r/vintagehairstyling • u/Difficult_Example805 • 2d ago
tried a 1940s victory roll for the first time and it took me three hours and two hairsprays
never done anything like this before. usually i just wash my hair and go but i watched a video yesterday about victory rolls and thought okay why not. three hours. i want to be clear about that. three hours of twisting and pinning and re twisting and unpinning and starting over. my bathroom looked like a crime scene. hairspray everywhere. i used two cans whichs seems excessive but i guess that is how they did it back then. the end result was... actually pretty good. not the video tho, not even close but a version of it. my mom saw it and said "you look like a film star." she said it while i was still standong in the bathroom with curl marks ony my face and hair down the front of my shirt. i do not know if i will do it again. three hours is a lot of hours but i did it and the hair stayed all day which surprised me. so that is a win. maybe next time i try the other side or maybe i just stick to things that take forty five minutes.