3 Easy Victorian Hairstyles for Daily Wear (Tutorial)

[@VBirchwood]

The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/vbirchwood03231 Thanks so much for watching and I hope you enjoyed learning how to do these three historical hairstyles 😊

[@CHLOEDEATHGOD]

I love to try this when I get the dexterity back in my hand. I know you're working on your irish skirt atm and I thought I'd recommend the book "Old Ireland in Colour." It's not fashion based, more historical pictures from 1800s to the 1950s. But brilliant for learning irish history and looking at working people's clothes. With a definite emphasis on the lower to middle class, which I really appreciated.

[@janemacdonald3732]

I saw the 2nd style in the 70s when I was a teenager and copyed it, kept my waist length hair off my face and helped keep it clean and tidy.the 3 style was my mum's favourite she wore her hair like that most of her life.

[@thecomorbiditycurator8018]

I used prong pins for my ballet bun. The trick is to find ones with a little groove on the prongs so you can slightly overlap and interlock them. I would put in 3, at each point of an imaginary Y over the bun, then do a 2nd layer of 3 interlocked at the points of an inverse/upside down Y. That bun would stay for a whole show and I only needed hairspray forbny flyaways on top of my head.

[@LiljaHusmo]

I've been saving my hair out so I can do historical hairstyles, I especially love that first style 😍

[@VBirchwood]

It’d look so cute on you!! ❤️

[@CaraTheStrange]

Idk why I’m paying such close attention to the instructions, I haven’t had hair longer than a pixie cut for almost 6 years now and I’m not looking to grow it out any time in the near future. Having short hair is just ideal for me because it gives me a more heart shaped face and suits my very lazy tendencies when it comes to hair. I also greatly dislike how i look with long hair. You look stunning tho, and the practice you’ve had in styling your hair is very clear to see. Your channel is such a safe escape with your soothing voice and calmness. Edit: Thank you for all the collabs you do, I’ve found so many lovely channels through your videos!

[@lisacarl8561]

One thing to help with that last style is to braid a ribbon in to your braid with one section of hair. Then you can tie it at the back and it gives you something to pin to thats not hair.

[@ande100]

Ah! Hairstyles for long hair! Yeah! Just as a bote: could Tou please consider doing tutorials like this wearing a white blouse and the hair towards a light, ie window? Dark hair against a dark background gets not only lost but people with poor eyesight like me are left wondering on what is going on. Same for presenting an outfit in a room. We can't "see" it. Just moving slower against a plain light background is so much more helpful. I have given up so many times to figure stuff out cause all was dark on dark and fast swishing trills and turns. Sorry for the rant. I have long hair and will still try to recreate the styles. 🙂🙂😁😎

[@SimpleDesertRose]

What fun. I personally don't have enough hair for the second style, but I can pull it back into a bun. I might have just enough for the milkmaid braids. My daughter. On the other j and can totally rock all those styles. She and I have been practicing the historical hair practice of oiling your hair this last week. Today is my day to wash my hair and it's all nice and oily. Feels weird too. But this will be my second wash out since I started. I'm looking forward to my hair feeling soft and smooth this evening. We just got our chickens moved into their permanent coop and they are a little stressed and not laying as much right now so I don't have any eggs to use on my hair. I might do a honey wrap later depending on how I feel. It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend and we plan to spend as much time in the garden as possible. So depending on how many rows of beans and peas we get planted will depend on how I feel about putting hi hey in my hair for 30 minutes before I wash it out. Anyways this was a fun little video tutorial. See you in two weeks ❤

[@sophieross399]

well what a delightful comment :) thank you for sharing such lovely details about your life!

[@mirjam3566]

Thank you for this video! It's great to have your way to do historical hairstyle in a relative quick way, so that it can become a go-to-style! I knew 1 and 3 but you way to do the 2nd is beautiful, I will definitely try it this weekend! 😍 My advice for braid 3: add a long but small scarf into your braid (I actually braid with 2 hair strands + 1 scarf strand) = it holds much better!

[@MissingRaptor]

Thanks for this tutorial! I've recently started trying historical hairstyles and I wanted something late Victorian that incorporated braids. 1880's totally works 😊

[@ericalarochelle3779]

On the subject of trying out new things and perhaps landing on one you like, I figure I will share my preferred hairstyle. For reference, I keep my hair around the small of my back with about 7 inches in variation due to cutting it on occasion. I have worn my hair in braids and buns and sought to combine the pros while minimizing the cons. What I have settled on is a braided bun that I have worn under hardhats and out to formal occasions, so I am quite chuffed with it to say the least. The basic version is a French braid starting on the top of the head, braiding tightly all the way to the ends. I then take the end of the braid and pass it through one of the French plaits (the braid + the addition of hair) level with my temple; I pull the braid through so that it is folded back up on itself. I then circle the remaining braid around this central point, using the end like a needle and thread. I found securing it at 1-12 o'clock, 7 o'clock, and then ending it at 1-12 o'clock is sufficient for a sturdy hairstyle. To end, I split the first 1-12 o'clock securing lock of hair, coming up from the bottom, and then tuck the end of the braid through the original braid on the other side of the first securing French plait. If you have a braid tail long enough, you can weave it through the circling braids and it can hold together nicely with nothing but itself. As I goofed and accidently had my hair cut shorter than intended this last hair cut, it is not long enough for that at the moment. Instead, I bind the braid at the end with a small hairband and that acts as a stopper from it slipping out of the last securing point. It works well for me, though I also add an accent braid using the hair around my forehead and temples to provide more height to my hair and have tension be better distributed. Past Me did some fine work figuring that all out!

[@KrissieMarieEbdane]

Seems useful 👍

[@mrfred159]

This is perfect! I've always been intrigued by your beautiful hairstyles! These explanations are superb! Love your content! :)

[@VBirchwood]

Thank you so much! I’m glad it cleared up the process 🥰

[@wanderingspark]

The style with the ear loops is super cute, and my hair has just gotten long enough to do it.

[@VictorianMaid99]

I like the style "over the ear hair style. I so needed this, thank you, I dress in a 1900 style and wanted ideas on old hair styles. The black and white photo of the four young women is so me!

[@jaehaywardkent]

wonderful! been loving your hairstyles so it's great to see how they're achieved.

[@forest_green]

I've got to recommend spiral hair pins. They work amazingly for buns and milkmaid braids, especially for longer hair.

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Such a peaceful and pleasant video.

[@VBirchwood]

Thank you 💕

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

@@VBirchwood you are welcome 💗

[@camille_la_chenille]

This video makes me miss my long hair so much! it's currently chin length and growing so slowly, but cutting everything was a necessity at the point it was three years ago; I had so much split ends that the split ends had split ends themselves... And then I kept my hair short because Life and now I can't wait to have my long hair back.

[@elissak2811]

For a pomade, I recommend Murray's Superior Hair Dressing Pomade. In the US, it's available in the African hair-care section. I have fine Caucasian hair and it works well for me, too, because it isn't greasy, more waxy. A light touch is a good idea, though. The sleek hairstyles work well on you because you have a normal-to-largish head and a round face. Crown, wider, and piled-up hairstyles (like the Gibson Girl) are better for people like me who have small, narrow heads. About the hairpins, you might want to try thicker ones like the tortoise-shell ones used for chignons. They hold fine hair much better than wire hairpins. I usually only use the wire ones for pin curls.

[@malenahardt9283]

I am fascinated by historical fashion and especially hairstyles!! So than you very much for this tutorial 😊. I mostly try to figure the hairstyles out by myself but sometimes a tutorial ist extremely helpful... I really appreciate your content and the work, that vors into making your videos

[@fikanera838]

Thankyou for demonstrating all those styles. My hair is thick too, & very curly, so it gets knotted at the drop of a hat. Now it's grey, I look like Baba Yaga, or I would if I hadn't started getting it blow-dried straight. It makes it unbelievably easier to look after.

[@varde42]

Looking like Baba Yaga is my current hair goal :) I stopped colouring it when I noticed the first greys and am trying to keep it as long as I can.

[@fikanera838]

@@varde42 If I could wear my Baba Yaga hair loose without having to spend up to an hour detangling, I would love it! But I've also dreamt of straight, sleek hair since I was a small child.

[@_JoyceArt]

It looks like we have a similar hair texture, mine also tangles like a mad mop. So fun, dealing with hair that ranges from fine and pin straight, to thick and super curly. Also, it might not be historically accurate, but I use pins that look like double corkscrews, you just, as the word says, screw them into you bun. Incredibly easy to use, and remove at the end of the day.

[@kathrynehiersche1817]

The way her hair got pulled up in the last one, reminds me of styles from the historical Chinese shows I like. (Specifically from the back)

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

You have such beautiful hair, and these styles look great on you!

[@glendagai]

Lovely hairstyles. Excellent explaining!

[@VBirchwood]

Thank you! 😊

[@discoveringnature5909]

This was a great tutorial! The third hairstyle also made me think of Frida Kahlo (not from that period off course....)

[@baizhuwaitingroom7057]

I've had hime cut for like, 10 years now, makes me want to grow my hair out so i can pull it off, the second one is so lovely 😭😭

[@carolinemaluca]

These hair styles are adorable V! I really need to find some gigantic hair pins to hold y wild hair. I have some hair pins like yours but they are too small. They jump out of my hair as if they had their own lives. And since you mentioned her on the 3rd one, what about you make a Princess Leia outfit and hair, but as if she was a Victorian Princess Leia? I bet it would be beautiful!!!!! 😍

[@debcarroll8192]

Your hair always looks so beautiful!

[@cynthiaajmurray1827]

These are wonderful and very well demonstrated! You are a fine instructor : ) I only wish that I had thick hair, but alas, genetics has left me with very fine and very thin hair, so a simple bun is usually all that works. Once I begin to incorporate any braids, they are so terribly thin, it looks rather sickly. Your hair and the styles are lovely!

[@bea8928]

Maybe you won't read this, because it's been 2 months haha, but I have a trick for looking at the back of your hair! Take a smaller, hand mirror, and place yourself backwards to the bigger mirror. Now bring the smaller mirror upwards, above your head, and you will be able to see the back of your head on it! I use that trick all the time when doing my hair. Hope it helps!

[@Lunaria_moonlight]

When my hair get longer I'm going to try the first hairstyle 🎉 The tutorial is helpful

[@huntingforfun3068]

Wow, your hair has gotten a lot longer! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@daoberik]

Thank you! more videos like this please! face care, hair care and stuff

[@VBirchwood]

Glad you enjoyed the video! I have a video on my channel showing my historically inspired makeup routine and another video showing how I wash my hair a historical way.

[@daoberik]

@@VBirchwood yeah, watched it!

[@MichelleSMV]

I’ve always really loved that 3rd hair style. I might try it out if it can be done on super curly hair 😆

[@VBirchwood]

It definitely can be! Katherine sewing has quite curly hair and she often does this hairstyle 😊

[@MichelleSMV]

Oh lovely! Yes I’ll definitely have to try it (I’m also obsessed with Holly Hunter’s hair in The Piano…the costumes in that film are wondrous)

[@MichelleSMV]

Thank you ❤️!

[@miramari732]

It's easier on curly hair than it is on straight(ened) ones. On curlies it unravels less. (I've got 3c curls and it could hold on two pins all day). Also I know version for shorter hair (15cm is enough for that) when instead of parting your hair you make dutch braid around your head starting just behind the ear. You can braid towards face or towards back depending how it's convenient for you and go full circle. When you close the circle on shorter hair, braid few cm of all hair, tie it and insert ends between two strands of dutch braid, under rest of hair and pin it. If your hair is long enough to go around to the other ear, just braid it and insert it on the other side, also tucking ends under hair. Add few pins for security or use embroidery needle to basically sew it (hair to hair) with nice ribbon. Another trick is for thin or a bit to short hair to use a clip-on hairpiece at the begining of braid as structural piece where rest of your hair will be braided onto :)

[@varde42]

The crown braids look especially great on You :) If You can get the Goody spin pins where You live I highly recommend those for long thick hair (cheaper spiral pins are good for trying out before they loose their shape or coating)

[@juliebeans7323]

i use the third a lot. my grandmother did it every day till about 1998

[@soleigard]

Yaaay! Finally! Thank you!!!❤❤❤

[@TheGabygael]

a victorian style i really enjoy in my day to day life is a style from the 60s (i believe it's from godey's) described as a simple style for servants and dailywear: seperate your hair into four sections (middle part to the back and another section from behind each ears) the two front sections are braided into loose lace braids then braided to the ends (i have straight hair so i like a tighter braid that gives me somewat of a 1940s silhouette but the oriinal engraving is tighly waved and braided much more loosely) the two back parts are braided into simple english braids starting at ear level cross the braids in the back and secure them on the other side: the front braid secured onto the base english braid and the back ones are secured behind the lace braids the ends of your braids should be easy to conceal, the structure of the do tends to be a bit precarious on me but worked on dirty hair with sufficient and skillful pining (so a fair bit of practic) and it's really confortable and evenly distributed, i guess one could add a net on top of it to help with confort and styling

[@wednes3day]

Wonder how the style might adapt for long hair? 🤔

[@TheGabygael]

@@wednes3day I wonder too x) from the engraving and how it works on me I'm guessing they expect the style to be done on mid back to waist length hair (the braids drape a bit loosly in the back and the front roots are tightly curled/waved to create the fashionable voluminous silhouette) if your hair is longer than they ask for you could coil the ends up and tuck them in if your ends are not too voluminous or you can keep on Winding like a you would for an Elizabethan updo

[@foxnoxness4989]

Wish I could sleep with my historical hair, but I've got a texture that's to silky and curly at the same time, it becomes poofy is I don't glue it down. But then I've done the braids or curls sides for years so it takes like 10-20min. It's lovely you show people how to do it ❤️

[@ragnkja]

Mine is also super-silky, but it’s straight (like “can’t get it to hold a curl for more than five minutes” straight), and some of the hair _always_ slips out of the braids, no matter what.

[@TheSillyfrankie]

I can highly reccomend Bunhead Pins for doing buns on long hair. It's a brand of extremely sturdy U pins created for ballerinas and they're the best hairpins out there. They last forever (I literally never threw one away) and you only need about 4 or 5 to hold up a bun of your size - one at each compass point plus one to hold the end of your hair in.

[@vnessabon]

im a medical laboratory science student and we need our hair away so this is really useful!! tysm!!

[@sapnavishwanath]

I am going on a primary school Victorian trip so I will prob use the second hairstyle to ware under the hat since I have long hair!

[@jldisme]

Thanks!

[@sarahpirkle9476]

I would love to try this, but I think my hair will fight with me, 😂

[@dexaria]

The first one is my go to hairstyle when I absolutely cannot be bothered 😅

[@watsonmelon6575]

I can't wait to try these out! Thank you!

[@VBirchwood]

Hope you enjoy!

[@CaraTheStrange]

Love your username!

[@katwitanruna]

Try twisting the bun from the end closest to the skull. Same method, different beginning point. My hair is fine and tangles and my daughter has fine thick hair.

[@jennglow4647]

Very pretty 😃

[@manueledmundopastenazocar836]

Maravillosos y hermosos peinados 👍

[@azylisemiku6117]

my hair is superfine but also tangles intensely. It has gotten better though since I started oiling my ends. =)

[@VBirchwood]

That’s great oiling your ends has helped! For me, it always weighs my hair down so much that I can’t 😊

[@azylisemiku6117]

@@VBirchwood had a similar issue until I tried jojoba oil. Also I use a boar bristle brush so the natural oils from my scalp are spread evenly. But each hair type is so individual and different. It's hard finding a care routine that works.

[@miramari732]

@@VBirchwood For me it was shea butter that worked. My sister uses liquid silk (or whatever this thing is called in english) and it works for hair but changes mine into crusty mess. It very much depends on what your hair likes and don't like. And to know that - you have to make some experiments :)

[@dbSteelyPhil]

she has to be the most naturally pretty girl ive seen

[@goonercestlavie]

Beaux résultats. Sacrées techniques.

[@VBirchwood]

Merci!!

[@acornginger8279]

Love it

[@kathleenfleming7519]

I had a question. How do you condition your hair? Your hair doesn't seem to have split ends, or not many split ends.

[@VBirchwood]

I have a video linked at the end of this one that shows my hair care routine but I wash with raw egg and an apple cider vinegar rinse every 2 weeks and if I need a wash in between I use Ethique shampoo and cowash bars for curly hair.

[@greygamertales1293]

Obviously, Vincent van Gogh dressed like his contemporaries but I want to know if there are regional differences between late 19th century Dutch, British and Southern French fashion styles. I also want to know if there are still existing pieces of Van Gogh's clothing that survived to this day.

[@theoldaccountthatiusedtous6767]

I once saw a video of someone who is sensitive to a lot of products and made her own hair gel with flax seeds and water.

[@bonnieriecke5199]

Very😊 nice

[@thingsthatmakesense77]

Tell me you were reincarnated without telling me you were reincarnated...

[@katwitanruna]

Why do I have this urge to make beaded hairpins to do the last style with??

[@MrownXXV]

Anyone know how to find a good tailor?

[@2enigma8]

Are you personally doing any of Katherinesewing hair care techniques?

[@VBirchwood]

I’ve used flax gel for about 4 years now, similar to the recipe she teaches but don’t use any other of her methods as I wash my hair with raw egg and an apple cider vinegar rinse every two weeks generally 😊 her videos are amazing though 💕

[@2enigma8]

@@VBirchwood great thanks I know you had dreads before and it looks healthy now :) Will have to try the egg one day

[@2enigma8]

@@VBirchwood yes and she likes yours too fyi lol

[@VBirchwood]

I had them 3.5 years ago and chopped them off completely and let my very short hair grow out to where it is now 😊

[@VBirchwood]

So sweet! 💕

[@iamfit2657]

Can you share how your hair got from short to long. I have done protein treatment on my hair and ,chopped alot of my hair .. I am looking to treat it now and to look after it.

[@VBirchwood]

I just naturally have the type of hair that is very thick, coarse, and grows fast, so I just use only natural products on my hair (like the egg wash I show in one of my other videos) and I don't dye my hair, rarely use heating tools, etc. A big part of it for me I think is genetic as my grandma has the same sort of hair. I'd also recommend Katherine Sewing's videos, though I haven't used many of her techniques myself, but her hair always looks lovely.

[@eleonoreguerra3015]

Lovely. ❤also your dress is so pretty. What is it ?

[@VBirchwood]

Thank you! It's a mid-1800s working class Victorian wrapper

[@mariehavlickova4702]

❤❤❤❤

[@smurrdog5364]

Youre cool and pretty

[@alanazunikoff4249]

I've been trying to braid my hair for at least 15 years. Never once have I been successful

[@malenejensen2995]

I'm so glad you do not consider your self good at doing hair because me neither. And if you can have such a beautiful hairstyle, then I can too. I will try these out, I just need to watch a few videos about how to use pins first 😅❤

[@colinmccormack1728]

Seriously 40 pins! Airport security must be tough.

[@ragnkja]

Hairpins generally aren’t any more of a problem than glasses are, i.e. none at all.

[@VBirchwood]

I think my clothes often confuse security more 😂

[@BertoldBR74Roux]

You are very beautiful 😊

[@mariebarker4499]

Beautiful hairstyles! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💯. God bless you and everyone and love you all! Make sure you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour everyone! He is coming soon! Don't be left behind! Accept and believe in Jesus Christ! John 3:16, Revelation 20:15, 1 Corrinthians 15 1-4 and Romans 10 9 and 10

[@ryanmay1298]

Beautiful unique and works of art I'm really impressed. I've always had other people braid me as my hair gets tangled easily when I try myself I've managed rope braids (2 strands twisted in opposite directions wrapped around each other inspired by a Mongolian horse archer mummy) but apart from that I'm a beginner. They all looked wonderful that second hairstyle suits you so well! How do you care for your hair length do you cut it yourself? I'm in awe. I'm glad I saw this video not only is it practical but also educational. P.S. The flax seed gel recipe looks incredibly easy and effective now I'm going down a rabbit hole to watch all her other videos thanks! 🧝‍♂