Historical Victorian hair

During the start of the Victorian era, tight curls and center parting were popular. The curls were placed on the sides of the face. But later on, you can see the curls were more loosed and relaxed and also the center parting started to disappear. The curls on the side started to move towards the back of the hair and off the face as time passed.

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Portrait of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes and wearing the State Diadem

 Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1845

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Portrait of Queen Victoria
Coronation portrait by George Hayter
c. 1860



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1860

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1870

 Equipments:

• A tail comb
• A hair comb
• Sectioning clips
• A hair tong
• A hair bobble
• Hair pins

To create Victorian  loose curls:

1)  Separate the hair into middle parting. Then, divide the hair into two parts (the front part will be up till the ears). After that, separate the front part of the hair into three parts.

2)  Use the hair tongs and roll the hair inside and towards the head to create curls. Use a tail comb to make the ends of the hair roll into the tong as well. Remember to hold the tong straight when curling the hair.

3)  Finally, release the tong from the hair carefully.

 

 

Victorian bun:

1)  First method: Tight up the back of the hair with a hair bobble. Remember to tight it not too low. Then create twist and roll the twist into a bun shape. After that, attach with hair pins.

2)  Second method: Instead of doing twist, you can create normal plait and then roll the plait into a bun shape and then attach it with hair pins.

 
Victorian plaits:

1) Create a normal plait on the side of the head, but remember don’t start the plait too high as you want to leave a smooth finish for the fringe (the middle parting). After finished the low plait, move the direction of the plait towards the bun and if the model got long hair, you can roll the plaits around the bun and secure it with hair pins.

I have created an early Victorian hairstyle on my practice head at home. As you can see the photos below, the doll hasn't got very long hair, so the bun at the back is tiny and also the plaits on the side is not long enough to roll around the bun at the back. A clear center parting is being seen at the front.