Vintage Pin Curl Wave // LOOKS the Same, NOT created *equally*

Pin curls on long hair and fine hair should be treated differently. The same goes for medium hair and thick hair. In today’s vintage hair tutorial video, learn how to alter your pin curl set for different hair textures to create an adorable vintage pin curl wave.
Today’s vintage hairstyle is inspired by 1940s actress Joan Leslie. I saw this 1940s vintage hairstyle photo online and immediately fell in love with the curls and waves.
✦ Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:13 The Hairstyle
03:09 The Tool
03:40 Medium Hair Pin Curl Set Back
04:34 Medium Hair Top Setting
08:59 Medium Hair Brush Out
10:34 Long Hair Pin Curl Set
13:15 Long Hair Brush Out
14:53 Fine Hair Pin Curl Set
16:42 Fine Hair Brush Out
✦ More about Joan Leslie:
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✦ SUPPLIES helpful for these techniques:
⟡ Miss Curlette Hair Setting Potion - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/m...
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⟡ Kenra 13 Medium Hold Hairspray - amzn.to/3kKiveW
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⟡ U-Shaped Hairpins - amzn.to/3lnPSoq
⟡ Starlett Single Prong Clips - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/s...
⟡ Miracle Curl Brush - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/m...
⟡ Teasing Comb with Pik - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/t...
⟡ Cleopatra 1950s Fine Tooth Rattail Comb by Krest - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/c...
⟡ Carbon rattail comb - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/c...
⟡ Roll & Go Hair Tool - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/r...
⟡ Sculpture Pin Curl Tool - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/s...
⟡ Grip-Tuth Side Hair Combs - vintagehairstyling.com/shop/g...
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✦ DISCLAIMER:
Do everything in this video at your own risk. Watchers are encouraged to take all safety precautions in performing any techniques or activities in this video. By following the instructions the watcher or anyone acting on behalf of the watcher willingly assumes all risks of harm in connection with performing these techniques.

[@meihwadeclerk3147]

This came out just in time for me!! My hair is fairly long and thick so when I do my pin curls the top always looks weird and now I know it was because I had too much hair in that section. Going to try it again with what I have learned in this video😊 I am super excited to show the results to my grandmother😍 Your video was very well constructed, just like your video.

[@LaurenRennells]

Glad I could help! Tag me if you post a pic online so I can see it!

[@strumpet42]

I’d love to see more content on finer, shorter hair! It seems like there’s not a lot of that in the vintage hair community.

[@celennaduet9501]

Agreed!

[@celennaduet9501]

Especially thinner hair.

[@KJ99otis]

YES!!! please and thank you 🙏🏽 ❤

[@cindibennett5755]

I love the look on you, my hair is a bit longer and maybe thinner, would really like to know how you curled the back and what size of roller are you using, thank you.

[@cynthiamurphy3669]

@@cindibennett5755 Me too, lol. I was hoping she'd turn around and show us how the back of her own hair looked rolled.

[@greylance473]

73 yrs old... pincurls.... love your video as teach my Granddaughter.

[@dyvon]

I'm two weeks into cosmetology school, so naturally I'm all over KZbin checking hair videos. The talent jumped right outta you on this one. Subscribing NOW.

[@LaurenRennells]

Thank you so much!!

[@LovelyGyunyu]

Love it! Especially when you did your own hair. I have fine hair myself and I'd love to see more styling on fine hair!

[@luvnalaska44]

Thank you for including the long hair version! Wonderful video and instruction. And your personality is so lovely.

[@LaurenRennells]

Thank you so much!

[@jencart207]

The most informative and comprehensive video I have seen on the subject.

[@dorenereese6398]

Outstanding

[@muffycrosswire2757]

Thank you for making this

[@VerbenaComfrey]

So much more like this! Thank you!

[@sarahknobel8908]

Thank you so much for this very informative video. Maybe in the future could you show a video using pin curls in an updo?

[@MsAnge111]

Amazing video thanks so much, love content with long hair! ❤️

[@VerbenaComfrey]

So excited to try this out on my now-shorter hair!

[@schalasmagic]

Loved your video. It's so relaxing watching you doing hair, like asmr.

[@MistyBluesMoon]

Merci pour vos super tutos ! 🙌Je vais tenter de reproduire vos techniques ! It's so beautiful 😍

[@Hevynly1]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much! I can't wait to try this!

[@LaurenRennells]

Have fun!

[@Timetravel1111]

I am excited to try this! Really great explanation and you went slow and showed each curl slowly so that my brain could focus and learn. Ha ha

[@aintwegotfun]

Good instructions

[@mudpuppystitchery]

Thank you for this super helpful video!!! 💚

[@LaurenRennells]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@streetofdreams4538]

THANK you 👍 for addressing this topic! It was one of the hardest things for me to figure out in vintage hairstyling. 😳☺️ I learned the hard way what you showed here, that thick hair usually requires less pincurls (and even rag rollers). Seeing the specific differences in pincurl settings was eye-opening! I really hope you'll be able do some more vintage hairstyle videos focusing on techniques for various hair types. Thanks for helping us continue to learn and improve!

[@Giampy71]

Questo è fantastico grazie 🙏

[@missyr8056]

Thank you for taking the time to break everything down in such detail! You did an awesome job of explaining everything.

[@LaurenRennells]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kholbrook203]

I am in my later 60’s and my hair is thin. I am going to grow my bangs out. My hair was very long and I cut 14” off. Now my hair comes to my collar bone. Can you do more videos using pin curls for thin hair. I’m trying pin curls in my hair for the very first time tonight. I only had bobby-pins. It doesn’t look good. We’ll see what happens in the morning. Now to find my scarf. Loved your video.

[@Timetravel1111]

I’m excited to try different hair products to cause I mainly use Nairobi hair setting diluted with some water and about 60/40 product.

[@njochara]

This is lovely. I'm at the end of my tether with my hair. I'm naturally going grey & have balding very thin hair. I'm 43, I dress vintage but am at a loss with my hair. The grey is awful & won't smooth into a curler. If I pin curl, heated rollers, overnight wet set, handmade curlers. You name it I've tried it. It just never looks sleek anymore. No salon will do a middy cut for me. I've sight issues so can't even see the bCk of my hair. I have a natural curl so I've started wearing it like that to give rollers a break, but doesn't matter what I do my hair falls out daily. I'm in uk & at a loss of what to do. Maybe a perm to control the grey, no idea. Lovely video.

[@WomanOver70AgingNaturally]

Hi, I am not a professional, but have grey, thinner hair now. If I were you I would not perm my hair at all, but if you are going to, just get a gentle body wave. Probably not the store bought. Did this video here help you? I am just getting ready to brush my hair out, after doing my own pin curls. I had not found this instructional earlier today. Good luck! Thinning might be a nutritional deficiency.

[@jencart207]

I am over sixty and my hair has definitely thinned, but I do find taking a b complex vitamin has helped. I know just how you feel, thinning hair feels very depressing.

[@mycrazyfamilyid]

That pincurl tool! 💸

[@littleghoul13]

Thank you so much for this video. Showing the difference in the lengths of hair was really helpful. P.s. Shelby gossips way too much.

[@RychaardRyder]

I had the very long and thick hair 5 weeks ago but decided to have it cut to a layered lob which looked like the medium mannequin example, still kind of regretting it as a I really thought you NEEDED to have shoulder or shorter length for vintage styles, I just got so frustrated trying to roll up waist length hair into a victory roll

[@LeeAnneGomes]

Thank you for this video! I appreciate the time you spent on really long, thick hair. Do you have any recommendations for cuts that best serve these styles?

[@LaurenRennells]

I’m actually working on content about cuts, so stay tuned!

[@motherofpearl2537]

I wish I could see Shelby's look on violet! Both very pretty hair styles, is there anyway for tips for Cooley or curly hair I'm 3b, but would love tips gor 3b maybe 3c hairstyles, i also love seeing you actually doing it on yourself!

[@powerzmedia]

This was wonderful! Thank you:) I am on the eve of my Seventyith Birthday and wonder if you can help me with a couple of questions about my medium length grey, silver, white hair? The texture is courser and the quantity of hair is shrinking, especially around my temples and at the small cowlick in the middle of the top of the back of my head. Yes, I use my phone to take pix of it. I think I look like the beautiful seasoned women I’d see at early services in church. Artfully applied make-up, gorgeous to look at square in the face and beautiful profiles, but, the back looked like they slept on it. I am trying to ward that off for as long as 😮 😅😂 possible. Would you consider posting a video for pin curls all over the head without a brush out, think Shirley Temple without the ringlets, just pulling fingers through the hair so it’s curly all over. I am new to your channel, please forgive me if you’ve posted a tutorial and I missed it. Thanks again for the instructions and the kindness. Patricia Z

[@Aikyudo]

I dressed vintage for a while a few years ago. I started working a physical job and can't/don't wear a vintage hairdo. I didn't dress vintage for a very long time because of this. I'm still working a manual job, but I've been sewing my own vintage outfits for a while now. When I was on my hiatus, I wanted to try a hairstyle that was very popular when I was in highschool, 2012-2015. I decided to shave the side of my head. I was going for like a skrillix look, or Avril lavine or something. I've had it for about a year but I don't much care for it, so I'm trying to grow it out. I have an area about 2-3" radius around my left ear that was shaved. It's still very short, and I've been doing a middle part to help cover it as it grows back in. Do you have any tips for vintage styling while this grows back in? Or just curl, fluff, center part and use a snood? The rest of my hair goes past my shoulders about 2 or 3 inches.

[@KJ99otis]

Thank you for demonstrating on your hair too! Mine is fine, thin and short. What size and type of rollers did you use other than the top section of pin curls?

[@LaurenRennells]

I do have plans for some ways I set my hair soon, but for now, I use magnetic rollers in various sizes depending on how curly I want my hair. I usually use either 5/8", 7/8" or 1". store.vintagehairstyling.com/lovely-lady-magnetic-hair-rollers/ At the back of my neck below the line of my ears, where the hair is shorter and doesn't stay on a roller as well, I use Self-grip rollers in 1/2" size. store.vintagehairstyling.com/self-gripping-rollers/

[@Timetravel1111]

I’ve been growing my hair out, yes I really appreciate seeing on the person you doing yourself is my favorite tutorials. It’s just different than someone doing it on someone else.

[@cherastriglio7937]

How much setting lotion do you add to water?

[@cobbt11]

Very new this this with short, fine hair. I’m curious as to why you used rollers on most of your hair vs. doing pin curls?

[@LaurenRennells]

It was just a time saving step.

[@brookedennis8498]

Wonderful video, helps so much! Question though... I have baby fine hair and it's thin; the bobby pins always leave a crease. I've tried several different clips and there is always a crease. Ive read that hair pins are better but I cant find any videos on how to use them. Do you have suggestions that might help? Thank you!! ❤❤

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Practice sticking the pins in is slow motion; as you begin to press them in, wiggle them in a slight up-and-down motion, like a dolphin, or a boat on the waves, or a shuttle going through the loom. This will essentially "sew" the pin into your hair rather than it being stuck straight in. Again, the motion is very slight and it's an up-down motion, not a left-right motion. The tip should be moving up and down, the end in your hand should be moving up and downn but the middle should not be moving up and down (think of the pin as a little see-saw). If you don't understand at first, try it multiple times, maybe try it with an exaggeratedly long pin at first.

[@lcmarina]

What size sponge roller did you use for the long hair?

[@LaurenRennells]

They are 1.5 inch sponge rollers.

[@rarebirddonna]

I can’t seem to figure out what is a setting lotion here in Europe. I can only find hair spray, moose . Any idea??

[@LaurenRennells]

Are you able to find LottaBody there?

[@nochuainhan5408]

Could you tell me Can I use this way to style my synthetic wig, please? And thank you for the video, I will do it on my actual hair someday

[@LaurenRennells]

It is possible if it is a lace front wig.

[@nochuainhan5408]

@@LaurenRennells well I’m not sure if it was lace front cause i’m new with wig but it is a wig for cosplay, made from Kanekalon fiber I suppose 😅 and It’s kinda soft

[@katjadahlstrom2571]

Hi Lauren! What European onine retailer sell your products?

[@LaurenRennells]

Check with these retailers. Some haven’t ordered in a while, so I can’t guarantee stock. www.vintagehairstyling.com/retail-shops/european-retailers

[@28msunpretty]

Please do my hair , I can't do it on my own 🥺

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Yes you can!

[@andreas489]

How about vintage styling tips for naturally curly hair? If I pin curl my hair it turns into a huge poofball

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

You don't need to add any curlers. Just wash your hair less often to reduce the poof (if you are worried about hygene wear a head covering while doing messy work), and carefuly style. It is all about the length of your hair, your haircut, and the way that you manipulate the curls as shown in this video.

[@greylance473]

Two fingers... curls basics....