2 posts tagged “movie”
Joy, joy, joy! I’m sporting a new hairstyle now. My head is topped off with a retro-fabulous flashback look that reproduces the styles of the 1920s flappers who wore finger waves. You’ll find modern celebrities with similar coiffs, all inspired by the original Hollywood divas of days long gone by, like one of my favourites -- Mae West.
I put my mess of a curly mop of big volume, frizzy hair that tends to look more hippy than I’d prefer, into the skilled hands of a stylist in Soho. I expressed my love for old fashioned styles, so he suggested a more manageable, bob cut, and combined it with a bit of razzle dazzle for me by adding finger waves. To instruct the shampooist, he told her that he’d be “doing a Gwen Stefani.” This made me laugh, because clearly this new look for me is a fairly off-the-shelf cut that must be popular among many London ladies.
I absolutely marveled at the talent the stylist had for producing finger waves. He molded my hair with his fingers, sculpting it with a bit of hair gel, so that it formed gently rolling waves that remind me of being at the seaside, watching the waves lap against the shore. It isn’t something I can easily replicate, but my hair naturally waves on its own anyways. I found some basic instructions on how to do it, so if you want to experiment, here’s a quick reference guide another fan of the look suggests:
Get the Look! Finger Wave It
Step 1: On towel-dried hair, apply the correct styling product for your hair type from hair roots to ends.
Step 2: Pre-dry hair with a blow dryer.
Step 3: Set up hair with desired part. Dividing hair into 1-inch sections, work a curling iron through, section by section. Starting from close to the scalp, spiral hair unto the iron's barrel, hold briefly, then release. Work through hair until complete.
Step 4: After allowing hair to cool, test curl - if curl has not taken, take the curl and pin it up to the scalp with a pin, rolling as you go. If curl is firm, separate with fingers and finger comb to desired look.
Step 5: Take hair accessory and pin back hair on one side back, away from the face
The website She’s A Betty also has some good tips here.
I’m thrilled to now be finger waving it, along with the likes of Renée Zellweger,
who carried the look in the movie of the musical Chicago, and, the fabulous Gwen Stefani. I lilke to think that I just might be keeping the spirit of Betty Davis and her era of gorgeous glamour flapper babes alive with my hair. Or, at least I hope so.
I hold no illusion about being able to take centre stage
with proper divas, and certainly can’t hold a candle to the silver screen
stars I admire so, but I am pleased with my new look.
Lot’s of thanks to Ricky at basecuts in London’s Soho on
Berwick Street, who I’ll definitely be returning to for help with my hair.
If you want to the look, ring up basecuts on 02072876807 and tell them that you want Ricky to finger wave you.
I’m finger waving it,
Who’s Lisa Devaney?
I head the Hai Media Group, a multimedia communications company based in London, offering client’s traditional public relations, combined with new technology marketing strategies. I also perform, creating original Cabaret-style comedy skits for festivals, theatre and parties. Find out more about me, and the talented entrepreneurs I collaborate with, by visiting: www.haimediagroup.com
Just saw Be Kind Rewind tonight. It's an amusing gem of a comedy, and I most enjoyed the DIY spirit of it all, when Jack Black and Mos Def decide to re-film all of the video tapes in a New Jersey video store. Danny Glover, Mia Farrow and Sigourney Weaver make appearances, as the cast 'swedes' their own movies. On the website, I found a fun tool that let's you swede yourself, so here is me, sweded:
