I think I get it but it would so much funner if you had pictures...(wink,
wink)
Laurie
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Subject: [h-cost] Directions for Alphonse Mucha hairstyle
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:53:39 -0700
I wrote the following directions for another list, which doesn't overlap
much with this one, so I thought I'd post them here.
My hair is down to about mid-back length. I wear a kind of Alphonse Mucha
style that I invented. It's very easy and it looks great.
First (you might be able to skip this step if your hair is naturally curly)
I wash my hair, put a fair amount of gel on it, and put it in pin curls
overnight, or till it is fully dry. I form fairly large curls, as much as a
bobby pin will hold. It is not at all necessary to have them arranged on
the head super evenly or neatly, but it seems better to wind them all
"rotating" in the same direction. When my hair is dry I take out the bobby
pins.
Then I comb through my hair very briefly with my fingers if the curls are
very tight, otherwise not. I pull my hair straight up off the crown of my
head, then fasten it fairly near the ends with one of those fiber-covered
elastics in brown or black (I have medium brown hair). Then I squash the
hair down, and fasten it firmly with a plastic "tortoiseshell" butterfly
clip. (I bought a whole bunch of them with Art-Nouveau-comb inspired
designs for about 30 cents apiece at Ross Dress for Less.) The middle of
the hair swirls around the top of the head and face, and the clip fastens
the ends through to the roots of the hair underneath. Voila, the Mucha
hairstyle.
This hairstyle comes out somewhat differently every single time you squash
it. If the first try is unattractive, just pull your hair up again before
you put on the clip, and repeat the process. You can get a slightly
different effect by twisting the length of hair somewhat before you squash
it down. You can get an asymmetric look by pushing the length of hair more
to the right or left as you squash it. You can leave a long curl outside
the updo, to fall on your neck, on either one or both sides of your head,
and more towards the back or front as you choose. If the hair at the back
of your head looks too puffed out, you can put a second clip (I use a
smallish one) at the middle of the back of your head.
I like this hairstyle, it's a lot of fun.
Frances Grimble
Lavolta Press Books on Historic and Vintage Clothing
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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