What's the best modern electric tool you use for your vintage hair styles.

[tuppence]

I've got a gift voucher for a beauty store, but all the curling irons, curl and wave makers are confusing.

 

[EvaS]

When choosing mine flat iron I found this page very informative.
I think you can find it helpful too: https://mystraightener.com/

 

[Annie B]

It's not electric but I just bought myself a Denman brush from Sally's. I'd heard it was the bee's knees for wet sets and it's pretty fantastic. Works well on tangly children's hair as well.
I've been thinking I need to get a curling iron with a narrower barrel (1/2 in? 1/4in?)for those nape-of-the-neck hairs that so often fall out of pin curls and sponge rollers overnight or get squished flat when I don't feel like re-rolling the second night of a set.

 

[slythwolf]

The only electric things I use when doing my hair, and this is a stretch, are the lights and the water heater.

 

[swanson_eyes]

I sometimes use my Caruso steam curlers. They're easier than sleeping on rollers.

 

[Grant Fan]

I use the clamp style curling irons with porcelain in them. I am partial to Conair. I use a 1/2 inch for the bottom most layers and a 3/4 for everything else. That said I have naturally very curly and very thick hair and if I use hot rollers it refused to give up any of the curl, when I wet set it can take 12+ hours to dry and that is with some minimal drying. So heat tools are my preferred option. I also clip and or pin my hair into pin curls to allow them to cool.

 

[JJackie]

Maybe try something light, but well-known. Posters above mentioned Conair and I agree with them.

 

[LolitaHaze]

I finally broke down and got a small hair dryer to travel with. Lugging my bonnet dryer with me everywhere became cumbersome and costly (extra weight in suitcase already full of costumes and props and a travel steamer). I only use the hair dryer to quickly dry my hair from wet to damp, at which point I set it in my perm rods and then use my bonnet dryer at home for the setting process and with the hairdryer and travel bonnet during travel. I never use my hair dryer to dry and style.

 

[Scotiajules]

I use the clamp style curling irons with porcelain in them. I am partial to Conair. I use a 1/2 inch for the bottom most layers and a 3/4 for everything else. That said I have naturally very curly and very thick hair and if I use hot rollers it refused to give up any of the curl, when I wet set it can take 12+ hours to dry and that is with some minimal drying. So heat tools are my preferred option. I also clip and or pin my hair into pin curls to allow them to cool.

i really feel your pain with this ! I also have thick wavy hair and I try to not use a blow dryer because my hair is also prone to dryness and it just becomes like straw . But if I have to let it air dry naturally , I could never leave the house ! So I have to blow dry until it’s still damp and work from there .

 

[GHT]

Ladies, when you get a moment, look up Babyliss 2667u. It's not cheap, but the price is coming down. As I have explained before, my wife and her friend style hair at events like burlesque shows, they are also in demand, or were before covid 19, at vintage events. When one lady explained that she wanted, natural wavy tresses, then saw how my wife did them for her, instantly, the lady said: "I have so got to get myself one of those."

 

[LolitaHaze]

Ladies, when you get a moment, look up Babyliss 2667u. It's not cheap, but the price is coming down. As I have explained before, my wife and her friend style hair at events like burlesque shows, they are also in demand, or were before covid 19, at vintage events. When one lady explained that she wanted, natural wavy tresses, then saw how my wife did them for her, instantly, the lady said: "I have so got to get myself one of those."

Unfortunately, heat doesn't work on my hair at all -- unless I want to straighten it.

 

[swanson_eyes]

Wow, I haven't been here in a loooong time. So my hair is probably 9-12 inches longer. But I just cut very long bangs and shorter side pieces again (had grown out) and I'm wondering if I should get one of those 3 barrel waving irons. Once I can, I'm going back to working 2 jobs and I want something fast.

 

[The1940sHousewife]

My hair is already curly so I don't ever use heat on my hair or have to set it, but I do love smoothing my hair out with a Denman Brush to get the tangles out and then I use a boar bristle brush to smooth out the curls.

 

[swanson_eyes]

^ That's what I have been doing for the last couple of months. I never got the waving iron, though I still look. Now that it's humid I can brush out the front parts and they'll do their own finger wave thing. I had yesterday "finger waves," a scarf over the top of them, the back in a braid, sailor pants, and a striped tank. I felt like I was going to the beach in the early '30s but I was just going to my clinic.

 

[AmateisGal]

So I used to have these back in the late '80s and early 90s when I was in high school (I graduated in 1993). I think my mom may have sold them at some point, but I was lucky enough to find some on ebay! So! These work great for trying to get vintage-style hair.