bangs,Gwen Stefani,hair,inspiration,Jo Hoffberg,long hair,medium hair,pinup,red,swirl | No Comments
February 1, 2012 by Jo
Aaaaaaaaaaand we’re off! Opening this year’s Jo Hoffberg’s favorite/interesting/useful hair tutorials is brought to you by Eisy Morgan. It’s an interesting idea and I’m wondering if this idea/technique could apply elsewhere. What I love about this is how enormous you get make your hair. Well, let’s get started :D
Grab a sock, cut off the toes, roll it down as if you were cuffing a shirt, and that’s the scrunchie that you’re going to use. Now, fast forward to 2:12 and get started!!
What I like about this video is how few hair-things she used. I love watching videos where people MacGyver things.
I also found this video, which I quite like. Miss Peace n Love‘s voice is….memorable, but I like how she broke this down. Get your hair in a pony tail and start watching at 1:37.
What fun is that instead of using a sock, she used a leg warmer. I think this is the one I’m going to try right now!!
Category Hair | Tags: big bun,bun,easy updo,Eisy Morgan,Febru-hairy,hair,hair tutorial,MacGyver,Miss Peace n Love 97 | No Comments
January 29, 2012 by Jo
Yesterday
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November 16, 2011 by Jo
Earlier this year in February I did a 28 Day Marathon of vintage-inspired hair videos that I found on youtube. Ever since then, I’ve laid off the hair tutorial videos, but now, my interest has piqued again!
Ask Sash88 shows us how to do three simple hair styles: half up do, diagonal french twist, and at braided bun.
My guess is these would work better for medium-length hair. I really like how at the beginning of the video, she gave a quick preview, filmed everything and laid down vocals and music later, and kept is simple. If that seems silly of me to point out, then you’ve clearly never watched some of the long-winded hair tutorials that are online. I just saved a few minutes of your life; you’re welcome. :)
I don’t know about you, but I really like the look of braids and I’ve been interested in how to do a 5 strand braid for a bit.
I am not sure I am going to be able to do this on myself, but I now know how to do it. Lindsay, I think I’ll need to practice on you!
Enjoy, Kittens!
Category Hair | Tags: AskSash88,braid,bun,diagonal french twist,hair,hair tutorial,half updo,Lindsay Longstreth,medium hair,quick and easy hair,quick hairstyles | 1 Comment
March 9, 2011 by Jo
Ladies, thank you for all the comments and photos that you’ve sent me. Here is one of the great emails I got from a few of you that I thought I should pass on to everyone! Lindsay, thanks for photographing your hard work and for letting me post this on my blog!! xoxo
1. Side-swept bumper bangs. I didn’t realize I’d been doing bumper bangs until I saw the tutorials! I just got tired of rolling my pin-curl one way and wanted to switch it up. I’m still working on the proper bumper-bang, but this is pretty and easy for now.
2. This is the bumper-bang/pin-curl hybrid I mentioned in the comments. Another thing where I was inspired by the bumper bang tutorials and tired of doing my usual pin-curl (I have bangs that are growing out, it’s how I keep them up and out of my face) in the same direction every day. I had never played around with pulling it to the other side of my face, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it’s a great way to get a simple betty page bangs silhouette without much effort!
3. And finally, I thought it would be fun to make a real style out of how my hair usually ends up at the end of a long, fun night. My hair rejects bobby pins like no other (even though the type I have seems like it would hold them with NO problem, provided there are enough), so towards the end of the night I tend to just give up and have fun with it. All I had to do to make it look a bit nicer was put in one pin to keep it close to the side of my face. We’ll see if it stays…
Anyway, thanks again for your awesome month of hair inspiration! I can’t wait to continue trying all the styles (and for my hair to get just a bit longer – I miss it soooo much it’s ridiculous. I had it to about the same length as yours).
Category Hair | Tags: bangs,hair,Lindsay Kolbenschlag | 2 Comments
March 1, 2011 by Jo
Ladies, thanks so much for all the great comments and for trying these things with me!! Here’s a quick
Day 1 – Double Bun
Day 2 – Bandana
Day 3 – French Twist/Faux Hawk
Day 4 – Pinup Hairdo
Day 5 – Bangs
Day 6 – How to Curl your Hair & Pinup Curls
Day 7 – Hair Rat
Day 8 – Faux Bob
Day 9 – Victory Rolls
Day 10 – Hair and Makeup
Day 11 – French Braid Friday! Intro to French Braids
Day 12 – Inspired by Bernie
Day 13 – Snood
Day 14 – Pin Curls
Day 15 – Big Bun
Day 16 – Bob Revisited
Day 17 – Hot Rollers
Day 18 – Inside out French Braid
Day 19 – Faux Hawk
Day 20 – Victory Rolls
Day 21 – Side Roll
Day 22 – Retro hairstyle
Day 23 – French Twist
Day 24 – Twist n’ Braid
Day 25 – French Braid Friday – ridiculous and amazing
Day 26 – Snoody Victory
Day 27 – Long Hair and Quick Fixes
Day 28 – Make a Bow with your hair
Which were your favorites?
Category Hair | Tags: 1940's,1950s,bandana,french braid,hair,hairscarf,how to,review,snood,tutorials,victory roll | 2 Comments
February 28, 2011 by Jo
It’s the last day for hair tutorial month and I’ve learned so much. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep myself from being so dull with my hair (even though I think hiding under a beret is nice….and a basic ponytail is rather can be rather pretty)!
A few things I’ve learned about hair tutorials:
1) They don’t look very difficult to film. Perhaps I should do one?!
2) People have some UGLY backdrops!
3) There is lots of talky-talky and some of us just want an expedited version. Sigh….just like in dance classes….there are the talkers and there are the make-the-students-dance-ers.
4) People can make funny faces while using hairspray. This makes me slightly insecure about what silly facial expressions I must have that I don’t know about and that my friends are too kind to tell me about. :)
5) The definition of long, medium, and short hair is very flexible. Apparently, what I consider medium length hair is what some people consider to be short.
6) I’ll never have hair the right length. It’s either too short or too long for everything! Hahha, perhaps you feel the same way.
7) I keep finding bobby pins in the oddest places!
Alright. Time for our last video. This kinda (eeek….sorta *squint) relates to fashion in the lindy hop scene. We wear bows in our hair, but what if we were to make our hair into a bow!!! I know you’ve always been wondering how to do this, so here’s the tutorial for you!!
In case you don’t have that much hair, fret not, here’s a video with “little hair”. OMGoodness, the Japanese are so cute!!
Here’s two more for good measures. This chick has shorter hair (as opposed to “little hair”) and can still make this happen. No excuses! Fast forward to 3:50 start :)
Different technique. I’ll probably use the second one (starts at 4:10) on my hair.
Ladies, I want to see some Gaga Bows at the next few events. I’ll be Stateside in starting tomorrow and will see some of you at Heartland Swing Festival, then at Southwest Lindyfest, and then at Guys & Girls Gone Wild!! I want to see something from this past month at one of those three events. Come show me so we can take pictures together….it’d be very Japanese for us to do that. Peace-su!!
Oh yeah, and if you don’t know about those events, scroll to the top of the page, click on my calendar, scroll down to the appropriate month, and click on the links! Cheers!!
It’s be a Febru-hairy of a month!!!!
Category Hair | Tags: bows,Events,Guy & Girls Gone Wild,hair,Heartland Swing Festival,how to,japanese,Lady Gaga,long hair,medium hair,SWLF 2011,tutorial | 2 Comments
February 24, 2011 by Jo
Two tutorials on twisting the hair! Based on my own experience (and common sense), this gets easier with practice. The first time I did this I nailed it, and most other times I’ve tried twisting my hair I get to the end and then hairs magically loosen themselves. Arg.
I really, really like how quick a precise this hair tutorial is.
Here’s a similar tutorial that requires 3 hands. Heheh, not really, but it’d be helpful, that’s for sure. Just look how quickly the older girl whips through this style.
I don’t typically style my hair when it’s wet, but I can see why it’d be worth doing so when trying this hairstyle.
Here’s a picture of me trying this out. Took me 2 minutes to get up the first time and 10 the second time. Blimey!
Click on photo for a larger view.
Category Hair | Tags: braid,easy hair style,hair,hair tutorial,long hair,medium hair,twist | 1 Comment
February 23, 2011 by Jo
I super-suck at french twists so I figured I should included them in the hair tutorials. Here’s one of my favorite girls doing it up! Mind you, she has really long hair.
If you have a buddy to help you do your hair (or you just want to hear how to do this in English), check out this tutorial here. I would have embedded it, but the code was taken down :(
Have no fear Ladies-with-Short-Hair! Here’s a quick video tutorial (under 1 minute) on how to do a french twist and securing it with a comb.
I wish I had seen this video before New Years Eve! It would have gone so well with my dress! Oh well…I just had my hair loose….it worked fine enough. See?
Category Hair | Tags: French twist,hair,hair combs,how to,long,medium,short hair,tutorial | 3 Comments
