In law fashion 1885 make a year hairstyle in the 19th century it was quite simple. In Russia head decorations and all kinds of trinkets that were very expensive could not be used at all. You could even comb your hair the same way both in the morning and at the ball. The only difference was in the use of the same decorations. For example, ordinary everyday linen was replaced with flowers or combs with diamonds or other precious stones. This is only in case of a ball.
In fashion 19th century Hairpieces were very common. Hairpieces made from natural, or best of all, your own hair, cut at some point in time, were welcomed.
They combed their hair like this:
It was very simple - it was to braid the hair and lay it neatly around the head in the form of a hairstyle. Chignons were placed at the top of the head or lowered to the back of the head, but so that the hairstyle looked natural.
In the morning, the hair was necessarily covered with a net. This promoted hair growth and provided it with rest. And also - they simply braided it into a weak braid and tied it with a ribbon to match the color of the morning negligee.
False curled extensions were also widely used to cover the forehead (bangs) in the current fashion. They didn’t cut their hair into bangs. And extensions made it possible to keep your hair the same length in case bangs went out of fashion or got boring.
After 16 years, wearing your hair down was bad manners. It was proposed to put the hair in braids and put the braid out from under the hat at the back. A chignon was also allowed.
At evenings, dinners, theaters and balls, young girls and very young women wore their braids down in the English style, grabbed at the back of the head by a bunch of ribbons with a bow or a branch of flowers.
Women 25 years old and somewhat older became addicted to Japanese hairpieces, where the hair was simply combed up the top of the head and strengthened either with a tortoiseshell comb or, which is much more beautiful, with hairpins of various shapes, decorated with stones, enamel, carvings... Hairpins had to match other jewelry: bracelets, brooches, etc...
For older women, and then it was believed that if a woman is over 30 years old, this is already a significant age, when facial features lost their attractiveness, purity and freshness were advised to wear hairpieces that were more magnificent than the Japanese ones, which young women were fond of. In this case, the head should have been wrapped in braids, coming from the top and ending at the neck. Hair decorations should be moderate.
Much attention was paid to combs made of chased gold or with diamonds. A very common decoration was also fresh flowers, which were stuck into the hairstyle.
Older women should frame their faces with curls and wear mantillas, a hairstyle a la Maintenon, in which an older woman could still appear quite attractive.
However, at that time it was considered bad and disgusting for older women to appear too young. For this very reason, an older woman should cover her head, shoulders and arms.
When leaving the theater or ballroom, young women were required to cover their heads with a mantilla made of thin white woolen fabric. The mantilla is a Spanish invention. It was also recommended to use this decoration on days of mild illness, when it was necessary to receive visitors at home. This was considered much better than an ordinary cap.
If a woman’s face is lively, cheerful and she is rather blonde or fair, then it was advised to wear curled hair, pinned tightly, but as if ready to fall in a wave.
It was much more impressive for aristocratic arrogant persons to wear tiaras: the braid was placed slightly forward at the top of the head.
Black hair was combed smoothly.
Very blond people were advised to curl their hair. And wavy suited brown hair very well.
Braids and large curls suited golden-blond hair very well.
At night, the hair was hidden in a net, trimmed with a lace ruffle with rosettes and always matching the color of the nightgown and bed. But it’s best to simply braid your hair at night, tying it with a bow of ribbons.
Before the age of 50, it was not recommended to wear a morning cap. It is best to give preference in the morning to large tulle scarves trimmed with lace. It was recommended to throw such scarves casually over the head.
After breakfast, widows put on a coifure made of white or black lace. decorated with ribbons or a bunch of flowers.
In the evening, the headdress was changed to a more elegant Chantilly with tufts of feathers or flowers flowing from barbami and diamond pins sparkling among the lace.
Nowadays, thanks to new styling products, you can create a wide variety of hairstyles to suit every taste. Modern hairdressers are trying to come up with new interesting haircuts. But the feminine and romantic hairstyles of the century before last again attract the attention of the fair half of society.
A little history of hairstyles
Regarding the history of hairstyles, it should be noted that at the beginning of the 19th century, smooth styles with strict lines were worn. The style of clothing that was fashionable at that time implied such a choice. But fashion does not stand still. By the middle of the century, voluminous skirts with hoops became popular, and smooth hairstyles would already introduce disharmony into the image. Therefore, lush romantic hairstyles appeared with carelessly loose, delicate curls, which were very much loved by beautiful ladies. The sophisticated and monosyllabic hairstyles of the 19th century have now regained their popularity. Light curls of different sizes looked beautiful in a romantic hairstyle. Girls with such hairstyles looked like ancient Greek goddesses. The curls looked natural and light, and the shoulders were decorated with individual strands, as if falling out of the hairstyle, in some cases enlivened by beads, flowers, and ribbons. Hairstyles of the 19th century are feminine and mysterious (photo in the article), and their owners are charming and romantic.
Styling technology
Making 19th century hairstyles with your own hands. To create images from the era of Lermontov and Tolstoy, you need ordinary curlers or thermos of different sizes. With their help you can create beautiful curls. This is the easiest and most convenient way to curl your hair. But there is a little secret in it: be sure to twist the strands in the right direction, because then it will be difficult to arrange them into a neat hairstyle. An incorrectly twisted strand will look inorganic in your hairstyle and will be difficult to correct. The big advantage of this method is that the curls will keep their given shape for a long time. You can curl them in another way - using a curling iron. Separate strands of hair are taken and twisted one by one in the desired direction. In this case, you can adjust the size of the curls using attachments of different diameters.
To secure the 19th century hairstyle, various devices are used: clips, bobby pins, hairpins, hairpins, elastic bands. And also decorations: flowers, beads, ribbons. In general, everything you need to realize your intended image. When curling your hair, you need to use special products for better fixation. These can be foams, mousses, depending on the hair type. And for careful handling, you need to use thermal protection before applying these products. The final version of the hairstyle is secured with varnish.
Classic styling
Classic 19th century hairstyles. How to make it at home with medium length hair? They consist of buns, braids (they can be decorated with something), secured in buns at the back of the head, and beautifully arranged curls at the temples. You will need curlers or a curling iron to curl the desired strands, heat protection and fixation products, hairpins, elastic bands, and a comb with a long thin handle. Let's start creating one of these hairstyles.
- Divide the hair into a straight parting, then after about five centimeters make a transverse parting - perpendicular to the previous one.
- Carefully separate the strands for curling and styling at the temples.
- Take the hair from the back of the head, gather it into a bun, secure it with an elastic band on the top of the head and braid the tail into a fluffy, torn braid, wrap the braid around the base and secure this structure with hairpins.
- Then treat the remaining hair with heat protection, but at the ends, where the curls will be, it is not necessary.
- Apply fixative. Carefully curl the strands into curls and lay them beautifully at the temples. Fix the hairstyle with hairspray.
Classic hairstyle with a low bun.
- You will need everything that was used in the first example.
- Comb your hair well.
- Carefully part the hair in the middle.
- Separate the back of the head with a transverse line and wrap it in a voluminous low bun, a little sloppy.
- Secure with pins.
- Curl the hair on the temporal part with a curling iron or curlers.
- Lay it out beautifully.
- Fix with varnish.
Low roller with loose waves on top
For work you will need: a curling iron or curlers, bobby pins, hairpins (possibly with decorated tips in the form of beads or flowers), a comb with a long thin handle, mousse for hair styling, hairspray.
- To give a romantic look, you need to curl your hair all over your head to the full length away from your face. This will add volume to your hair. Separate the curls carefully with your fingers and lay all the strands in the direction from the face to the back of the head. If your hair is thin, you need to backcomb it a little at the roots to add volume.
- Then, using your fingers, carefully, without pulling the strands too much, leaving beautiful waves, gather them loosely at the back of the head, and secure them with bobby pins along the line at the level of the middle of the ear. If the bobby pins don't stick, you need to comb them further in this area.
- Then carefully take the curls from below, twist them into a transverse, careless roller and secure with beautiful hairpins.
- A few curls should be released at the temples and on the neck. Secure your hair with hairspray.
This is a very romantic look and was often used for 19th century ball hairstyles. Therefore, it can also be done for a celebration.
Asymmetrical bun or bun
This 19th century hairstyle looks elegant and luxurious and can be worn when attending social events. To work, you need the same thing as in the previous hairstyles.
- Curl your hair along the entire length, using fixing agents and thermal protection. It is advisable to protect your hair from exposure to high temperatures so that your hair looks healthy and shiny. With well-groomed hair, any woman looks chic even without voluminous styling.
- Carefully separate the curls with your fingers without combing. Carefully separate the back part of the head, as in a classic style, tie this part of the hair into a voluminous bun or bun (it should not be pulled tight, as if grabbed casually), and secure with hairpins.
- Let out a few curls to add romance. You can make such a design asymmetrically, from any side.
- Beat the strands of the front part a little, if there is not enough volume, comb it at the root. Carefully, without stretching, leaving beautiful waves, lay it back and secure with bobby pins. Leave light curls at the temples.
Conclusion
Hairstyles of the 19th century are surprisingly elegant and are capable of surprising and enchanting numerous fans with their appearance. A woman with such a hairstyle looks like a goddess and, accordingly, feels like the mistress of men's hearts. Beauty is a great power, especially since you can achieve such success quite easily at home, on your own.
Each era has its own fashion not only for clothes, but also for hairstyles. Hairstyles of the 19th century were done in Greek and Roman styles. In those days, curls of various shapes were popular, ranging from round to spiral. It was fashionable to decorate your hair with a beautiful hairpin, feathers or tiaras. Sometimes hoops were used.
19th century hairstyles
- Blondes are in fashion
- Natural beauty
- Chemistry
Blondes are in fashion
In the 19th century, many women wanted to be blonde and bleached their hair with hydrogen peroxide. In the mid-19th century, red-haired young ladies began to appear to replace blondes. For styling hair, hot curling irons were used, reminiscent of modern curling irons of our time. In the 19th century, short haircuts began to appear among women for the first time. Short hair, many fashionistas curled it into small curls. Women began to wear short haircuts in honor of those executed by the guillotine, since those sentenced to death had their hair cut off. Hairstyles with short hair were usually decorated with a tiara or hoop.
Natural beauty
In the second half of the 19th century, simpler hairstyles that would highlight a woman’s natural beauty became more popular. Airy curls tied in a bun and secured with a hairpin are beginning to come into fashion. But for various celebrations, ladies preferred to have more complex hairstyles, until the beginning of the 20th century.
Chemistry
In the 19th century, hairdressers introduced such an innovation as perm. Thus, it was during this period that chemical agents began to be used to create a fixed hairstyle. Many women in the 19th century wore wigs. For the sake of this fashion, some ladies constantly shaved their heads and changed their wigs like gloves. Those women who were deprived by nature of thick hair added several artificial curls to their hairstyle, which were called chignons. Each wig was intended for certain events: one for a funeral, the other for a social party, for receiving guests, for walks. Some fashionistas had more than 20 wigs of different shades. Light wigs were intended for daytime, and dark ones for evening trips.
Men's haircuts at the beginning of the 19th century were styled with large, high bangs, and the turn of the century featured a middle parting. During this century, men gradually switched from short hair to longer hair. When the hair reached ear level, it was often curled. At the end of the 19th century, short haircuts again became popular among men.
In the 19th century, men constantly shaved their mustaches and beards. Later over time, starting from the thirties, sideburns came into fashion. After another ten years, men begin to grow mustaches. In the second half of the 19th century, the length of the sideburns of many men reached the chin. The beard was grown in such a way that it forked towards the bottom.
The complex hairstyles of some ladies in the 18th century reached up to half a meter in height. In the 19th century, fashion completely changed and short haircuts took over. Very often, women used their own imagination when creating hairstyles, without adhering to any rules.
In the early 19th century, women styled their curled hair in such a way that it formed a ring around the head and then formed a large bun tied with a beautiful, colorful ribbon. Gradually, the Greek style was replaced by turbans made of silk, decorated with precious stones or colored feathers. Sometimes lace nets were used to fix the hair in a certain position. After turbans and nets, small curls came into fashion. Some women styled their hair in a nest shape, leaving the side curls hanging down.
Nowadays, some women want to touch the old days and do an evening hairstyle for any celebration in the style of the 19th century. To do this, you can turn to the services of a hairdresser, or try to style your hair yourself.
First of all, your hair needs to be thoroughly washed and dried. Then you should separate the combed frontal part of the strand and make a parting out of it resembling a crescent shape. It needs to be secured with a hairpin for a while, since we will need it at the end.
The rest of the hair should be gathered into a ponytail and secured with an elastic band. The tail needs to be braided and wrapped around its base. What happens needs to be fixed with pins. Then we should move on to the frontal part of the hair, which we separated at the very beginning. These curls need to be turned into curls using a curling iron, starting from the bottom up. The result should be small curls or curls in the form of spirals. The shape largely depends on the length of the hair.
To fix the hairstyle, it is recommended to use hairspray. As for the bun, you can use your imagination, make it in the form of a nest, or remove the pomp and leave it in the form of a small bun. You can decorate a 19th century hairstyle with a rose or carnation flower, a peacock feather, or a beautiful gold-colored hairpin. It is important to remember that any hair decoration must match the woman’s outfit and her makeup.
The hair can also be braided in a 19th century style braid. To do this, you must first braid a braid of three strands, starting the weaving process from the very top of the head. The braided braid should be secured with an elastic band and threaded through the first strand. The result will be a 19th century knot, which was very popular during this period. A knotted braid can also be decorated with a beautiful ribbon.
A hairstyle called the snail was also popular in the 19th century. In order to perform it, you need to twist the separated part of the curls into strands, securing them with bobby pins. In the temple area, you should use a curling iron to create beautiful curls. The face and forehead, including in this hairstyle, should be as open as possible. You need to fix your hair with strong varnish so that along the way it doesn’t turn from a snail into a shaggy hedgehog.
Only the simplest 19th century hairstyles can be done at home. To style your hair more elegantly, you need to seek help from a hairstylist. When styling your hair in 19th century style, don't be afraid to experiment. This will give your hairstyle more uniqueness.
Hairstyles of the 19th century are romantic compositions of smooth lines, weightless curls and curls framing the beauty’s face. In modern times, such styling is beautifully complemented by careless strands. It seems that they just got out of style. But it is their slight tousling that gives the hair naturalness and tenderness.
Such women's hairstyles allow you not to attach importance to the type of curls. This styling allows you to “play”: either curl your voluminous hair with large curls, or give it a little coquetry and add a huge number of small curls.
Women's hairstyles of the 19th century
One of the main features of such styles is a slightly open forehead with wavy strands of hair in the temple area. The curls are harmoniously combined thanks to extraordinary weaving techniques. They really look very original and at the same time gentle.
To recreate the ceremonial styling of the era, you will definitely need to complete several basic steps. Among them: adding volume to the curls at the bottom of the head or on the crown, evenness to combed locks and weightlessness to strong curls framing the temples.
The invention of the curling iron greatly influenced the formation of the style. Moreover, wealthy ladies could not resist decorating their hair with various jewelry (stones and pearls). That is why attention in recreating a hairstyle is focused on luxurious decorative elements. Among them were delicate tiaras, ribbons, and headbands made of platinum, gold and silver.
The 19th century made a big breakthrough in changing the length of hair. Representatives of the fair sex are trying to cut their hair short. Short hair that curls into many small curls is gaining great popularity. This trend continued until the beginning of the 20th century.
Already from the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, hairstyles gradually became simpler. In the appearance of the fair sex, natural beauty begins to attract. The strands, as a rule, were curled into almost weightless curls, and then they were tied into a knot or simply fixed with hairpins. But still, high and fluffy hairstyles of the 18th century, like the 19th century, did not lose their relevance until the beginning of the 20th century. They were created for special occasions.
How to do your own hair?
Romantic and feminine hairstyles from the 19th century are still fashionable today.
Naturally, they are not suitable for daily use. But the way they gracefully look at special events, highlighting their owner, cannot be compared with anything. Doing them yourself is not that difficult. Here you can do without outside help.
To recreate such beauty from your hair, you need:
- Thermo curlers;
- curling iron;
- comb;
- hairpins;
- invisible;
- tight elastic;
- varnish, mousse, foam or wax for hair styling
In order to achieve a 19th century hairstyle, you need to comb your curls with a straight parting. Make a path from the forehead to the crown. Then complete the second section. It must look like a semicircle (that is, from one ear to the other) and cross at the crown of the head with the first. Then you should gather the hair from the second section into a tight ponytail. It is important to pay attention to the fact that there must be additional strands of hair on the sides. They are separated by a straight section.
For a ponytail, you need to choose an elastic band or ribbon that matches your curls, otherwise they will look inharmonious. The ponytail should be divided into 5 strands. Each of them needs to be well secured with strong-hold varnish or foam. The curls should be generously saturated with the chosen fixing agent. Before the varnish has had time to dry, you should twist each individual strand into a ring and secure it on your head with hairpins or bobby pins.
Curl your side parted hair using curlers or a curling iron. You should start doing a 19th century hairstyle early. Apply wax, foam or styling mousse to clean, damp hair and gently curl with curlers. If the styling products dry out, you need to quickly remove the curlers. Without combing under any circumstances, give the curls the desired shape, and then fix generously with strong-hold hairspray. The hair on the sides should be curled in a spiral. This styling looks more impressive. It will also be very beautiful if you drop a couple of playful curls on your forehead.
Fix your hair with high-quality hairspray. Make sure the curls are symmetrical. Irregularities, if any, can be easily removed with wax. For this purpose, wet your fingertips and lubricate your hair. Decorate your 19th century hairstyle with various accessories.
A 19th century style hairstyle should be done on long hair. Their optimal length is shoulder-length. But even those with stylish short haircuts can also do this style. To do this, you can use hairpieces, which were very popular in the century before last. As a rule, they are used to make a knot at the back of the head, which is braided with pearls.
If the fashion of the 18th century dictated that women of fashion wear wigs, then medieval hairstyles had to include scarves. And the twentieth century is characterized by a variety of both short and long hair.
Conclusion on the topic
No matter how simple it may seem to do such styling, in fact it is a very complex and multifaceted style. There must be a combination of a set of elements. Indeed, an important principle of a good result is the mastery of many skills that will be in harmony with each other. In order to recreate such a complex composition, it is necessary to devote a lot of time to training. This installation does not work the first time.
The 19th century also boasts a valuable invention in the hairdressing craft. This discovery was a special way of curling. Thanks to special chemicals, beauties with straight hair could easily achieve curls.
Modern styling tools allow you to create almost anything quickly and easily. Stylists come up with new haircuts, but girls are again turning to the classics to give the look the femininity that ladies had in the 19th century.
What were hairstyles like in the century before last?
Hairstyles of the 19th century are popular nowadays due to their sophistication and brevity. Unlike the 18th century, when half-meter piles of hairpieces, curls and backcombs were created on the heads of society ladies of high society (and according to rumors, there were mice and cockroaches inside the hair), in the 19th, light romantic hairstyles were in fashion. The girls curled their hair into curls of different diameters and carefully placed them around their heads.
At that time, the ancient era was in fashion, hairstyles were created in the image of ancient Greek nymphs. Some fell onto the shoulders, the hair looked natural and relaxed. Sometimes flowers, ribbons, and pearls were used in its decoration.
19th century hairstyles are so beautiful and romantic. The photo in the article is indisputable proof of this. Representatives of the fair sex with such hairstyles look simply charming.
Available means
How to make a 19th century hairstyle with your own hands? In order to create an image from the era of Pushkin and Turgenev, you must first learn how to make curls of different sizes. The most popular way to create curls remains curlers and hot rollers. They save time, are easy to curl and at the same time make sure that not a single strand of hair is left unattended. There are a huge number of varieties of curlers, with their help you can make small, medium, and large strands.
The main disadvantage of curlers is that during the process of creating curls it is impossible to adjust their shape. If you make a mistake and curl a strand of hair incorrectly, it will remain asymmetrical compared to the rest of your hairstyle.
Another option is a curling iron and hair straightener. Each strand is twisted by hand, the angle and strength of curl can be easily adjusted for each curl; different attachments will be needed to create different volumes.
Also, to create a 19th century hairstyle, you will need various hairpins, jewelry, artificial flowers, hairpins, bobby pins, elastic bands - everything that will help fix the curls in a beautiful shape.
In order for the styling to hold better and the curls not to fall apart, it is better to use hair mousse. And, of course, after creating a 19th century hairstyle, it needs to be fixed with strong hold varnish.
Classic styling
This is the most common styling option; it was especially popular in the 40-50s of the 19th century. Fashionistas of those years created intricate buns, nests and bows on the back of their heads, and curled their hair at the temples. It is very easy to make this hairstyle at home.
To create it, you will need a pair of elastic bands, close in color to the tone of your hair, a comb with a thin tip and a frequent row, a thin-diameter curling iron or similar curlers. Hair should be below shoulder length.
You need to comb your hair in a straight parting. After this, stepping back about 5 cm from the hair growth line, draw a transverse line with a comb. This will separate the hair at the back of your head and leave a few strands in the front. The second, transverse parting should have a smooth and neat line. The hair on the back of the head must be gathered into a ponytail, braided and carefully tousled, pulling out a few strands. This way you will make it voluminous. After this, you need to wrap it around the base of the tail several times and secure it with hairpins. Divide the hair strands from the front into thin curls and curl them with curlers or a thermal curling iron.
with a side parting
Another easy way to create a romantic look. To create a 19th century hairstyle, you will need large curlers, bobby pins, hairpins, a comb and hairspray.
Curl your hair in curlers all the way from the roots. This will give volume to your hair, and large curls will appear at the ends, which will later create a hairstyle. The hair should be parted sideways and combed at the roots on each side to give additional volume. Then the front strands must be brought back without pulling and secured to the back of the head with hairpins. Twist the remaining hair towards the crown and also secure it with hairpins into a low bun. If desired, it can be decorated with flowers or other decorations.
Asymmetrical bun or bun
These 19th century hairstyles look sophisticated and elegant, an ideal choice for going out. To create them you will need a medium-diameter curling iron, hairpins and bobby pins.
The hairstyle begins in the same way as the classic styling. The hair should be divided into two parts, occipital and temporal. Curl all hair using a curling iron in the direction away from the face. Then the strands from the back of the head need to be collected into a careless light bun, strands and curls can be neatly knocked out of it. It must be voluminous; if you want to add it, make it on the right or left. Beat the remaining strands in the front with your fingers so that they are voluminous, carefully comb them back, laying them out along the back of the head in beautiful waves, and secure with bobby pins and hairpins.
As you can see, creating 19th century hairstyles with your own hands is absolutely beautiful!
