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Vintage Hair-Style Instructions


Vertical Waves
from American Hairdresser's
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Start with your hair wet with setting lotion and water. Not soaking, but fairly damp.
Hair is combed flat across the top and set in a diagonal ridge followed by one row of curls wound clockwise. On the right side, hair is set in a vertical wave followed by one row of curls would counterclockwise, and one row wound clockwise.
On the left side, hair is set in a vertical wave followed by one row of curls wound counterclockwise and one row wound clockwise.
In back, the top row is wound clockwise. In the lower rows, curls from center-back to the left are wound clockwise; curls from centerback to the right are wound counterclockwise.
As the pin curls are combed out, notice how easily the hair falls into soft, natural-looking waves.

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