My Vintage Hair Journey (it's all a lie!) 

I was hoping someone would comment about that! 🌈

And having scoliosis, as she once pointed out herself

~duality~

I kept hoping she'd comment about that in this vid, but it didn't happen. Glad you brought it up in the comments, hahaha.

My hair is straight when short, then gets curly at the sides when a bit longer, then it goes straight again. Then all wavy. How does my hair reflect my sexuality? Well, I'm pansexual, so I guess it tracks.

The straightest perm i ever seen got me

Sounds amazing! Love the beard and long hair combo !

We need pictures of this! ❤️

Yes, get it Kevin!

It's worth trying using curlers or fabric ties. These work on my fine hair whereas curling irons/straightening irons brush straight out.

If you want something even more feminine try a french twist using a french twist comb!

Same same!

@@firefly24601 I think it is because she is such a good storyteller.

@@jennifers5560 hard agree

me too!

Same🤷‍♀️

Just an FYI....She's not only done a victory roll but did a short tutorial as well . I can't remember how long ago it was but definitely in the early days of the channel...hope this helps 🌻

@@jellybean6567 Thank you so much. I need to look it up. Now, the beehive.

Yes! A whole week of different vintage hair styles

@@carlyblack42 Exactly.

@@michelletackett9489 you're welcome sugar!

yes, please

Yes, yes!

Likewise, something that works and doesn't add heat damage? I'm in and need to watch that. 100% need.

Loepsie did a great rag curls tutorial. It's from a while back but it's great.

@@rosacanisalba LOL I'm a LONGTIME Loepsie follower too! I love Jessica's tutorials because she plays with different hair setting patterns and explains them so well.

Right? That combo works!

An invasion really puts hair issues into context. 🥺 I hope you stay safe and that the war is over soon.

❤

The grey might hopefully make it easier to dye your hair fun colours? I highly recommend Hair Buddha's channel for help with lightening hair too, he's very funny too? I am so sorry for everything you have gone through and are continuing to go through, love to you❤️

Sending love and prayers your way! And green hair sounds extremely cool ! You definitely have to do it at some point ! ❤️

Hi, fellow Ukrainian. The current war really puts a lot of things in perspective. Hope you're doing better though.

I cut my own curly hair as well. There is a shocking lack of hairdressers who actually know how to deal with curly hair. I have left salons with wet hair after asking a stylist to not straighten it after cutting and had others straighten my hair and cut it straight so it turns out all wonky when it goes curly again

I had a very similar experience growing up, then I discovered the Curly Girl Method when I was eighteen. Totally changed my relationship with my hair! I get mine cut by a curly hair specialist who cuts it dry.

I only learned to stop brushing my wavy hair at age 32... I'd lament how the first day of air drying was so pretty, but then every other day was a frizzy poof, haha. My hair is short at the moment so I don't even bother to comb it anymore

Another wavy/curly hair who didn’t know how to care for it. I never really did much with my hair, frizzy but fine. Then my friends convinced me to cut it to just above my shoulders. Omg. I looked like a frekin triangle it was awful. Since then I just let it grow and only wash it ~ every 2 weeks cause it actually starts to behave after about 5 days and gets the most compliments about day 10. I finally found a shampoo conditioner combo that basically straightens and defrizzes my hair. Doesn’t hold a candle to the good curly hair days, but beats triangle hair hands down.

Did you brush against your hand? It might also be worth combing it with a thick comb again against your hand to reduce frizz

apparently, success is achieved by using certain products before/during the "set" process (such as Lottabody setting lotion, etc). And whether we have stick-straight hair or luscious natural curls, the hair simply doesn't take to the style without some sort of curling method to "tell it where/how" we want it to curl. (I have similar hair to Jessica, and only RECENTLY learned these tricks from other RU-vid videos for vintage hair, including Jessica's "accidentally perfect pageboy" and "essentially drunk hair curling" - I may not have gotten those titles exactly right, but definitely check them out!)

I have very tightly coiled afro textured hair, and to me the rag coil results sound similar to the results of a twist out. Twists are basically wrapping two sections of hair around each other, and when you unravel them you get curls. However, you never brush out the curls, that will just eliminate all definition and create a puffy afro. We gently separate the curls with our fingers. Next time you try rag curls, I guarantee you'll get better results if your hair is moisturized with leave in when you wrap them, and if instead of brushing them out when you take them out, you gently use your fingers to separate the curls. Curly hair can easily achieve these styles, we just need a different strategy

Try using rose water for a little Extra

Yes, it was fun seeing Josie in it too.

I enjoyed it! 😊

Yes please to the Christmas video from me, too! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

OMG, the hair journey… My father’s side of the family had red hair. That meant, at family reunions, we were a sea of redheads of EVERY shade! Though my brothers and sister had curly gorgeous rich color of red, my hair was thin, fine, straight as strings, and the brightest color of orange 🍊( enduring constant bullying)! That meant that every time for school pictures, my mom would feel the need to give me an old fashioned early 50’s home perm. I totally relate to the some curly some straight, but all FRIED! Every Saturday night, to get ready for church the next day, I was tortured with spoolies or brush rollers. So I’d get tortured all night, and by the time church was out, my scalp was injured, and most of the curls were out. By high school, I decided to go for blonde,like really bleached blonde. I was so happy not to have orange hair. By the time I reached my junior year, my hair was changing from orange to red-yippee! At 20 I was married, and quickly pregnant ( that was common then). For some reason pregnancy changed my hair to, fine, thicker, and wavy hair. My 2nd pregnancy made my hair even thicker,and slightly curlier! Menopause (lack of hormones) has left me with fine, but thick, curly ( very curly) , and a lovely shade of red! I’m 72, and I still haven’t had to cover gray! Horrible beginning; very happy ending 🤩‼️

Crystal Gayle! That name brings me back to my childhood. She was the goal for long hair!

what setting lotion do you use? My hair has always been pin straight like Jessica's, never holds a curl especially now that I'd stopped dying it and went back to natural. Used to be dishwater brown like yours but now that is in vouge I guess lol

@@aliplay5 I use Proclaim super setting lotion. It's very blue and comes in a large bottle for under $4 and doesn't leave my hair feeling sticky, waxy, or crunchy. You might need to speed drying up with a hair dryer on cool if you have longer hair or less time but I've found it works great for me. My stylist did recently recommend eufora brand foaming setting lotion but I haven't tried it yet.

Same. My hair is very thick and grows like grass. As a kid I cried every time I had a haircut because I wanted to be cool like my metalhead older brother, so my parents respected it, but was always a chore to take care of. Always felt a low-key ache in my arms for holding all that heavy hair up while washing. One day I may go back to my true metalhead roots (see what I did there?) but for now I'm really comfortable rocking just alt goth fluffy short hair, dyed bangs just for spice.

That is such a cool tradition! I'm glad yours grows fast enough to make that possible...

My hair was pin straight as a child. Any dance recital, my mother would put curlers in my hair, and take them out like seconds before I was to go on stage. Hair was dead straight again shortly after. Photo taken right before going on, hair looked great. Photo taken at the awards some hours later, hair is straight. And then I had a baby at 28 and my hair is curly now. Hormones be wild.

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It was a show called Britain's Missing top model rather than the British version of Top Model which also exists. It was out in 2008. Might be possible to find it on you tube but it largely disappeared because it's a bit of a cringeworthy watch these days.

@@jeanettemullins Thanks. Yes, I’ve looked on RU-vid, but just found some little clips. What I’m interested in is what doing the show was like for Jessica. Of course, she might not want to talk about it.

Ohhh that sucks and also same hat. I got most of my hair stuck in a sewing machine when I was 11 so I had a mullet for about six years until it evened out.

That is traumatic! I can imagine that you never wanted to use a mixer again.

@@VisiblyAnnoyedFrog ❤

Oof that happened to me as well! Luckily it was just a strand for me, but definitely has made me shakey around mixers since!

Oh god I can't imagine how terrible would have felt! My hand went through a hand mixer and it ripped up my skin and that was bad enough!

I am a grower and donator too! In a pony until it is long enough to donate for me.

I have basically the same experience except with 4c hair. Have a buzzcut now for mental health and gender reasons, but also just because I like it!

From someone else with curly hair who also didn't know what they were doing for a LONG time because everyone in my family with really curly hair also cut it short to not deal with it (and therefore couldn't teach me).... I feel some people make it more complicated than it needs to be. Basically all I have to do is just condition, add product that holds the curls, and dry it nicely. Shampoo every few days.

She is so good at it!