Marilyn Monroe/1950s hair help - what do I tell my stylist?

[crwritt]

Oh, it came out lovely! It will be so easy to take care of!

 

[fortworthgal]

Thanks, ladies! I'm very happy with it.

Here's today - no wash this morning, just touch-up with the curling iron.

 

[katiesparkles]

I mentioned it in another thread before already, but I love how it came out!

I'm planning to get my hair chopped on Saturday, I found this website called patch and they list a few salons in the area.. some including the founding date. I have three leads so far! Two full service salons, both look rather "old lady" (good!), one of them even has hair dryer hoods that look like they could be originally 50s or 60s. Of course, the image is so small that I could be wrong.. plus I'm not an expert.

The third one is a men's only barber shop which was founded in 1972, there's a picture of the owner (and I think only employee).

Doesn't he look like he could totally refer me to someone??

If the two other salons turn out to be a flop, I'll just beg him for a hair cut... hahaha.

 

[fortworthgal]

^ Yay!!! Make sure you take pictures, I can't wait to see how it turns out.

When I was looking for someone, I called around and asked the salons if they typically worked on older clientele and did a lot of wet sets. I also asked if they knew how to do fingerwaves. Those things seemed to be the key, rather than asking for a specific type of cut. Once I found a salon I felt comfortable with, I asked for someone that typically works on older clientele and knew how to do those things. Avoid anything that advertises Brazilian blowout. :lol:

On a side note, that barber shop looks amazing! I had to send those pictures to my husband.

 

[katiesparkles]

I GOT MY HAIR CUT! It's a tad bit shorter than I wanted, but that was my mistake.. I brought middy instructions and forgot to tell the stylist to make it "a bit longer than what he thought would be good". Oh well, at least now all my frizzy ends are gone I will post a picture in a few hours, my hair is currently still in rollers... and that's not a pretty sight.


Forthworthgal, if you and the hubby are ever around here I'll be more than happy to bring you to the shop.
I'm trying to get my husband to go there, but he currently looks like he's on the way to Woodstock.. and likes it. I blame it on his laziness... he claims it's because in a few years he won't be able to grow his hair out. Hahaha.

 

[Lily Powers]

Fortworthgal, may I just say that you have the loveliest peaches and cream complexion! Your hair looks great, too.

 

[Juliet]

katiesparkles, what a salon! I'd buy it if I could!

 

[fortworthgal]

I GOT MY HAIR CUT! It's a tad bit shorter than I wanted, but that was my mistake.. I brought middy instructions and forgot to tell the stylist to make it "a bit longer than what he thought would be good". Oh well, at least now all my frizzy ends are gone I will post a picture in a few hours, my hair is currently still in rollers... and that's not a pretty sight.


Forthworthgal, if you and the hubby are ever around here I'll be more than happy to bring you to the shop.
I'm trying to get my husband to go there, but he currently looks like he's on the way to Woodstock.. and likes it. I blame it on his laziness... he claims it's because in a few years he won't be able to grow his hair out. Hahaha.

I can't wait to see it! I'm sure it looks lovely. And if we ever make it up to your neck of the woods, we'll take you up on that offer!

Fortworthgal, may I just say that you have the loveliest peaches and cream complexion! Your hair looks great, too.

Oh, thank you!

 

[Miss Sabrina Fairchild]

Anyway, I really want to get it cut similar to one of Marilyn Monroe's shorter cuts. This is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for:
http://blog.johannaost.com/2009/07/21/short-hair-again

This is pretty much the same length of my hair - but whenever I have tried to set it I end up looking ridicuclous. Anyone have any clues on how to set it like this picture in the link?

 

[Juliet]

project:girl, this is just offf the top of my head, and it's done with a curling iron, but maybe you can adapt it? Standing pincurls, perhaps?
http://vintagehair.livejournal.com/636005.html#cutid6

Also, that community has a Marilyn Monroe tag - might be something useful there, too.

 

[Miss Sabrina Fairchild]

project:girl, this is just offf the top of my head, and it's done with a curling iron, but maybe you can adapt it? Standing pincurls, perhaps?
http://vintagehair.livejournal.com/636005.html#cutid6

Also, that community has a Marilyn Monroe tag - might be something useful there, too.

thanks!

 

[Flicka]

If you're looking to set your hair like Marilyn did it, my hairdresser posted some pics of MM on her blog with her hair in pincurls and you can see pretty well how she had it set:

http://blogg.retroella.se/#post107

 

[fortworthgal]

^ Very nice, thanks!

 

[Miss Sabrina Fairchild]

thank you - thats awesome!.

 

[Flicka]

She also told me (my hairdresser, I mean) that if I wanted a Marilyn do, I should just do rows of ordinary pincurls, but have standing pincurls for the front, because that would give me the signature curls and 'flipped' bangs Marilyn had.

 

[lframe]

Your hair looks fantastic! I got a haircut almost identical to that when I was on honeymoon in 1999. Except I was on a cruise ship in the middle of
the Atlantic and the girl that cut it was French. If I only knew then what I know now...

 

[Highball Emy]

That looks great! I WISH I could make my hair do that s-shape at the front, but I can't make my hair do that... how do you do it???

 

[dimarie]

My mom did Marilyn's style. I remember watching her cut her own hair. crwitt is right about the uniform layers. My mom would hold her hair out from her head and cut sections and all were equal length from her head . Imagine a pompom... I guess.. You have very similar hair to my mom's so it will turn out gorgeous.