Test yourself! Hairdo Quiz!

[mellie]

Here is a fun hairdo quiz!

http://mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=386&p=1

How well do you know your hairdos?

[redtea]

I had no idea that was called the Marcel Wave. I've always loved that style!

[crebbsgirl]

I got the Marcel wave wrong too! :)

[Isilya]

Another one here who didn't know it was a Marcel. It looks exactly like fingerwaves to me :shrug:

[heidi w.]

The only one I didn't get was Elvis' quiff. I said ducktail but he actually didn't wear this that I know of.

heidi w.

[heidi w.]

Some were able to do the Marcel with a comb, known as the Marcel comb. You can still buy these combs -- these were used in combination with irons.

http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/hairstyles/marcel-wave.html
The irons were made by L. Pelleray of Paris and exported world-wide. The original irons were heavy tongs with rounded internal surfaces that had to be handled by an operator trained in knowing how to make a deep natural looking wave, and not a round curl. The tongs were heated over a rectangular shaped gas burner about six or seven inches long and two inches wide. As you can imagine, with such primitive equipment it was hard to maintain the correct temperature for the iron - too cool and the wave did not set, too hot and the hair got burnt. The hairdresser tested the iron on a piece of paper before using it on a clients hair. If the paper burnt, the iron was too hot! However by 1924 electric waving irons were available where the temperature of the iron could be regulated. Marcel irons initially came in four sizes - A, B, C and D and were used according to individual preference, but in 1933 an adjustable iron was developed. The iron was used in conjunction with a comb. Today, gold-plated and ceramic marcel irons are available to hairdressers which remove most of the risk and problems associated with the early irons.

Sometimes ads show up on eBay for Marcel Wave combs.

heidi w.

[Isilya]

Some were able to do the Marcel with a comb, known as the Marcel comb. You can still buy these combs -- these were used in combination with irons.

http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/hairstyles/marcel-wave.html
The irons were made by L. Pelleray of Paris and exported world-wide. The original irons were heavy tongs with rounded internal surfaces that had to be handled by an operator trained in knowing how to make a deep natural looking wave, and not a round curl. The tongs were heated over a rectangular shaped gas burner about six or seven inches long and two inches wide. As you can imagine, with such primitive equipment it was hard to maintain the correct temperature for the iron - too cool and the wave did not set, too hot and the hair got burnt. The hairdresser tested the iron on a piece of paper before using it on a clients hair. If the paper burnt, the iron was too hot! However by 1924 electric waving irons were available where the temperature of the iron could be regulated. Marcel irons initially came in four sizes - A, B, C and D and were used according to individual preference, but in 1933 an adjustable iron was developed. The iron was used in conjunction with a comb. Today, gold-plated and ceramic marcel irons are available to hairdressers which remove most of the risk and problems associated with the early irons.

Sometimes ads show up on eBay for Marcel Wave combs.

heidi w.

Thank you for that info. You always manage to come up with the most interesting links/texts. I don't know how you do it :)

[mellie]

I only got a 75%... :-(

[eadwine]

10 out of 12 correct

I am good at gambling, apparently :lol:

[WavyGirl]

67% Below average :( I didn't know the Marcel, Layered back, Bouffant or Pixie (these seem much shorter these days). Now if the questions had been about updos I might have done a bit better :D

[Starr]

10 out of 12 ain't bad!

How was I supposed to know what a quiff was?

[winter_star]

Oh no I'm hopeless. I got half of them wrong! shudder:

[manderly]

Sorry, but I wouldn't call Audrey Hepburn's 'do a pixie. Yes, she has sported some great pixies, but that is most definitely not a pixie. She has he hair styled in an updo.


Anywho, another wrong with the marcel, I thought it was finger waves. Boo hiss.

[mellie]

67% Below average :( I didn't know the Marcel, Layered back, Bouffant or Pixie (these seem much shorter these days). Now if the questions had been about updos I might have done a bit better :D

Maybe you should make a quiz on updos? I bet people would love it! :-)

[Periwinkle]

42%! :( Oh noes...

[ilovelonghair]

Sorry, but I wouldn't call Audrey Hepburn's 'do a pixie. Yes, she has sported some great pixies, but that is most definitely not a pixie. She has he hair styled in an updo..


What exactly is a pixie? Isn't it just really short hair?

I scored 58 % .......

[BlndeInDisguise]

I got 7 out of 12. Most of them I guessed. That pompadour.......:agape:

[Little_Bird]

Geesh, I guess I'd have to be excused because I'm portuguese :p

I got half of them wrong hehe!

[AnneAdeline]

10 out of 12
Pretty good, since I guessed on a lot. Another here who didn't get the Marcel.

[Sherri]

I got 8 out of 12 = 67% I thought it was a good quiz.

[GlassEyes]

I'm actually rather ashamed I got a 75%...

I need to stop being so hair obsessed. e-e;;

[pariate]

67%. I need to do my homework ;)

[manderly]

What exactly is a pixie? Isn't it just really short hair?

I scored 58 % .......


Yeah, pretty much. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=pixie+cut&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

It should be too short to make it look like a french twist like it does in that photo of her. I guess I'm just grouchy I got that one wrong. :mad:

[EdG]

I got 50%, but that was only because it is hard to get below 33% on a multiple-choice test with three choices. :o
Ed

[DotDotDot]

I only got a 75%... :-(

Haha I got 58%. But then, most of these are from long before my time...

[anna1850]

I got 10 out of 12 (83%). Like everyone else I thought the Marcel wave was finger wave.

I've never heard of a Marcel before so I thought the perm one could be that (it didn't look 'permy'' enough to me).

[plainjanegirl]

I am horrible! I got 5 right. I got 42 percent. Alot of those I had never even heard of.

[beyondcute]

67%... Whats that? My grade is a D? LOL

[ClareDee]

I got 67% too, due to fierce confusion over Bouffants, Marcels, fingerwaves and shags... I truly thought that hairstyle was just called "the Rachel from Friends".

[racheal1234]

6/10 that was hard

[insideitall]

I got 3, 6, 9, and 10 wrong - 67%.

Most of the others were lucky guesses..

[levelek]

Oh dear, the combover :rollin:
And the mullet :bigeyes:
I scored 50%! :bigeyes::bigeyes:

[Juli414]

I thought the perm was a marcel (but got the actual marcel correct), but the woodcut with the scarf had me lost, I've never heard of the style it was.

[nastasska]

11 Out of 12 for me:cheese: I only got the Bouffant wrong

[thankyousir74]

8 out of 10 !! woot woot To be honest most were lucky guesses :D

[danacc]

Is this a hair style test or an age test? All those blast-from-the-past styles...

This was fun--thanks!

[Islandgrrl]

12 out of 12. Surprised the heck out of me - I guessed on at least 4 of them!

[Molster]

11 out of 12 - not too shabby.

Farrah Fawcett's layered thingy caught me out. All the historical stuff was a breeze, though.

[JessTheMess]

I got 75% !! I did better than I thought lol!

[taliarose]

7 out of 12 correct. My grandmother would have a fit I didn't get the perm right. Also never heard of the Marcel. Not bad since I only guessed on four of them. :)

[pinkprincess]

Ok I did so badly I'm not even going to admit my score... :(

[Dark Rosaleen]

10 out of 12 here. I got the Marcel wave wrong, and the Hurluberlu coiffure. Now I'm curious about the coiffure.

Good quiz.

[FrannyG]

12 out of 12 here, but I admit that I almost went with Ducktail with Elvis instead of Quiff. Then I realized you couldn't tell if he had a Ducktail in that photo or not.

I think my love of old literature helped me a lot with a couple.