What an amazing book! I could not imagine anything clearer and simpler than that.
Lauren Rennells, the author, covers from the most basic points (such as which products are used) to finishing touches such as hair acessories, basic instructions on applying red lipstick and defining eyebrows and even the style of nail painting in each era. Simply brilliant!
The beginning of the book explains the products used, the effects produced by different methods of curling hair and some bases such as the victory roll and the fingerwaves. The section on curling clarifies many doubts I had when curling my hair for a vintage look (for my hair is naturally curly, but kind of in a renaissance way), because the way you set the curls in the hair, de direction and angle you pull them and even the way you expand it make difference in the result.
After that comes a section in which she teaches to do full updos, step-by-step, all with careful instructions and pictures to leave no doubt about its ways. The styles portrayed are deadly gorgeous (from more than 30 I didn't like much only two) and the haisrtyles evolve so you can try the first ones to get practice to do the last ones.
In the end there's nice explanation of which accessories match each kind of hairstyle, an easy way to do you own hairflower and some tips on makeup and nails. It's just perfect. When I finished reading I went through all the styles putting little post-it notes with which accessory would look good and which variations I could see for the updos, for quick ideas. Now I just have to purchase some products and start working!
I've already tried a simple set of curls in the bang. I have a not very long bang that I like to wear curly. My hair does curl naturally, but not always the way I wanted at the bangs. So I did this set she teaches at the beginning and the effect is so flattering! Kind of like this:
And who doesn't want to look a tiny bit like fabulous Rita Hayworth?
