An Everyday Victorian-Style Updo
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The book: ‘How to be a Victorian’ by Ruth Goodman
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Ladies and gentlemen of 19th century spirit, I bid you welcome Today. I shall be explaining to you that thing that I do with my hair that everybody keeps asking about.. This is by no means a historical tutorial.. It'S just the easy and smart-ish way that I've adapted to doing it every day over the years.. If that is of interest, then please, may I suggest that you obtain a hairbrush, a small elastic band and approximately half a tonne of hairpins.. I like to also use a bit of dry shampoo to give my hair a bit more weight and body, as the style is rather more difficult to do when your hair is wispy and limp. Begin by undoing whatever `` swamp. Hag'' styling that you probably just woke up with., Then I like to brush it out well, so that it's all nice and easy to work with.. I also find that this helps it to look cleaner for longer, as brushing helps to distribute the natural oils down. The length of the hair, which I have heard is actually quite good for keeping it long and strong. ) If you're, not averse to the sight of loose hair, collect the lost ones from your hairbrush and save them.. This is a method that I understand, actual Victorian and Edwardian. Women would do in order to pad out their hair if they didn't have quite enough to give it a proper fluff.. You know before those plastic doughnut-y things existed. Obviously, my hair is very long and straight, but I think you can achieve this just as easily with shorter and/or curly hair.. If it's shorter, you just won't have so much volume in the bun on top, but we shall get to that in a bit., I'm starting just by separating off a little chunk at the centre front and just biting this for a second to keep it out of The way., Then this side can get pinned up.. The key to getting it to puff nicely is to put a little twist into the point, just where you're going to pin it down and to push the lock forward a bit., The farther back on your head, that you pin it the flatter it will be.. Then this one can be smoothed out and pinned to overlap that little side bit so that it looks like one nice seamless, puff. Again make sure that the lock is gathered into a concise little bunch where you want to pin it down and pin it. However, forward you want the puff to be high., Then I just do the same thing for the other side, except without the top puff, because asymmetry is cool. I guess. Now take a moment to question your life choices and realize that it actually looks rather lovely when worn down brushed out and flowing freely in the breeze. ... Then remember that it is bothersome sheds everywhere and that you are in fact a respectable woman of the wrong century and get on with things These backside pieces just get folded up on top of the head and pinned.. I don't do this particularly neatly at all, because I just can't be bothered so perhaps take this opportunity for a bit of *executive improvisation*.. The remaining length is delicately separated into three to be plaited.. Make sure that when starting your plait, you do the first couple. Erm stitches behind your head so that they are centred. When you reach the point where you run out of arm length, you can pull the plait over to one side to continue, but turn your head sharply away from your hands so that the plait is still centred At the back of your head., Once you have some slack, you can just continue on comfortably. I like to plait it down. As far as I can so that I get that gradient width, where my hair loses fullness at the bottom., Not technically desirable. In long and luscious hair, but it does have a really lovely effect when you spiral it up into a bun and the outer rim of it is a finer plait than the inner one embrace the beauty in your flaws, my friends, This gets folded up onto the Head wrapped in a spiral on top and secured with another half tonne of pins. Again, there is probably a neater way to do this and to hide all of the pins in process. But you know the Edwardians were masters of the messy bun, aesthetic, so ... And she's done At this point. You can go in and tweak the puffy bits, fluffing them up a bit more if desired., As with any hairstyle, these things take a bit of practice.. I recommend doing it up every day so that you get it down to a routine.. This really only takes me about five minutes to do each morning and is well worth the bit of minimal daily effort. I think So go forth my merry friends and live your best neo Victorian life. I suppose - And perhaps I shall see you again next time when we return to our regularly scheduled historical sewing. )
Comments
greenyawgmoth: I'm a dude with short hair, and yet I still clicked on and watched this fully.
just a girl: ok, I’m a total goth but ever since I discovered this channel my look has become Victorian goth. I’m living my best life.
Bebee Sym: “i think you can achieve this just as easily with shorter and/or curly hair” i have a really short bob so LETS DO THIS update: yes it is possible but i just did two little braids and used a clip to hold them together and did the cool twisty things on the top
Ronin Elenion: I took a theatrical make-up class, and for our "free reign" project (whatever we wanted to do), I made myself up to be Mina Harker from _Dracula_ after she got bitten. I covered my face in light foundation, made prosthetic bite marks on my neck, and even the burn on her forehead from the Host. My professor told me that I needed to do a hairstyle as well, so I used this one. My hair is on the shorter side, so I _did_ need to use half a ton of hairpins, but it did the trick. Thank you for the tutorial. My professor loved the hairstyle, and I got an A on the assignment.
Anne with a Book: "You are a respectable woman of the wrong century." Describes me perfectly!
Titans Mum: I wanted to thank you so much for this. I went to a wedding tonight and I used this style. I embellished it with some crystal/pearl hair pins for a bit of bling and it was perfect. I have wavy/curly hair that normally fights any restraint. After 4 hours of heat, humidity and dancing it looked as great as it did when the evening began.
Caroline Cooke: “Embrace the beauty in your flaws, my friends.” -Bernadette Banner Making that my senior quote! Lol
海の魔女: I can't believe I thought I was the only one being in love with the Victorian and Edwardian eras. As a girl who lives with a super modern family who thinks I'm always too fancy when wearing long dresses, this is super relatable! "You are a respectable woman of the wrong century", I never related to anything as much as this!
Hope Evey: Thank you so much for this! Due to my recent medical treatments, my hair is now short, and thinning alarmingly. This is after a lifetime of longer than waist length hair. I don't care if other people know my hair is thinning, but seeing vast tracts of scalp in the mirror upsets /me/. This video gave me another attractive style to wear that doesn't show a superhighway of scalp :)
Lainey Bug: I feel like if you had been born in the right century, we would have several magnificent paintings with your gorgeous timeless face!
spoopy 👻: "Then realize it's in the way and sheds excessively." Can relate.
light saberAddiCt: You seriously bring classic style and beauty that this age unfortunately has forgotten. Keep history alive.
Shay. W.: um for anyone with shorter hair who wants to do this, just skip the braid part and make a regular bun. True it doesn't have the same spirally effect, but it works.
Katrina Poll: If you start by sectioning out your braid piece and french braiding it (or just starting the braid a little higher) you could probably use fewer pins because you could then pin directly onto the braid which would create a strong base that wouldn't move, thus the pins could grip better. There's a woman on youtube who recreates ancient hairstyles, she calls these foundation or anchor braids.
Erika McGowan: Granted, I know my grandmother didn’t live during Edwardian times, but seeing Bobby pins, I’m reminded of the time she told me, “a lady never allows her pins to show!” as if my bra straps were showing. I wish I had the patience for this.
Harley Maynard: I know this video is a year old but I'm really glad its here! I used this style today and while I don't have hair as long as yours it turned out better than I expected. Due to my own inability to hair.. I thought I'd get caught up on the braiding, but I did it! Thank you for the how-to video and the inspiration to actually try it!
Maia: I have finally found someone that also has very long hair to which has a hair tutorial that works for me. I love this so much and plan to wear it every day. (I really don't know what else to do with my hair at this point it's so long).
belinda Coba: Loved the phrase "Embrace the beauty in your flaws".
Lani: This hairstyle is absolutely lovely. I work in a very male dominated industry (professional cook) and have to wear my hair up constantly. This helps me feel soft and feminine, not worry about wispy bits flying out, is gentler on tension headaches, and makes me happy while still being practical. Thank you so much!!
Lane Travis: Hello Bernadette, Have begun here with your hair up-do tutorial. Mine's up and the outcome is pleasing Spent 3 hours watching many of your other tutorials Wonderfully done ✔ Have been sewing now for over 50 years and always been enamored with pintucks, entredeux, lace, beading, heirloom etc.. Appreciate all your hard work, effort, honesty and sharing. Have 3 daughters that sew and have passed on your info to them. God has GREATLY blessed you with a marvelous ability, employ it to the fullest.
serenity. baum.: I love this look it’s so perfectly pretty and practical! I started doing my hair this way for work (I’m a sever) and it’s cute and stays put for 10 hours of running around like a madwomen!
Aurelian Roman: I started doing this style with my medium straight hair and I really like it. Takes 5-10 minutes after practicing and always gets compliments. Highly recommend
Goose Girly: Bernadette being relatable af with her holding the hair in her mouth she to get it out of the way. I do this all the time
Lana Signal: I'm in love with your eloquent and witty phrases.
Ellegy: Awesome video, when my hair is long enough I'm going to try this on myself :) Could you do a video on your everyday make up aswell? It looks so fresh and beautiful!
butterflix 14381: "-erm... stiches??.." oh m, I never thought I'd see the day Bernadette did not have a older/fancier term for a word
Taryn Cole: Watched this tutorial this morning, rolled out of bed and followed your excellent instructions. It resulted in a perfect updo! Will be using this one often!
Molly McIntosh: Thanks so much for this! Speaking of ‘neo-victorian’, there’s a fiction book I read recently called The Diamond Age by Neal Stevenson which takes a cool look at neo-victorians in the future. Definitely recommend!
myouun: What a nice tutorial! Finally something for those who don't want to spend hours in front of the mirror and put tons of product in their hair. Please do more!
Squeegs: Me: Oh, this is nice. I might be able to do this! *sees the length of her hair after she undoes the braid* Me: aight imma head out
Christina De La Cruz: "respectable woman of the wrong generation" -Bernadette Banner Wise words and a whole mood
Spica X: I’m literally crying how could a human being be so pretty you should appear in some sorts of Hollywood movies
Elizabeth Fay: This is a very lovely updo on you, thank you for sharing! A minor suggestion: have you tried "pancaking" the braid prior to pinning it up? It adds natural volume to the braid to create an illusion of exceedingly thick and dense hair, an illusion I believe most woman aspire to create. It's gentle, easy to do, and I believe it would elevate an already beautiful updo into an even more elegant aesthetic.
Lauren Conrad: I'm finally going to do it: I'm going to try this hair style. Haha. My hair has never been quite long enough to do this. I always get my hair cut into layers and to where it falls no more than an inch past my shoulders, so it almost never is quite long enough for this style. But now it is. And soon, I'm going to try this. I also might try using curlers. lol
B's Studio: I am an indian and i come from a community who holds their owm cultire and believes at high values... Imagine my pain when i secretly imbibed a love for the vintage times and victorian era and their dressing and hairstyle.... i so wanted to learn their ways of hair updo and i have finally found the right channel... U LOOOK GORGEOUSSSSS and thank you so much for these videos....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yuma Baker: This is legit my new hair style, it immediately makes my hair look amazing and was easier than any other tutorial I have ever seen.
lilysnotsure: My hair is shoulder length, wavy, and incredibly frizzy. I tried anyways, ended up breaking into a sweat, but I persisted. I took my own spin on it and I'm really happy with the result. Before today I've never even touched a bobby pin and never in a million years did I ever think I'd look so "lady-like"
eyesofthegoddess2: This is so lovely, I may try it also as my hair is at my hips, so long enough. Never change, I love your way of expressing yourself is such a dramatic/humorous/tongue in cheeck way. Love your style girl!
Northern Roots Farm: This has become one of my staple everyday styles now, thank you thank you thank you!<3
Rose C: this is soo cool!!! I wanna wear this style more often now that i know how to do it! yay! :)
Savannah Patterson: I am in love with this updo. I tried it this morning for a new look for my job and it turned out beautifully. Thank you for making this tutorial so easy to follow!
Diana Benitez: As a female retailer store security guard, I’m gonna try this hairstyle to keep my feminine goth looks since my boss already told me I’m required to have my hair up for my safety to prevent by getting my hair pulled in case I get involved in any theft scenario.
Victoria Newton: I want to know about her diet and how she cares for her skin because her skin and complexion is GORGEOUS
Malinda Siggard: I was literally about to comment on another video asking how you do your hair. It’s gorgeous! Love your style.
Ava Berry: I absolutely am infatuated with this hair style. Thank you!
Kate Dominguez: I love this video! I just tested it in my hair, and I love the front, though my braid is falling down, so I'll have to practice. I have waist length hair that's straight and very thick, it's tough to keep it up, but I'm sure it can be done! Thank you for this video!
Robert Lozyniak: The way you look in the video thumbnail (with your hair up like that, and wearing those glasses), you look like someone who, with a toss of her head and a wave of her hand, could seal people's fate.
Alice Sanvito: I love your channel and am inspired by it. This video in particular is helping me find a way to fix my hair that is not too difficult. Thank you!
Agnieszka Glowacka: I just recently have discovered your channel and I really love it! I always wear a ballerina bun and decided to try this hair do. It’s surprisingly easy and looks so pretty! Thank you!
beyza: I just found your chanel and was questioning how you did your hair and then I found this video! I have super long & straight hair like you and am also a respectable woman of the wrong century, so I think I've just found my favourite hair style!
Brenda Shea: as someone who has ridiculous density of hair and sheds handfuls I'm all: 'OH MY GOD! USE MY OWN HAIR TO POUF! WHAAAAAAAT??????????' thank you
Elle Knight: By the time she said," "Begin with undoing whatever swamp hag styling you probably just woke up with", I was sold xD
Molly With a K: Thank you, Bernadette! My hair would never cooperate in the Victorian-style hair I would try, I just did this one successfully and plan to wear it regularly ☺️
Cytheris1: I must say I just tried this hairstyle just for fun and I love it! My hair is a bit past my shoulders long and it still worked! (Obviously the bun is barely there but it still looks good). Thank you for this tutorial!!
E S: I tried it, took me maybe 10 minutes, and it looks so pretty. I love your style
Jodi H.: "Approximately half a ton of hair pins" yep sounds about right. My hair is shorter now so I just brought the braid up and tucked it under instead of making a bun and it's so pretty
Radish Juice: I did this simply because I was bored, but never the less the outcome was divine. Thank you for the instructions, it was very easy and only took me a handful of minutes or so,
Sierra Robertson: This is literally how I wear my hair every day now. 100% conversion, 10/10 would recommend.
tysephine: I watched this video a couple weeks ago and I've been thinking about it ever since. I had a day off work so I did my hair like this today. It looks so nice! I have no plans so I'm just going to hang around the house in my Victorian updo
Julie Heath: Let me express my great appreciation for this wonderful method. I now use part or sometimes all of it daily. The part that gets your hair to poof a bit up front is brilliant.
Marialla: For those of us with thinner and wimpier hair, a good idea is to slightly back comb any sections you want to swoop/puff, along with a spritz of hairspray. The ratting gives pins something to bury themselves in and grip to, as well as making more of what you've got. Another tip for extra grip and body is to have day-old (not freshly washed and slippery silky clean) hair. I like to dust a light sprinkling of body powder on my hands and schwoosh that through my hair and scalp to help control any oily look, and it also seems to give more body.
Crummy Creator: I tried it with relative ease! I usually put my hair in a regular bun but I really like this alternative. It's classy but keeps the hair out of my face. Mine isn't as solid as Bernadette's, but with a little more practice I really think I could incorporate it into my routine⭐
Meichelle Spirit: Love this! Wish there were more Victorian tutorial hair styles =)
Beatrice Peña: Such a beautiful styling! Ack, it makes me want to grow my hair out :( I wish I could just go between long and short easily
Beth Perkins: Thanks for the tutorial! I tried it today and it turned out super well. My hair wasn't cooperating when I tried to do the braid in the back though, so I substituted it for a simpler bun.
Estelle Cosplay: So pretty and elegant! Makeup tutorial next please!!!!
Susan Britton: Your hair is so long and beautiful! Thank you for showing us what your style looks like from the back. :)
Meliveril Airindes Galnestadien: Thank you for sharing this. I’m looking to incorporate styles from history I find rather beautiful into my daily life and appreciate this greatly.
rebbenful: You are a beautiful woman, an absolute perfect Victorian masterpiece ... you are exactly what I imagine a woman from this era to look like. Your makeup, technique, and accessories are flawless! Bravo, please keep up the great work!
SpaceCat Scribbles: I might have to try this, my hair is about the same length and I can't be bothered to spend an hour every morning on something complicated so this looks great!
Jessie Richardson: Thus us so beautiful! "The edwardians were masters of the messy bun aesthetic." Made me laugh and really appreciate how while we as people have changed so much, some fashion trends never really go away. Also my goal in life it to be able to describe my wardrobe as "neo-victorian". Right now it's more: Rock climber and historical costume designer who woke up and realized she also has a lighting call after a mermaid photoshoot!
Zimrah: I love this look. My hair is down to my waist and I would love more hair ideas. Please do more:)
msjoanofthearc: Thank you...love this site, the information, and fashion sense, topped with your lovely presentation.
enialessej: Thank you, Bernadette! I was so delighted to find I was not alone in wanting to do my hair thus! I get complimented each day when I take the 5 minutes (or less) to do this. My favorite compliment was from a coworker. "You look like an indigenous Princess Leia from the planet Endor."
Ching Phebe: So glad to have found this. I have straight hair that goes down to my knees and don't want to curl it - so this was helpful on so many levels
Marialla: Bernadette, I tried doing your hairstyle for myself today. It was so fun to try! Results were... variable. My hair is only about down to my underarms, not my waist like yours, plus I am older so my hair is fine, frazzled, thinning, and very much tends to let any hairstyle fall out or slip away in no time. But I persisted. What I had going for me was that my hair hasn't been washed in a few days, and I know that by fluffing some powder through it I gain a little grip and volume that my clean hair doesn't have. I used a little backcombing on every section to help give it some life, and that worked pretty well. Plus I sprayed every section with hairspray on both sides before ratting and that helped too. My shorter hair wouldn't make a pretty braid or bun like yours, but I added a brown plastic hair pouf and rolled the hair over that to make a sort of bun up on the top of my head. Then I had a wonky looking section, so I thought obviously that's exactly where I need to clip in a large flower or something. The overall effect is not bad, I think! Not sure how historically accurate it is for any period, but it does feel like an education. In a world where a decorous lady would be sure to wash her hair "at least twice a month", styles had to work hard to make dirty hair look presentable. I do feel somewhat like a gracious lady in all this pouffy hair! Thank you for helping me learn how they achieved the all-over head poufs so popular in Edwardian pictures. This is the first time I've been able to create anything even close to that style.
Fenja Hamdir: I love your Tutorial. It works nicely on my shorter hair and it's just so beautiful!
Hannah Stewart: I love watching your videos! They're so calming and informative and your wonderful personality adds to the enjoyment!
karen cradic: This is exactly what I wanted, my hair is down to my bottom, I sit on it when I sit down
ColorfulVoid: I hold my hair at home with those little plastic claw thingies, I noticed it looked a bit victorian (if victorian swamp hag is a thing), then I found your channel and now I can try to make it look like clean victorian outside too ! No more hair keeping my face too warm ^^
Bec H: Wow your hair is sooo much longer than I imagined! It’s beautiful. I too have very very long hair but I have a ton of hair so curling etc takes a million years! This looks so good on you :)
Moon Scribe: You are my spirit animal! Thank you for living such a gorgeous aesthetic and for demonstrating the "do" my locks have been craving :)
An Unruffled Heart: I just tried this on my hair and it totally worked!!! I love it so much! Thank you for saving me from my current daily mess of swamp hag styling
Tudorosities by Maureen: Always enjoy the various sewing videos. Although my favorites are the hair tutorials, flea market video, garment district video, and the creation of your sewing room. Neo-Victorian at its utilitarian best, great content and thank you for sharing a little window of life with us viewers.
Theoderic Strider: I have been considering growing my hair out so i can try some historical styles for myself beautiful video!!
heather Curtis: Thank you! I tried this and it works really well. Love your videos ❤️
PsycheodeliaDelle: So easy and beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Erika Bautista: Wish I'd seen this tutorial before I cut my hair The style at 1:55 was how i used to wear it when it was longer, but she's absolutely right when she said it was bothersome and sheds everywhere.
Julie Schofield: Wow! Thank you for this tutorial - it looks great.
Leslie S: This is so classically beautiful and I love the humour you add!!
Runa's Rec: There is a kind of corkscrew pin that holds hair up wonderfully, that would likely help reduce the number of pins needed for the bun at the end. I love how simple and elegant this is!
dezziejayee: SO delightful! I really miss having long hair, but even on my best day I never managed to look like this.
Clara Brown: Thank you for doing this tutorial, it is a very pretty hairstyle.
Christine Stevenson: This is the first thing in a long, long time that has made me want to grow out my perpetual pixie cut. Shame my hair never really grows past mid-chest level and NEVER looks this full and beautiful. Gosh I love old fashioned updos.
큰이마: Thank you for this video. I’ve been trying to manage my hair and this is perfecttt
Roseymary Gillespie: Thank you for all your efforts in preparing this video mini tutorial. It gives us some fresh styles to play around with.
Grace Law: I love "How To Be a Victorian"--it's one of only five books from home that now grace my university bookshelf. Truly a wonderful, fascinating, quite simple read for the beginner historian/experimental archaeologist/reenactor, and it never really loses usefulness as you go deeper, either.
aimsical: The minute you talked about brushing keeping hair healthy, I thought of Ruth! I feel like I've found my place on the internet because no one I know in real life or over the internet likes Victorian anything as much as I do. I've watched Victorian Farm (and related series with Ruth) 3 times at least!
Bryant Dubs: You had me at "swamp hag styling." I love this highly accurate description of one's early morning locks before the dreaded hair styling routine.
Valérie B.: Greetings, I am so glad to have found you. I found you by searching for hand sewing. I am now hooked. I have decided to proceed with your first video and go through each one. I found them to be very surprisingly informative, easy instruction, and fun (not boring at all). You are so creative and a wonderful passion for the past. I am pleased to see a young person sharing the past with others. Keep caring on the traditions.