Gorgeous soft vintage waves

I know there are like a million ways to do this but I really think my way is pretty easy and with quite impressive results! 

Getting decent looking waves is hard enough and a lot of tutorials I have seen online are done by professionals and people who actually know what they are talking about (i.e not me).

Butter wouldn't melt.

 

So, I would say, depending on how greasy your hair gets, day-old or even two-day old hair is best so it will keep a decent curl. 

Putting hair into a deep side parting is a bit softer on the face and looks a bit more authentic.

Curl the hair from the ear downwards in one direction on one side/half of your head and the OTHER direction on the other half/side of the head. So one half of the hair will be going TOWARD the face, the other AWAY from the face. 

I prefer using straightening irons to curl my hair, I just find it works better on my hair and I have a bit more control, but a wand would be fine.

Let the curls cool completely before brushing through because, did you know, the heat is the thing that actually makes the shape so if you move he hair around while its warm you will screw up the shape. So don't bloody touch it while it is warm.

Once you have obeyed my orders of leaving the hair to cool, do whatever backcombing/teasing you want to get whichever height you want, if any and then brush the curls out really lightly, don't go mad on all that hard work. 

If you are pretty happy with the results (of course you will be) then use whichever hairspray you like to keep it in place before you go out and look totally sassy. Unkempt hair is not sassy. 

AND if you haven't already (gawd.) you can see which hairspray I'm using and loving right now on one of my previous posts. 

Get curlin', fools. 

Favourite hair spray post.