Friday, March 8, 2013

Bridget Bardot Hair Tutorial

Bridget Bardot's hairstyle is the perfect mixture of a fun, messy, flirty hairstyle
 that has become an iconic look of the 1960's! 

Rose from Projectville shows us how to get the look:
What you'll need:

  • hair
  • comb
  • hair pins
  • hair spray
  • clip (optional)
  • curling iron (optional)

Get the look:
  1. Part your hair slightly more towards the middle than you're used to (I look funny all the way in the middle).
  2. Draw a 2" band of hair forward (this will be the hair that gets swept back over your do. Pull it forward and over so you can see. Always good to see.
  3. Grab a 1" band of hair right behind the first batch you pulled forward, spray some hairspray at the base of the band of hair and a bit further up, and gently back-comb about half way up. Don't be too nervous about hurting your hair in this process. Just don't do it everyday and NEVER brush out a back-comb. Wash it out.
  4. Grab another 1" band of hair right behind the first batch you back-combed, spray some hairspray at the base of the band of hair and a bit further up, and back-comb this piece more than the first. This will be the voluminous bit that gets completely hidden by other hair.
  5. Lay the back-combed sections down and slightly shape them. You can gently use a comb on the top back-combed layer to tame any crazy pieces.
  6. Flip the front section of smooth hair back over the back-combed sections.
  7. To match the volume at the top of your do with the bottom simply curl a few sections (twirling towards the back of your head) of hair and then run your fingers or a brush through the bottom. Don't brush out what you just did on top!
  8. Do the same on a layer slightly higher.
  9. With the pieces of hair closest to your face, curl them inwards to frame.
  10. Now, slightly higher than half-way up your head, pull your hair back as if your going to put it in a half-ponytail.
  11. Instead of using a hair binder simply twist, twist, twist your hair where you would usually grab it to put a binder on. Secure with hairpins in an angled-upward motion. Pushing them in where the twist meets your scalp. (this is the hardest part and takes some practice)
  12. Pull forward some wispy pieces all around your face. Don't make it perfect! The point of this do is that it's not perfect.

3 comments:

Dixie n Dottie said...

Thanks for the tutorial! Definitely need to try this!
http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

Carmen Loe said...

Looks beautiful! Can't wait to try it out!

Carmen
www.bethelightinthedarkness.blogspot.com

Bridget Lappert said...

Cute! Timeless. Thanks!

- Bridget
www.brokebutbougie.com