Help Recreating this Hairstyle? (20s-30s)

[coddswaddle]

I've been a lurker here for a while (amazing info, by the way!) and hope you folks can help me figure out how to recreate this hair. It's Marisa Tomei's character from the movie "Oscar". It's a structured style that I assume involves some form of pincurls, but the waves are fairly large.

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Sorry for the low-quality, grainy pics, they're screenshots from the movie.

 

[Louise Anne]

Hi coddswaddle
Nice to see another new face I sure some one come along and give practical advice .

You could look here until some one pops in http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/hairstyles/

 

[Antje]

Fingerwaving is very difficult but you can maybe fake it with a nice brushed trough pincurlset,
the spitcurls you could make with making a pincurl with gelled hair and than
"glue" it on your forehead with gel

 

[Ruby Red]

for the decorative curls around the face, gel and curl them, as Antje suggested, and consider using hair tape or a pin curl clip to hold it in place while it dries. After that, it should stay pretty well cemented in place.

 

[coddswaddle]

The decorative curls look easy enough, although I imagine it's going to make me break out to have gel or other kind of product pressed against my face- worth it!

Those structured sides, with their lovely swoops and peaks, look fantastic. Would fingerwaves, pincurls or rollers (or even something else) create those shapes?

 

[texasgirl]

Oscar

That's one of my husband's favorite movies! Last time we watched it, he said I need to try that style! Post pictures when you try it out

 

[Jenniferose7]

Marisa's hair was amazing in that movie!

I think the only way you'll be able to acheive that look is through finger waving. I've tried finger waving with a small amount of sucess. It is by far the toughest vintage style I have ever tried. I think the best way to finger wave is with the help of a friend or stylist who knows how to do it because it's hard to wave the back of your head.

Bramcost publications has a vintage reprint book devoted completely to finger waving: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934268348?ie=UTF8&seller=AOZMVW0WRQLT4&sn=bramcost
I have not read it but the reviews are good.

 

[coddswaddle]

Two attempts thus far and all I've been able to do well are those decorative spit curls I think I'm beginning to see some things that I'm doing wrong: I've got very long hair (almost to my waist) so the weight tries to drag everything straight, I need something "stronger" to get it to hold, hair needs to stay wet during the shaping and I need to let it dry completely. I'll keep trying so that I can eventually post it up for other gals with long hair. (I'm getting quite a collection of "before" photos!)

Over the holidays I'll be visiting with my fiancee's grandparents and I'm hoping Gramma will remember how to do waves and show me how it's done.