Hairstyles of the 1960s

Being a fan of the Mod scene a lot girls have short hair, which I prefer on myself but there are other 1960s hairstyles you can have if you don't like having your hair short. When I had mid length hair I use to put my hair in a beehive and use rollers to make my hair curly so there are other ways to style your hair for that 60s look. Here are some examples of the type of styles you could look at doing.

Hairstyles

Mary Quant: Vidal Sassoon was the inventor of the short but stylish Mod hair cuts. The bob being one of the most popular hairstyles around at that time. Very neat, clean and smart, you need to get a short hairstyle like this trimmed regularly as you won't be able to see once its grown out.

Twiggy: This hairstyle is what I call the Pageboy look (I don't know if that's correct or not), one side is always longer than the other with a side parting. Short hairstyles look great and are easy to look after.

Brigitte Bardot: The beehive is one of the most iconic 1960s hairstyle, preferably you need long hair for this style to look right (longer than mid length) and be easier to style correctly. I've done it with mid length hair before it can be done but it takes patients and a lot of time to get right. If you want to try it on mid length hair, watch a YouTube tutorial some are really good!

Audrey Hepburn: The most simple of all hairstyles is wearing long hair or mid length hair down and to accessorise with a thick head band or a clip. Push back your fringe with the head band for the Hepburn look.

Catherine Deneuve: Catherine is wearing a wide bun (not one of them Essex buns), this is a neat properly formed bun with brushed hair. I have nothing against buns that are nice and don't look like they are about to fall off of your head.

Jackie Kennedy: The short bob that either flicks out or under. In this pictures its flicking out, you can get this look by either using straighteners or the 'set' way which would be using rollers. You might want to use medium rollers so the flick is larger rather than tight. You can also use rollers to flick your hair under, smaller might be better as they will sit under your chin better.

 

Jean Shrimpton: Accessories that were worn a lot in the 60s were headscarves mainly when girls had left their rollers in they were used to keep them in place but now days we wear them as headbands, which make them look a lot better. 

I'm going to leave you with this wig newspaper advert from the 60s, if you cant get the hairstyle your trying to achieve you could always buy a wig?!