My grandma who was born in the 1800s washed her hair just once a month. Her hair was very long. Due to the hard water in the well they would collect rain water. It was a long process which is why she did it so infrequently. To keep the hair clean in between she would brush her hair 100 strokes.
Oh that's so interesting! We have twin wash basins! And thank you! I have used this hairstyle in a tintype before. You can see the photo on my Instagram. The link to my Instagram is in my bio.
My grandmother sent me two of them when I moved into my new apartment fairly recently, but she said that she used one of those every day until the was twelve and her family was able to afford a bath tub in the 50’s
I have super thick long hair that falls out of a bun when I walk two steps. I found out accessories made out of velvet help keep my hair in place. Not sure how historically accurate it is, but it works.
Omg I wondered about hair receivers!! Very cool. Thank you for the info- I always learn something new from you. 💜 I love the deep green of your bonnet!
What did women with thinner hair do? When I tie my hair into a bun,my bun is not as big and beautiful as I've seen in victorian pictures. It's really tiny. I have mid length hair so maybe it would be better if my hair was longer. Your hair is gorgeous!!
Thank you! Sometimes women might use hair rats, which are still sold in a more modern form today, to add volume to to their hairstyles, and I know some of my friends who do historical costuming who do not have as long of hair use extensions or wig pieces to add volume to their hairstyles.
Many kept a hair reciever on their bureau, they were very common in hairbrush/comb sets of the time. You collected your own hair to make a switch to add volume.
A hair receiver! I've seen that item on so many dressing table sets, with their powder pots and candlesticks but couldn't figure out what that was for. Now I know! Thanks!
I’ve been trying to grow my hair out for two years and I’ve been so close to giving up and chopping it off again. But after seeing your lovely hair so long and shiny, and all the beautiful old fashioned hair styles you can do with long hair, I’m going to stick it out!
I have that same comb, brush and mirror set when I do my buns I dont do hair ties much as I use pins for my 19th century hair but I absolutely love your dress
@@noellefritz5678 um actually hair pins were long invented centuries ago actually.... queen victoria never owned any hair ties cause they didnt fall into play, she had diamond pins. So no i didnt get them mix em up. Youre thinking of the modern bobby pin that was invented in the 1920s but they still have hair pins very much like them.
@@HistoricalBelle I did indeed! And was nodding like a fool when you said you resembled a young Victoria :D Honestly, sometimes when my family go past me talking to my laptop ... I do wonder how mad they think I've become - giggle
This has been my basic everyday hairstyle for years, sometimes switching the bun for a ponytail. Didn’t realize I was going a la Victorian hair-wise even in high school lol. At least I don’t have to change anything to match the Civil War dress I’m making now lol
Is there any online or irl stores that would sell new Victorian style clothing? I am putting together some Little Women looks and would absolutely love to have an actual dress. Thanks so much!
I take commissions, for more info on that you can email me with the email in the about section. Or you can look at Etsy, there is a shop on their called Little Women Atelier that may have what you're looking for.
Would you give consideration to a video at My Old Kentucky Home historical site in Bardstown, one of these days, say in the summer? It’s got a lot of good old time atmosphere, and an old plantation look about it.
I think that maybe the Vermont Country Store sells replicas of those old time metal hairpins, but in a plastic form now in boxes of ten each. Ofcourse, they give you a choice between the transparent see-through as well as the tortoise shell design. Likewise goes for the decorative combs that they have as well on their website.
while i do think that the method of identifying young children through their hair part is a viable way of doing so, i feel like that being the reason for women wearing centerparts is a bit of a mixup between correlation and causation. women wore centerparts through nearly the entirety of the victorian era because it was practical and it framed the face in a way that make it look round. it had been the standard since the 1820s, when hairstyles were more complex and were still emulating grecco-roman styles, and queen victoria popularized a far more conservative version of the look in 1937, which stuck around for decades.
