How I Curl My Hair | 1940's 50's Hair Tutorial 

Time stamps: 1:25 Hair set 4:46 Brush out

This is EXACTLY how my grandma does her hair- the same way in 2020 as she did in 1955. Gorgeous!!

I was born in 1955. Early 1960’s I learned to not tell my mom it was school picture day. She could do the tightest pin curls!

I put foam rollers in my 4-year-old's hair last night, and it didn't magically turn into Victorian rag curls, and she was distraught! Then I showed her this video and she loves her "Fancy Sage hair". Thank you!

I remember my mother pin curling her hair every night before bed and then wrapping it with a scarf, then off to bed. Thank you for this video, it brings back so many warm memories of my Mother, who sadly, passed 10 yrs ago.

I find putting a hairnet on before wrapping in a scarf REALLY helps everything stay put overnight 😁

Brings back memories of the early 60s🥲. Pin curls when we ran out of the hard plastic two piece clip on pink rollers. The foam rollers were much more expensive. Sleeping on rollers was very uncomfortable but a necessity if you didn't own a hair dryer bonnet, another luxury. The style was just wonderful! It held up all day even if you had no AquaNet hairspray. My neighbor lady also used strips of old rags and made perfect Shirley Temple ringlets for her girls in a technique she called " rag curls". The ringlets could then graduate to big girl styles with the brush out. Rolled up on cloth strips and then the strips tied was ingenious. Unrolled the strips were thrown in the wash after use, dried and stored in a bag in the linen closet.

This was the most easy to follow simple routine that is actually possible for most people, yet the result is absolutely stunning!! Thank you so much for creating this video 🙏🙂xx

I am in my eighties and the fifties were very short hair to look classy Your style is forties Pin curls were done probably in the forties and metal rollers came later which gave me headaches to sleep on Pageboy which was forties was the nicest, I think

Me, a guy watching this: *ah yes, I will keep this in mind for future reference*

You look like Lily James' little sister. So gorgeous! I've wanted a larger curl like yours but couldn't figure out how to set it. Thanks for the tutorial.

Absolutely gorgeous! And the hair's not bad either ;) Would like to see the full head of pincurls too :)

Oh my word Sage, your hair is so beautiful and reminds me of my mother's! She always put these kinds of curls in our hair. Great memories. :) Greetings from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA. I lived in Australia in 1990 in Fairfield outside of Sydney and loved it!

Lovely tutorial and so helpful! I love that this is completely heatless - so much better for your hair.

That’s lovely!! My mother used to do my hair like this every Saturday night. That was in the late 60’s, early 70’s.

I'm in love with your channel! Also I definitely agree, nothing is worst than taking out your curls and they're not dry

I just discovered your channel yesterday by watching your 50's dress up! I'm a guy, but I find it fascinating and you are so good at it. Looking forward to a catching up!

This is exactly how I set my hair throughout junior high and high school, except my curlers were pink and I used strips of flannel instead of Bobbie pins.

Miss Sage, you are a doll! I have been growing my hair for four years! That’s monumental for me, as my mom kept me in a moe or back combed like a woman in her 40’s in every school pic in the 60’s! I was hideous 😱😭. You hair style is what I am after!!! I have seen other influencers who do retro hair, but holy moly it’s a lifestyle with them. Well I found you this evening, and have been binge watching, and loving every minute of it! Because, I had decided to cut my hair off and go 70’s/ 80’s feathered with a baby mullet ROTF! I am old now, but I want to look lady like. I’ve taken to wearing dresses, and now thanks to you, I have my new doo! I’m having my hair put back to match my aged roots lol. Mink / Ash with some Carmel highlights. I was blonde until I had my son, and I have been squeezing out every last natural blonde strip…well, they are platinum!!! But not enough of them to let the whole head go! So, be it that I am no longer a widow, I have found new love, I’m going to be whom ever I want to be, as my beloved nephew advised, the night mommy dearest died, and I no longer have her mean self tormenting me. I still have my 32 year old delayed son, and will until I die… but it is what it is! I’m choosing to be happy in spite of my illnesses, losses, and struggles… at least I wake up above ground, and have two great fellas to live with, and cool influencers like you that make my year! Thanks so much! I will be watching! Hugs from Kentucky 💞Tere

ahhhhh it looks PERFECT!! You know I've been trying to do my hair like this for so long! I'm so happy you filmed this video! I'm going to try it tonight :)

New subscriber here from the UK. Great hair tutorial, it looks lovely and I shall be giving it a go! You've clearly made a leap in a matter of days from 1000 subscribers to over 5000, amazing, congratulations ! I've just watched your 'week as a 1950s' housewife' video. You put such a lot of effort into it and I enjoyed every minute. Stay safe X

I was actually just considering commenting a request for this on one of your other videos lol😂

I have been looking for a way to curl my hair with a nice result for quite a long time. I love this way and now I use it daily. If someone’s hair doesn’t work very well with curls (like mine, my first attempt ended up with my hair totally straight by midday), here’s a tip: curl your hair overnight, just as Sage shows in the video. On the next morning, remove the bobby pins, loosen the curls with your fingers (very lightly, so that the curls are still very tight, just not rolled flat on your head). Apply a thin layer of hair spray. Let sit for a while to allow the hair spray dry completely. Then brush out the curls thoroughly. Apply another layer of hair spray. It took me a few times’ experimentation to find out the right amount of hair spray to give my hair the hold it needs but keep it soft. Dear Sage, I like your videos very much. Thank you for doing them so great, I am always looking forward for your next upload.

I’m thrilled to find your channel! You’re beautiful and fun to watch! I have 4 daughters and your channel is my escape! ☺️

Your hair is so pretty! I'm still learning to use rollers and am nowhere near mastering pin curls but I've been dressing vintage style for a while now and love it! I love how classy I feel in a vintage outfit and it's really helped my confidence finding my style. Love your channel Sage, I'm a happy New subbie! 😄

First you are cutest person I've seen in a long time. I used plastic rollers in the 60,s. I slept with my head off the bed!!!

Is it weird for a guy to be watching? Love it and getting ideas for my gf also

I new here, you look stunning with the curls, I still have a little mistake and I get it right when I'm going to do the Page boy, but with practice everything gets right. thanks for the video💐💐

I love every one of the videos you post! You're just adorable and you bring a new life into the vintage era. Thank you for sharing your lovely videos ♡

This is my favorite hairstyle of al time. I tried following some other tutorials but I had some trouble and got discouraged. You just troubleshooted all my issues and I am so grateful and am ready to try it again!

Thanks for this tutorial . ❤️Used it for my hair for my wedding last December and it looked beautiful.

Oh my goodness, you are just a living doll!! Enjoyed your video! ❤️💜💚

I love your vintage look! So beautiful.

Hi Sage! Love this hair style!! Thanks so much for sharing!

You look so much like Agent Carter from the Marvel movies!😍 You are absolutely gorgeous and are my FAVORITE youtuber ever!

I'm subIng because you remind me of my mother when you dress up like that and the things that you do are so nostalgic to me, I just love it and you're just so sweet ....I'm disabled and I try to find things to watch since I don't have cable and I found your channel so cute. Ty for warming my heart 💕

😍 it's gorgeous! I must try this tonight ❤️ thank you very much for sharing this technique

Is my hair long? No. Am I still gonna try, fellas? Sure am 😊

Wow, these are beautiful! If I wasn't rocking a shaved head right now I'd try this in a heartbeat!

This is so much fun to watch! I have pretty curly hair and you would think that would help with hairs like this, but nope! My hair will knot just looking at it and natural curls are VERY unruly. I just donated a 13" braid and still getting used to short hair! Haven't had this short of hair since I was like 6! I was adopted and had to have my haircut short for a variety of reasons, it was so short I was mistaken as a boy alot. Long hair for me became the symbol of being a girl and then a lady. I have been trying to bring myself to donate so hopefully another little girl will get help. But I was.....attached (couldn't resist it!) To my hair so it took a little while. I live in a farm so my braid, while always kept neat and dead ends trimmed and had to take a bit of damaged off a few years ago, was starting to get me concerned that it was going to get caught in a lawn mower engine when I bent over or something. It was about to my rear end hanging straight down out of braid. It is kind of nice to have "short" hair cor a change. This is the first easy video I have seen for this hairstyle, thank you! I am going to have to try and get this crazy hair controlled!

Just beautiful! I am learning how to do these curls now and it feels so hard! 😂 you make it look so easy! I’ll keep practicing.

love this so much! incredibly glad i discovered your channel

I have serious hair envy, yours is so shiny and looks so healthy! Foam rollers make my hair super frizzy so I think I need to practice pin curls more. Would love to see a video on your clothes, you always look darling!

I love your channel ❤️ the style and dressing from that time period , just so gorgeous, ladies look so elegant, feminine, pretty, classy .... that's it, I'm going to learn how to do my hair like this and learn to incorporate these styles into my dressing up, something interesting to learn n look forward to☺️

Just watched your other video and was hoping you had one on how you did your hair! THANK YOU! :)

I’ve asked my mum for some foam rollers this Christmas so I’ll be following this tutorial on Christmas Day! I love your channel 💕

You have gorgeous hair 😍 love your channel it makes me so nostalgic. I hope you have a wonderful day today and a fantastic Christmas this year 😁

Omg Im in love with this channel 🙈😍😍😍😍

And now for a brow tutorial because yours are just bloody mint!!!!! Love your everything! Haha

Just watched a video of you and you got your 100,000 subscribers. Congrats on going so far! Love these videos

First of all, your hair is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Secondly, you should be working in Hollywood California in the movie industry, teaching these hair stylists how to do vintage hair designs. Your vintage set looks so much more authentic than any movie I have seen trying so hard to achieve what you have done here, so very much better! This was simply FLAWLESS.

I have watched many of your videos!!! I tryly appreciate you and what you teach!!!🤓🤓🤓

Your channel is so interesting! You should be more famous, your videos are so great !

Just beautiful! I love the cascading wavethe back! back! Looks just like the old movies! I'm going to try it!

And your hair always looks perfect after one of your hair tutorial vids!!

Ah, this video makes me yearn for long hair, I can't wait till mine grows out again. I used to have the exactly same hairdo before, but I was using a curling iron. My relationship with rollers is rocky, but I still use big ones, if I want 60s-esque look instead of my usual 40s look.

Love your sweetness!! Your hair is gorgeous!! You do an amazing job!!

Thank you for this vid!! I can’t do pin curls on the back of my head so I am going to do this!

I love your videos so much!! Dont ever stop making them!! You make me so happy!

Aw I just came back to rewatch and hearing you say 1000 subscribers when you are now at 100,000!!!! You deserve them all! ❤️

This tutorial is really well done! Just what I needed! Thank you so much! Love from Canada.

The result is stunning!! Really beautyfull!!

Amazing! I had a bit of trouble with the stand up pin curls but eventually got them!😂

That is so beautiful!! 😍

You definitely have that old 1940/ 1950 spirit. I like your styles.

You make everything you ware perfect. It doesn't hurt that you are a natural beauty and take care of yourself.

And one week later you’re over 20k! Lovely tutorial and fantastic channel. You’re doing great!

I'm new here but I'm obsessed now!! What a cool idea for a channel!!!

Hello from Prosper, Texas. I love your channel! I feel like I should have spent my 20’s in the 50’s.

I’m just discovering your channel, you definitely have a new subscriber :) I loooove vintage anything and you’re super endearing 😊

I love the bloomers

Looks wonderful

Love your channel, Sage! So cool. Wonder if you’d be willing to do a video of your page boy set. Somehow I simply love the way it looks like on you. It could also be that I need a haircut...ahhh the pandemic.

You are so inspiring ilysm x

Very, very cool video 😍! Loved how this turned out! Thanks for sharing ❤️!

Stunning.

Gorgeous hairstyle😍 yes I have ethnic cruly wavy 24 inch hair and I love the form rollers, it gives cute cruls but I am not good at styling my hair😌😅 but I absolutely love your hair 😍

I just discovered your channel and I love it !!!

I always watched my Grandma pin curl her customers hair when I was a little girl💫💋👏🏻❤️She was lighting fast!!!!!!! LOL I use sponge rollers for my hair. I style my hair like Marilyn🤗even though I have a bobbed styled it works out great☕️☕️🎀❤️

Just the best tutorial on internet 😍💕

So fun to hear you say 1,000 subscribers and now just a month later you are heading to 40k 😊

Oh WOW so you've hit 21k subscribers so fast! Congratulations, that's SO exciting! I'm so happy to have found your channel, finding other Vintage youtubers is the best!

My Mom had very thick curly hair - sadly I have poker straight, thin,fine hair so during my childhood in the 50's my poor Mom found my hair to be a total frustration.I can't count how many Toni home perms she gave me, but my hair grows fast and they would grow out too quickly. Also I can remember really hating them and crying the entire time she was doing it, and I hated sleeping in the pincurls she would put in my hair. I much preferred a ponytail! By the time the 60's came along I would set my hair on rollers and actually sleep on them - torture. Then I wore it in a flip, as almost everyone did. The year electric heated rollers came out I begged for them for Christmas - how wonderful it was to sleep without rollers in my hair!!! However, I would have to get up earlier in the morning to heat up the curlers and set my hair.

Good job darling! 🥰

You look honestly stunning. And such a bubbly, friendly personality! Also, just curious, do you and James ever do swing dance?

Your curls look very beautiful. I use the grip of a teasing comb to seperate sections of hair and make it the same level.

Hi dear this is Nazia from India... Your videos are very relaxing especially for me as a vintage lover🥰

The end result is stunning! Looks like you literally stepped out of a 1950’s movie.

Love watching your videos You remind me of me when I was young I am 58 years old I am blessed with 4 children You have a great voice and personality Very beautiful

I'm a teen but i love doing my hair this way! (I have the same rollers just in pink!)

Beautiful! Love your videos! 👍👍👍

1:47 “Before I kill my hair” 😂

When I first got into vintage I was scared hair would be so hard but actually it's no where near as hard work as I thought It would be. Finding vintage reproduction clothes on the other hand is difficult 😂

You’re welcome doll!! You’re such a sweet lady & I’m LOVING your channel & wouldn’t miss a beat 😍🌺🙏🏻

Gorgeous

Nicely explained! Do you have any layers at the bottom of your hair? I'm fiddling with a sort-of vintage haircut right now and trying to troubleshoot some details!

You are so cute wearing your hair in the 50’s. I have very long hair, to my waist and used to make French rolls and other fun styles I love the fashion and the lifestyle and would have loved to live as a housewife then but I was born in the late 50’s but did admire Jackie Kennedy’s style. When I was 2 Yrs old I pointed out a woman wearing matching shoe, purse, hat and gloves. I loved he style during this era.

My mom grew up in the 50s and oh yes she did this hair style plus put in pony tail in the back.

Can you do a 50s makeup tutorial to? You look great! Thanks for a great video!💕

I love this video! You are so sweet and beautiful and your hair is gorgeous. You’ve made me want to try this for sure!