How to: Late Victorian Hair

Equipment:
-Tail comb
-Paddle brush
-Hair elastics
-Hair grips
-Hair curlers
-Dry shampoo
-Desired decoration

Step by step:
1. Brush the hair back and create a centre parting with the tail comb.
2. Draw a line with the tail comb from ear to ear and take those front two sections and secure them separately with elastic bands.
3. Takek a U shaped section, as shown below, and secure this with a hair elastic in a high ponytail.
4. Curl the hair in the ponytail in small sections.
5. Twist each curl from the pony tail around the bunch to make a pretty bun. Don't make this a perfect 'ballet bun', but just make it look full and curly.

 6. Curl the lower part of the hair in small sections, keeping the tong facing upwards, so that the wand can be pulled out to make ringlets.

8. Pin up some of the curls to the ponytail to add decoration and fullness. Make sure the ends still look curling. Do this to about half of the lower section.

 9. Split each front section in half, so you have four sections along the front of the head.
10. Curl the outer sections in one big curl, going downwards, and pins these curls back to the ponytail.
11. Split the two sections into three and curl each section with the tong facing to the back of the head, so that the curls fall forwards.
12. Comb through each side lightly so that the curls on each side form one big curl on each side.
13. Take each curl back towards the ponytail in a pretty 'swoop' so that there is a wave at the side and some height on top.

14. Take some curls up from the bottom to make the curls all fall in a smooth transition, as shown below.

 Ageing
15. Spray dry shampoo all over the hair to give it a grey, dusty look. You can also use coloured sprays for this or brush through some supra colour.

16. You can also add decoration into your hair look, for example flowers or gems or ribbon. 

I am really happy with my outcome because I think it looks very pretty and feminine and full. When I do a similar look to this hairstyle again, for Estella, I will put the ponytail higher up so that there is more body at the top of the hair. I will also use a smaller curling wand so that the curls are tighter and more like ringlets. I wasn't too keen on the flowers because I think they look too fake and tacky and wouldn't be suitable for an accurate Victorian hair look. I am really happy with how neat the sides look and how even I got the waves and height on top of the hair.