![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So if you don’t know your clips from your grips, or it just boggles your mind as to HOW they secured those chignons without the invention of hairspray (hairspray was invented in 1948), then keep on reading. This blog will not only show you what the different kinds of vintage and antique hair accessories there were, but also we will show which hairstyles were in vogue in each period, dating all the way back to ancient civilisations when the first hair accessories were found! Today, hair accessories are huge! From oversized resin and plastic clips to padded headbands, easy scrunchies and bejewelled 90’s style hair grips, it is clear that accessorising your hair today was just as important as it was in the days of yore! Georgian Cut Steel Hair Crescent Pin, Source - Lillicoco Sold But how exactly did they do that? Well, let’s take a look at antique hair accessories! This blog post has been inspired by a (now sold!) Georgian cut steel moon and star barrette, a piece that was incredibly captivating and is now at a very lucky forever home! From elaborate coiffures to romantic tendrils, having beautiful well-kept and styled hair was paramount if you were anyone important. Slide in your first pin, then slide the second one in the opposite direction so they cross in the middle and interlock like an X.In the Victorian and Georgian era, it was a truth universally acknowledged that you simply could not have a bad hair day. If the locking technique seems too confusing -and you're cool with your pins showing-trying the crisscross method to reinforce them. A visual is a must here, s0 just watch the video below for more details. Why wouldn't it? So a trick the pros use is to "lock" the pin by inserting it from the opposite angle (so instead of pushing it up into a bun, they'd stick it down through the bun), then hooking some hair, flipping the bobby pin, and re-inserting it at the correct angle. It honestly makes sense why a pin would fall out: You push it into an updo, aaand it slowly just slides right back out again. Apply some texture spray, salt spray, or volume powder to your hair, then lay your bobby pins on a paper towel and apply the texturizer to your pins too, just before using them. If you have fine hair or slippery strands that can't hold anything, you'll need to add some grip to both your hair and pins before using. ![]() If your pin has been pried open too many times and doesn't clamp together anymore, go ahead and toss it-it’s no longer useful for your hair.Ī hairpin is bendable, flexible, and has a U-shape that makes it the perfect choice for holding a whole lotta hair, or just a few, small pieces of hair in an updo, like if you wanted to gently pin a curl to your bun hairstyle without having to smash and press a bobby pin into it. What is the difference between a hairpin and a bobby pin? Bobby pin:Ī bobby pin is stiff and hard to bend, with two arms clamped tight together to hold small sections of hair in place. If you haven't, well, we've got a video tutorial below on exactly how to fake a bob with bobby pins, because it's basically required learning. And if you've ever tried to fake shorter hair or a faux lob, you know just how essential a sleeve of bobby pins is to pulling it off. Apparently, cosmetics manufacturer named Luis Marcis is said to have invented them back in the flapper days. ~Legend has it~ that the bobby pin was named after the bob hairstyle. Keep scrolling for your long-overdue, bobby-pin crash course. But I'm not only giving you advice for how to use them, but also how to wear them as part of your overall ~lewk~. Below, you'll learn all the stuff that someone should've told you back in the day, like the difference between every type of bobby pin, which direction they should really face, and how to make bobby pins work for your hair type, length, and texture. So, because it's never too late to learn, I went ahead and made you this ultimate guide for how to use bobby pins. Because, surprise surprise, you actually shouldn't have to redo your bobby pin hairstyles every hour because they're slipping out. A bobby pin might have been one of the very first hair accessories you owned (tbt to pinning your bangs back for soccer/dance/gymnastics/etc.)-but did you ever actually learn how to use it? Or did you, like me, just slide it in and hope for the best? Although bobby pins don't exactly come with instruction manuals (how complicated could a tiny piece of wire be?), they honestly should. ![]()
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