Here is another vintage-inspired faux short style. Also known as “heart attack #1,” this is the style I wear for World War II events. You will need to know how to do bandana waves for this style.
1. Set your hair in about five sections of bandana waves the night before (or in the morning for an evening event). I did two smaller sections in the front and three larger sections in the back.
2. Undo only the three back sections. Finger-comb them into one big wave and coil them around your hand. If your hair is very thick or has layers, you may need to use a hair tie half way down to keep everything together.
3. Keep coiling the hair until you have one big loop.
Like this ^
4. Pin the coil to the nape of your neck. I used four jumbo bobby pins. You will want to pin the hair shorter than you want because it will “grow” over time.
5. Undo the front sections, give it a little twist, and secure it with a comb.
6. Wrap the front section to the center back of your hair. Make a little coil with the extra length and pin it to the underside of the big coil with two criss-crossing bobby pins. Repeat on the other side.
Here’s the criss-cross. I used my sister’s blond pins so you could see them better.
And voila! You can accessorize this style a lot of different ways. I chose my white gardenia for today.
Coming next week, I will be doing a series on braids, including some little girl styles and a no tears, no tangles woven crown braid. If you try any of my styles, I’d love to see your results! Or if you would like me to do a tutorial for your favorite style from a movie or picture, please leave me a comment!
Hello! I just found your site today and just wanted to let you know that I *LOVE* this hair style! I never imagined that someone could do a 40′s style with long hair! I hope to try this out sometime this week!
Also, I linked to this site on a blog post of mine.
Cheers,
Jessica
ps. I’m on the S&S forum as Southern Belle
I, like Jessica never thought that some one with long hair could do this, I love it!
That is so cool! I’ve wanted to do a style like this for some time, but my hair is past my waist and I never thought I could! YAY!
I’m a past dresser (it’s so fun!) and I LOVE doing 40′s/50′s clothes, but I couldn’t figure out any way to do a 40′s/50′s hair style with my hair this long. I can wrap it in a bun but that didn’t seem right… 
now I can do something! 
I’m going to finish looking at the site (I’m so glad I discovered it I was looking for how to do ringlets in really really long thick hair. I’m so following now!) And then I’m gonna go try this out! 
oh one more question…this may sound silly…have you ever been to any Vision Forum conferences…cause you look kinda familiar…I’m sure I haven’t met you but you look like I’ve seen you before somewhere. ha ha. Maybe it’s just me.
I am SO stealing this and doing a modified version for my Vintage Elphaba for Dragon*Con this year. I’m pairing the faux-bob with a couple of giant victory rolls. Do you ever use hair rats? Have a blessed day!
Wow I wish that you could come over for about a week or two and teach us all you know and then we would be made over. Oh well. thanks for the good information. I would love videos.
This looks absolutely gorgeous on you.