how to do a sixties hairstyle: setting

Look at the illustrations in the links in the last post for how to arrange the rollers. If you want a fuller, more bouffant style, use the rollers on all your hair. If you want it sleeker on the sides, only put the rollers on top.

You should use enough product that when you take the rollers out, your hair stays in the same shape. If your hair is kind of straightened out and flops over, the rollers are too big. Comb the product through before putting in the rollers. And then after the rollers are in I like to spritz a little setting lotion into my hands and run them over the rollers, just for one last shot of product. If you have setting tape, use it to tape down your bangs and the curls on your cheeks. Or if you use enough product, you can just sort of plaster it down.

When the rollers come out, starting at the back of your head, backcomb in small sections to make it stand up. I like to pull the comb down three times for each section, and then wiggle it back and forth a little on the third time. Then I hold that bit of hair up and spray hairspray at the base of the hair. Try to blend together the chunks your hair naturally falls into from the rollers. In other words take one bit of hair that was one one roller, and another bit of hair from another roller, and backcomb them together.

When you've got the shape you want, cover it with hairspray. Use lots more than you normally would. You're definitely not going for touchable hair. The effect you want is that you could ride in a car with the windows down and your hair would be fine. I like to smooth it back with my hands while it's damp from hairspray. Unfortunately that tends to mush it down a bit, but then you can use the pick to lift it back up.

The best part of this style is that if you're careful, you can make it last for two days. Just wear a shower cap to keep it dry, and then gently reshape it with a round brush and comb. Don't add any more product; it will look gross. Trust me.

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