Come celebrate my first PiffyAnneHairVersary! (Warning, Pic Heavy!)

[piffyanne]

I joined LHC November 24, 2011. Today is the 24th! WOOHHOOOO!!


As I am now a year old, please pardon as I do a small celebratory retrospective. -smileyface-

The first day I sat on my ends was the midnight between 11/26-27/11. My first length shot for LHC was taken that day. It's not perfect, but it is something.


http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/387513_10150420173052282_535705786_n.jpg Retrospective stretching back to 2002

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/377206_10150412090052282_1252761077_n.jpg Right: First photo taken of hair upon joining, to Left: Clarified & allowed to dry untouched.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/556591_10150850132257282_1619830109_n.jpg My Victory for Longhairs Victory Rolls
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/382966_10150338623237282_1941752103_n.jpg My Victory for Longhairs Victory Rolls, prepared the same way my tutorial instructed
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/575261_10150850142737282_1643785144_n.jpg Gibson Girl hair (this photo was taken the day I joined LHC. Not bad for my first post-joining hairstyle. )
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/394567_10150955954542282_203245261_n.jpg Regency take on the Recamier you guys know me for
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/292950_10150955954582282_1630291300_n.jpg Civil War usage of the Ovalbun
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/548073_10151018602307282_1772987041_n.jpg Off-Coil paired with a 40's hat in wedgwood blue
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/558258_10151018601867282_1508103052_n.jpg With a comb from Calaelen

And a photo showing about where I am: (taken of a :boom: produced by intentional brushing after discovering braidwaves, since I wanted volume)
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/557829_10151094579837282_667876049_n.jpg

I've been stalled here a while. By this time next year I anticipate being a couple inches shy of knee length.

Hope you enjoyed this, I may add more photos if I find any I think worth sharing. This is pretty representative, I think, and I didn't want to overwhelm you with photos of the back of my head. XD

I should note that my hair is entirely virgin, any changes in color are due to different lighting and the colorchange properties of Blonette hair. Also, I've got a chameleon for hair, so although it acts like a 2 hairtype, it's actually 3a, but too long to manifest any of its properties. See my early hair years for further examples of what it used to look like.

[Lissandria]

Gorgeous, gorgeous hair. I just love all your styles and updos as well- :crush:

Congrats on making one year :flower:

[piffyanne]

Thank you so much, Lissandria!! :blossom:

I've got a thing for History. If you like it, too, come see the Show Me Your Historical Hairstyles Thread (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=89087) (<<clicky). It's full of pretty updos. :crush:

[white.chocolate]

OMG, such lovely hair and updos! Congratulations!! I was quite surprised that you were able to do a gibson tuck one year ago when you were at tailbone-classic (am I correct...?).
It's something I could never manage even with II thickness.

[Dziip]

Great hair and really great updos !
I gonna try some of them if my length allows it.

Thank you :)

[Beatnik Guy]

:thudpile:

[SerinaDaith]

Oh my gosh gorgeous! I am in such a state of hair envy right now!

[Bianca]

Congrats. Looking great and btw, we love pic heavy :joy:

[DreadfulWoman]

Happy anniversary! Your hair looks fantastic. I always enjoy seeing your historical hairstyles as well. (I'm a regular lurker over on that thread.) :)

[brave]

I love the historical hairstyles!

[Lostsoule77]

Piffyanne I love all the hairstyles! Your hair is lovely. Congratulations on your anniversary. :D

I agree that we love pic heavy. So I was wondering if you might indulge me in a small request. Might it be possible to add an aditional photo of a current length shot not brushed out? I'd love to see it.

[BlueMuse]

Your mastery of historical styles is seriously impressive! Love it :)

[lapushka]

Looks great! Congratulations! :D

[ArienEllariel]

So awesome PiffyAnne :D

[theodora]

Happy anniversary! I'm also very impressed by your hairstyling skills, you've done some really drool-inducing vintage styles.

[jacqueline101]

Your hair looks lovely.

[neko_kawaii]

I've been in love with that off coil bun for a while. Well, any of your historic styles really. Keep them coming!

[piffyanne]

Thank you all so much! I'll be answering and thanking individually, but right now I'm concentrating on answering a request.


Piffyanne I love all the hairstyles! Your hair is lovely. Congratulations on your anniversary. :D

I agree that we love pic heavy. So I was wondering if you might indulge me in a small request. Might it be possible to add an additional photo of a current length shot not brushed out? I'd love to see it.

Lostsoule, I will certainly do so, but don't expect exquisite curls. Only the lowest 6 inches even make a move to do anything resembling waves, and then I get some half-hearted s-waves from the length, and the crop of halo-fuzz which has (for the first time ever! I must be doing something right!! :cheer: ) been growing out demands hand-curling with water over the course of the day or I look like a demented lion (actually, I encourage the demented lion look intentionally, it's too hilarious!) is basically the only thing that manifests its true nature.

Here are my itty curl-lets, btw: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/534603_10151109482712282_2105884493_n.jpg

I don't even OWN a wide-toothed comb, I tend to tangle-teeze and shove it into some sort of updo, or into a braid, you see. I've been eyeing the wide-toothed combs, but the array is dizzying and when my curls don't even bother showing up any more there even with almost forceful encouragement, I've been spending my money on hairtoys rather than hair hardware.

How do you want this photo accomplished? Post-shower and left alone to dry as it wants to? Sad attempt at fingercombing? State of the Union as it is now, complete with "washday is approaching" scalp?

I await your orders!! :)

[Suguru]

You have amazing hair Piffyanne! Your historical hairstyles are the envy of many. Thank you so much for sharing these pictures! :)

[NJoy]

Beautiful hair and updos. And, I think "PiffyAnneHairVersary" is very clever! Congrats

[Yozhik]

Stunning, Piffyanne!

Happy anniversary. :flowers:

The historical updos are great, I love your hair growth retrospective, and I also really like your puffy brushed out mane. :D

[piffyanne]

>snip<I agree that we love pic heavy. So I was wondering if you might indulge me in a small request. Might it be possible to add an aditional photo of a current length shot not brushed out? I'd love to see it.

Here is the best I could do, Lostsoule77.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/59183_10151109730007282_79018886_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/574529_10151109730117282_360077756_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/224072_10151109730192282_191174165_n.jpg

I found a plastic wide-toothed comb, and just purchased a bamboo comb, hoping it'll be good quality, if not I've got some sanding ahead of me. :)

You can see the backs of my knees in this skirt! I'll probably try wearing this for length shots from now on.

[teal]

Beautiful! Congrats on your anniversary, and as for the pictures, keep 'em coming! :D

[Ambystoma]

Wow gorgeous! I had a peek in the historical hairstyles thread and that peek a boo style is right up my alley - did you do it with rollers, rag curls or pin curls? It looks glamorous and soft all at the same time :)

[piffyanne]

Wow gorgeous! I had a peek in the historical hairstyles thread and that peek a boo style is right up my alley - did you do it with rollers, rag curls or pin curls? It looks glamorous and soft all at the same time :)
Can you give me a link? I can't tell which you mean by that description. :)

[maborosi]

Awesome hair and I love your historical updos. Congrats!

~maborosi~

[Lostsoule77]

Thank you all so much! I'll be answering and thanking individually, but right now I'm concentrating on answering a request.



Lostsoule, I will certainly do so, but don't expect exquisite curls. Only the lowest 6 inches even make a move to do anything resembling waves, and then I get some half-hearted s-waves from the length, and the crop of halo-fuzz which has (for the first time ever! I must be doing something right!! :cheer: ) been growing out demands hand-curling with water over the course of the day or I look like a demented lion (actually, I encourage the demented lion look intentionally, it's too hilarious!) is basically the only thing that manifests its true nature.

Here are my itty curl-lets, btw: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/534603_10151109482712282_2105884493_n.jpg

I don't even OWN a wide-toothed comb, I tend to tangle-teeze and shove it into some sort of updo, or into a braid, you see. I've been eyeing the wide-toothed combs, but the array is dizzying and when my curls don't even bother showing up any more there even with almost forceful encouragement, I've been spending my money on hairtoys rather than hair hardware.

How do you want this photo accomplished? Post-shower and left alone to dry as it wants to? Sad attempt at fingercombing? State of the Union as it is now, complete with "washday is approaching" scalp?

I await your orders!! :)


Here is the best I could do, Lostsoule77.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/59183_10151109730007282_79018886_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/574529_10151109730117282_360077756_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/224072_10151109730192282_191174165_n.jpg

I found a plastic wide-toothed comb, and just purchased a bamboo comb, hoping it'll be good quality, if not I've got some sanding ahead of me. :)

You can see the backs of my knees in this skirt! I'll probably try wearing this for length shots from now on.

Thank you! I was gonna reply that how ever you wanted to take the picture. Whatever shows your length and makes you happy. I just wanted to see your beautiful hair at it's full length and more natural. You did not disappoint!

Thank you so much for indulging me. :D Your hair is simply gorgeous! :thudpile:

[woolyleprechaun]

Thank goodness for pic heavy posts :) Congratulations, you are looking fab!

[JamieLeigh]

:inlove:

We need a good "glomp" smiley. :D I love you and your hair, and I'm so happy for you! Happy Hairiversary!!

[piffyanne]

I like getting feedback when I leave comments, etc., so I wanted to be sure to do unto others as I like had done to me. :grouphug:


White.chocolate, that was actually a Gibson Girl Pompadour, I used two tutorials online (I can only remember LittleOrca on Youtube made one of them, I remember the other tutorial was by someone who kept pronouncing Anastasia of Russia's name wrong, but her tutorial was VERY helpful, I'll see if I can find the link, people keep asking about the Gibson Girl, so I'd better have it ready next time!!)

I was just approaching Classic at the time (you can't really tell, the picture was taken from a higher vantage point that time, and the seat of my pants wasn't very form-fitting that day either, so only I know where things were hahah! I wish I could go back and get better photos taken of me that day. :nono:

I sat on the ends of my hair for the first time the midnight of the 26-27 of November of that year, but my head was tilted back when I sat down, and when I tried to straighten up I pulled on my scalp awfully. It's a lot funnier now, haha!

Dziip, thank you so much! I'm sure you'll be able to do the Victory tolls at least, I'm still trying to figure out how to tell hair length with our new sidebars here, or I'd be able to help you further. If you want ANY help, just get into contact, I'm always glad to assist, and be sure to post your results on the Show Me Your Historical Hairstyles! thread!! We're always hungry for more pictures, valiant tries AND brilliant successes!

Beatnik Guy, I always value your praise very highly, I was thrilled when I saw your comment!

Thank you, SerinaDaith!

Bianca, I love pic heavy, too! I'm more than willing to keep spamming you guys! :eyebrows:

DreadfulWoman, I'm always glad to meet people who are interested in Historical Hairstyles! Delurk and get chatting if you've got time, you've seen how friendly we are! :)

Brave, I'm glad you like them!

BlueMuse, thank you! I've got major plans to attack my hair with all sorts of new styles as soon as this semester is over, I'm rather disappointed at how few styles I've done this year, actually. I've done WAAAAAY more research than this, it's just finding the time to get 'er done, you see. People have been clamoring for me to do a tutorial for the Récamier Coiffure I'm known for (my profile picture and the photo of me on my mainpage show the Récamier). I just realized recently how often my face comes up on Google when I search for historical hairstyles. I even come up before the photos of the Extant article showing how to do the Récamier! I'm FAMOUS!! :blush: I must talk on here an AWFUL lot to have managed this though, haha!

Lapushka and ArienEllariel, I'm flattered. :blossom:

Theodora (and I spy the reference to the Empress, as well! She was such an amazing and strong woman, what a wonderful person to have as a namesake!), I get a whole lot of pleasure from doing them, it's one of the major reasons I'm growing my hair out, so I can do more with it. :eyebrows:

Thanks so much, jacqueline101.

Neko_kawaii, I hope you won't have to ask twice. ;)

It was truly my pleasure, Suguru, I'm a bit of a showoff. -_- The main thing, though, is that if I get a few people to try them rather than just envying, I'll be even happier! I think it's all part of the reenactor mentality, I've got a huge thirst for preserving old ideas and techniques and passing them on.

NJoy, DBF (he slurks about the LHC as rebyank because I kept deluging him with links to things that I thought were interesting, that and I don't shut up about you guys, so he joined out of self-defense) is actually the one who coined the phrase AnneHairVersary. I laughed for about 15 minutes, and then absconded with the term and used it all over the place. :hide:

Yohzik, it was really weird doing the retrospective, I couldn't' believe how few photos there WERE of me, and a couple years I only found ONE of myself with my hair down. :eyeroll: Naturally, you can't tell how long my hair is in ANY of them but the 2011 one. Why did no one whack me upside the head and tell me to stop brushing? :boom: I only discovered my hair did ringlets by accident, and then I thought it was just "cool", and did it that way again for Prom, rather than all the time. :eyeroll: I only rocked ringlets twice, and now my hair is too long to do it any more. :justy: I'm rather partial to my :boom: picture, too! XDD

Alright, teal, you asked! I'll have to go find more pictures now... :hmm:

Maborosi, thank you!

Stay tuned, woolyleprechaun! More photos coming up, once I can find enough to be interesting!

Oooooooh! A new comment since I started this! And it's from JamieLeigh! :glomm: :glam: :grouphug:

[spirals]

PiffyAnneHairVersary is my new favorite word! :lol:

[Angela_Rose]

Holy cannoli, Piffy. Your locks are truly lovely, and thank you very much for sharing photos with us on your hairversary!!

[verylittlecarro]

Wow, beautiful hair, and amazing styles!

[piffyanne]

Spirals, I laughed out loud when I read that! I'll pass it on to my DBF! -bow-

Thanks, Angela_Rose! I'm glad you came in to see! I'm rather pleased with my progress, I'll start maintaining when I get to knee. My dad has started BEGGING me to let him trim for evenness now, but I've been stalled here long enough, the faster I move on the better. (I don't think I've reached terminal, do you?) Also, Angela, I've tried using "it's nice to see long hair in this community" but haven't gotten anything back yet but "thanks!" Maybe I'm not emphasizing it enough. Also, we still need business cards. I was just vaguely creepy the other day, I didn't have any paper with me so I wrote http://www.longhaircommunity.com/ on a straw wrapper and handed it to someone with a compliment and an assurance it's a really nice forum. She looked at me like I'd sprouted another head rather than over half my body's height in hair. Oh well. -shrug-

Thanks, verylittlecarro. I don't think I've seen you before, maybe we hang out in different areas? I hope to see more of you, though!

OK, :deepbreath: I typed this whole thing out before, but didn't figure out the restore content thing until AFTER I had all this^ typed out, so the program saved this ^ and I lost my 10-15 minutes' worth of good explanations. Oh well, at least I'll know for next time, and I am super excited this feature exists now, I've lost SO many posts to glitches in the past, I'm NOT complaining.

Ok. Ambystoma, I figured out what you meant by peekaboo! (I'm really slow today, and it HAS been a while since I did it. Sorry, my brain glitches worse than LHC sometimes [too soon? XDD])

Alright. For those of you who don't know, Ambystoma is referring to a 1940's hairstyle which was made VERY popular by Veronica Lake, an actress referred to by her costars as "The Bitch." [Fun fact: one of her costar male leads was once asked to star in a second movie with her and replied that life was too short to be in two movies with Veronica Lake. Also, I hope I am allowed to use that word on here? O_O If not I'll GLADLY remove it] On the other hand, she was beautiful, and had good hair (http://www.zap2it.com/celebrities/zap_famous_hair_veronicalake_pg,0,6522079.photo) <<clicky. Her signature peekaboo hairstyle was SOO popular during WWII that the American Government asked her change it "to help the war effort" because women were having problems in factories. Apparently they didn't get the memo you don't want your hair dangling around when you're working with machinery. shudder: That, and depth perception is impaired when one of your eyes is covered by hair. :nod:

Ok, now that we've been through the mini-history lesson, let's get the look:
Step zero: do this style at least once before you wear it to a big event, you need to learn how long your hair needs to dry. Find a really cute scarf, and practice tying it as did all those women in the forties to hide all their hilarious-looking bundles of stuff making their hair dry nicely (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEbzvFlFW0) [NOTE: she opens bobby pins with her teeth in this video. Don't do that part, you really can hurt your teeth doing that!! :couch: ]. This'll take a while to dry, and our goal is to look ADORABLE while we all wait.)
Step one: DAMPEN OR WET your hair and then follow the steps in this tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya4DetxwInA) <<clicky
You should look about as silly as I do in this picture (this was neater before I slept on it.) : http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/399349_10151109941557282_2010391147_n.jpg
Step two: divide your hair into eight (I did eight because I happen to own The Hair That Never Dries. I figured the more I separated it, the better chance I had of it not being damp two days later when I needed this style.) or more or fewer sections. If you have thick hair, more sections. If you have thin hair, two or three sections will be ample. Basically, you want your hair to be able to dry in a convenient amount of time, so do what you think will work best for your hair.
Step three: gather the same number of socks you have sections in your hair. Socks. Clean socks. You'll probably thank yourself if you use mis-matched ones you don't really care about, the socks I use for this process don't look quite the same when I'm done with them. Since I have hair-specific socks for this, I haven't had a reason to wash them yet, so I can't tell you whether they spring back when you wash them. Better safe than sorry. You probably want LARGE socks for this if you've got lots of hair, I bought socks that would probably fit my dad's feet, and my hair is rapidly outgrowing them. I'll have to make something up soon.
Step four: Take the first section of hair WHICH NEEDS TO BE DAMP OR WET, re-moisten if you need to, fold your first sock in half, and, holding the crook of the sock as near to where the hank of hair attaches to the scalp as possible, start wrapping the tail of the hair around the two halves of the sock in a figure-eight pattern. Once you've wrapped all the way to the tips of your hair, tie a rubber band around the ends of the socks to keep it all from unraveling. Don't use hairties, I've broken MANY rubber bands doing this, you don't want to break your favorite hairties. You may want to wrap a piece of cloth around the outside of the whole sock+hair confection if you're going to sleep like this so it doesn't get mussed.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/156736_10151109938092282_1302850899_n.jpg (note: ignore the top of my head, your hair will look different, those clips are for finger waves, not the peekaboo, but they were disappointingly weak. Don't bother with Goody banana clips for finger waves.) This picture shows what completed hair-wrapped socks will look like. When removed, you'll have lovely, deep waves in your hair. [I]Until you remove them, you'll look like a demented harridan. :silly: Once you're done you'll be glad you stuck with it.
Step five: Don't take your hair down until you're sure it's dry, or this will NOT stay. Seriously. You can press hard with your fingers and see if your hair feels moist. It's sorta hard to tell with the socks, since they soak up the moisture and then retain it in a weird way. You gotta learn this by doing it.
Step six: Carefully take the sock-waves out first. Unwrap the opposite way you wrapped it, gently, so you don't muss them.
Step seven: pose, call people in to see you, celebrate, because you look really cool right now.
Step eight: Carefully take out the pincurls on top of your head you did with the youtube tutorial. Take more pictures, because your hair looks really pretty.
Step nine: brush it all out with a hairbrush. It will turn it all into smooth waves rather than defined curls. Hold the brush with the back of the brush pointing TOWARDS the direction you're going, with the tines from the side of the brush nearest your hair dragging the hairs together. I made a diagram, this was way too hard to explain.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/270136_10151109984567282_170188835_n.jpg
(the cream block represents the bristles, the grey is the back of the brush. Can you understand this? I can try explaining if you need me to.)

My attempt at the Peekaboo looked like this:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/68477_10151109937197282_1973804626_n.jpg - after removing hair from socks
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/485136_10151109937142282_133563_n.jpg - after taking hair out of rolls
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/600132_10151109944472282_1334921780_n.jpg - after brushing it all out (I didn't brush this way, I only found a historical document discussing brushing technique about a week ago.)

Purty, right? :gabrigrin:

Now comes the part you will do differently, because you are far wiser than someone with a piffy brain like mine: hairspray, gel, mousse, setting lotion, something. I relied on the wetset to hold it, and didn't reckon with my hair being at least TWICE as heavy as the woman in the tutorial, or Veronica herself. The peekaboo part didn't stay for very long. I had lovely deep waves for days, though.

Here is my hair about 6 hours later:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/302770_10151109873262282_1643148449_n.jpg It's parted on the opposite side because all of those ^ were taken in the mirror.

(By the way, the blue dress with red and white detailing was probably worn by a worker in the USO during WWII. It's DEFINITELY from the 40's. I LOVE THIS DRESS.)

[Merlin]

Your hair is amazing, it looks lovely however you do it - you're drop dead pretty too :-)

Those photos of you with your unbrushed hair that you posted made me think of those things you saw in books on communicating with semaphore..both arms by sides...one arm on hip...both arms on hips... Silly I know

[neko_kawaii]

Those photos of you with your unbrushed hair that you posted made me think of those things you saw in books on communicating with semaphore..both arms by sides...one arm on hip...both arms on hips... Silly I know

Great, now I've got this in my head:

Do Your Ears Hang High?
Do They Reach Up to the Sky?
Do The Droop When They're Wet?
Do They Stiffen When They're Dry?
Can You Semaphore Your Neighbor with a Mimimum of Labor?
Do your ears hang high?

[piffyanne]

Your hair is amazing, it looks lovely however you do it - you're drop dead pretty too :-)

Those photos of you with your unbrushed hair that you posted made me think of those things you saw in books on communicating with semaphore..both arms by sides...one arm on hip...both arms on hips... Silly I know
Aww! Thank you so much! :) My hands are resting on my waist in the bent arm pictures, not that you can see anything but hair. :eyeroll:
Oh, well, thick is good. Mine looks a lot thicker than it is, my friend has a circumference TWICE mine. We braided our hair together once in an English braid. My hair made up one strand, and we divided hers into two strands and it looked like a normal, evenly parted braid, if you ignored the fact that one of the strands was a shade lighter. It was too funny!


Great, now I've got this in my head:

Do Your Ears Hang High?
Do They Reach Up to the Sky?
Do The Droop When They're Wet?
Do They Stiffen When They're Dry?
Can You Semaphore Your Neighbor with a Mimimum of Labor?
Do your ears hang high?
Annnnnnd now it's in MY head, too! :silly:

I confess, you guys reminded me of this Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch combining two books that once SHOCKED a generation (www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqiUGjghlzU). <<click for awesome

[MaryO]

Wow, your hair is lovely! And you are very talented with the styles you make- I like the one with the hat the most. Well done and good luck for the rest! ;-0

[TheWhiteRabbit]

I love your length. Your hair looks very beautiful and healthy. Congrats.

[Ambystoma]

Awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to put that tutorial up - I'm going to try it either tomorrow or the next day!

[white.chocolate]

Here is the best I could do, Lostsoule77.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/59183_10151109730007282_79018886_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/574529_10151109730117282_360077756_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/224072_10151109730192282_191174165_n.jpg

I found a plastic wide-toothed comb, and just purchased a bamboo comb, hoping it'll be good quality, if not I've got some sanding ahead of me. :)

You can see the backs of my knees in this skirt! I'll probably try wearing this for length shots from now on.

Even more :thudpile:


I like getting feedback when I leave comments, etc., so I wanted to be sure to do unto others as I like had done to me. :grouphug:


White.chocolate, that was actually a Gibson Girl Pompadour, I used two tutorials online (I can only remember LittleOrca on Youtube made one of them, I remember the other tutorial was by someone who kept pronouncing Anastasia of Russia's name wrong, but her tutorial was VERY helpful, I'll see if I can find the link, people keep asking about the Gibson Girl, so I'd better have it ready next time!!)

I was just approaching Classic at the time (you can't really tell, the picture was taken from a higher vantage point that time, and the seat of my pants wasn't very form-fitting that day either, so only I know where things were hahah! I wish I could go back and get better photos taken of me that day. :nono:

I sat on the ends of my hair for the first time the midnight of the 26-27 of November of that year, but my head was tilted back when I sat down, and when I tried to straighten up I pulled on my scalp awfully. It's a lot funnier now, haha!

Thank you! It was so nice of you comment back. :)

I did find LittleOrca's youtube video tutorial. I see now that it wasn't a gibson tuck! ...And it's done more meticulously than I had first assumed. Or, maybe I just find poofy hairstyles very challenging because my hair is naturally very, very limp, and not bouncy. As for the other video you mentioned, I was honestly listening for a wrong pronunciation of "Anastasia". Could it possibly be this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPFmWSzYTA)? :)

I could just give this Gibson Girl Pompadour style a go one of these days. But I think I'll do it when my hair is clean, so to have a higher guarantee of some poof.
Oh, and I'm also definitely going to try out the "peekaboo" curls you so kindly demonstrated! I'm seriously in need of more varied hairstyles. All I ever do is braid. (Braid fanatic here!)
Happy growing to you! :blossom:

[piffyanne]

Even more :thudpile:

Thank you! It was so nice of you comment back. :)

I did find LittleOrca's youtube video tutorial. I see now that it wasn't a gibson tuck! ...And it's done more meticulously than I had first assumed. Or, maybe I just find poofy hairstyles very challenging because my hair is naturally very, very limp, and not bouncy. As for the other video you mentioned, I was honestly listening for a wrong pronunciation of "Anastasia". Could it possibly be this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPFmWSzYTA)? :)

I could just give this Gibson Girl Pompadour style a go one of these days. But I think I'll do it when my hair is clean, so to have a higher guarantee of some poof.
Oh, and I'm also definitely going to try out the "peekaboo" curls you so kindly demonstrated! I'm seriously in need of more varied hairstyles. All I ever do is braid. (Braid fanatic here!)
Happy growing to you! :blossom:

It was my pleasure to answer you, it was a simple thing, just the time to type it. :)

The braid waves eat some length, I really am a bit past fingertip. YOU GOTTA BELIIIIEVE ME! ;)

Yes, it WAS that video! Hooray memory aids! :silly: I actually found it again last night, but by that time it was 5 in the morning and I figured I'd better get to bed. :eyeroll: I remember the two had different techniques, but they helped balance the flaws of one technique with the good parts of the other, so I sorta combined them in my mind (somehow, it's been a year, and I'm a flake) and did it, you know?

You're welcome to try this with clean hair. On the other hand, I feel it necessary to warn you your results will probably not be as good with it shower-fresh. It's best to wait a day or two (preferably two) after a shower to do it, this is done best when your hair's got some "grit" to it. It's counter-intuitive to our modern thought processes, but there it is. :shrug:

Remember, they had different hygiene practices when this style was in use, and it was adapted to work optimally with the kind of hair they were working with, just as many modern go-to hairstyles tend to look best with clean hair.

[Bunnysaur]

Wow. I always love your historical hairstyles, they're so gorgeous!

[Micayla47]

pretty girl pretty hair!

[piffyanne]

Wow. I always love your historical hairstyles, they're so gorgeous!

You know, I'm willing to do requests (when I've got time) if you find instructions for a style, send 'em, or collect extant pictures I can try to decipher! :)

[JamieLeigh]

I love all of the new photos that you added since I commented. :D I'm so trying the sock thing.

[Carolyn]

Congrats on your Hairaversary! Your hair is just lovely and so healthy. I really love your 40s inspired styles. I had no idea it was possible to do Victory Rolls on really long hair. And I love that blue USO dress.

[janeytilllie]

Congrats on your anniversary :flower: You hair is so pretty!

[luxepiggy]

Piggy wishes her fellow illeist a very wonderful anniversary, and would like to express her opinion that both piffyanne and piffyanne's hair are lovely indeed http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff33/shoppingpiglet/piggies/3heo131.gif

[spidermom]

I love how creative you are with your hairstyles.

[DinaAG]

you look amazing girl :)

[AutumnLocks]

Beautiful hair! Keep up the good work!:joy:

[Gumball]

Your progress is completely outstanding! You've come a long way and your hair is looking great.

[Accalia]

It's looking beautiful!

[white.chocolate]

It was my pleasure to answer you, it was a simple thing, just the time to type it. :)

The braid waves eat some length, I really am a bit past fingertip. YOU GOTTA BELIIIIEVE ME! ;)

Yes, it WAS that video! Hooray memory aids! :silly: I actually found it again last night, but by that time it was 5 in the morning and I figured I'd better get to bed. :eyeroll: I remember the two had different techniques, but they helped balance the flaws of one technique with the good parts of the other, so I sorta combined them in my mind (somehow, it's been a year, and I'm a flake) and did it, you know?

You're welcome to try this with clean hair. On the other hand, I feel it necessary to warn you your results will probably not be as good with it shower-fresh. It's best to wait a day or two (preferably two) after a shower to do it, this is done best when your hair's got some "grit" to it. It's counter-intuitive to our modern thought processes, but there it is. :shrug:

Remember, they had different hygiene practices when this style was in use, and it was adapted to work optimally with the kind of hair they were working with, just as many modern go-to hairstyles tend to look best with clean hair.

:lol: Thanks for the warning!
I haven't tried the updos yet - too busy to work with hair these days. I'll try the Gibson Girl with both hair conditions just to experience the difference. I completely understand when you say there must be some grit to it.

[piffyanne]

:lol: Thanks for the warning!
I haven't tried the updos yet - too busy to work with hair these days. I'll try the Gibson Girl with both hair conditions just to experience the difference. I completely understand when you say there must be some grit to it.

True Grit, in fact.

Sorry, I've been resisting that since I made the original post X[

I can't wait to see the results! Take pictures of both, and write up a little dossier of your results, I'm very interested! :)

[goldloli]

Oh piffyanne this is a superb photo journey! I actually really adore your 2009 hair along with the 40s styles. I too am having weird hair chameleon due to length changes, think i might try modified cg to see if curls and volume are still there.