Pin Curls--Old and New

Pin Curls are simple, beautiful and have found themselves back into the hearts of many people. The "vintage" style is after your bath is to roll your hair and pin them, covering them in a scarf and going to bed. When you wake, TADA curled hair. 

And it really is that simple, you can use a waving lotion or setting spray when you go to sleep to make a stronger curl, but they don't need it. Pin girls can either be done flat to the head for less volume or they can be done standing up for a much fuller (fluffier) appearance.



The vintage feel is very popular, from barrel rolls to finger waves (did they ever really go out of style?). It's very feminine. And the base of many of these looks is the pin curl.

There are videos that scatter the web showing different ways as how to set these but they all come down to the same thing. And I have to say from personal experience they make my mornings much quicker when I set my hair at night and wake up to my hair basically done! You have to style them but that isn't such a big deal.

Another ever growing popular way to do pin curls is with a hard set. Hard sets have been gracing runways for years because they last. They give volume and the curls are not going anywhere. A hard set is when you curl the hair with a hot iron (with waving lotion) and pin it to the head for them to cool. The cooling process allows the curl to set similar to if you were to use a hot rollers. 

The hard set does take much longer to do as you are curling and pinning each individual section but it is worth it in the end. I'll be doing a post in the coming days on how to do both of these in more detail. 

Just goes to prove, do styles really every go out of style?