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Very nice

She looks impressed... 👀😂

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Nice to see how you do it from above. But I want to know how someone does it with out a stylist.

Lmao

Try an under head dryer

Oh my God! This is how you should NOT do it. Unfortunately this technique seems to be forgotten. Shame...

Wow, I posted this video and forgot about it for a while, but thanks to Downton Abbey this style is gaining in popularity! I've practiced some more since then (still entirely amateur though!) and I'm thinking I might try to make a more nicely edited video with a model with longer, lighter hair to show a different style finished off with pin curls. Hit 'like' or leave a comment if that would interest you! Or if you think there are enough finger wave videos on youtube now, let me know that too!

wally susan fa schifo

No end result?

The model would look good with a pixie cut!

I wonder if the people complaining about how the ridges aren't deep enough realize that marcel waves and finger waves are two different styles. Finger waves usually are flat and made using the fingers and sometimes aided by clips depending on the stylists preference (it's not "cheating" to use clips lol). Marcel waves are the ones with the deep ridges and are made using heated irons.

curl clips are really nice to keep a wave without the crazy little dent from a bobby pin, just fyi

You wouldn't have to use the clips if you used more water and gel

if she had sat 20-30min under a bonnet hair dryer you would've *nailed* it

Ladyeeyore 7 just read your comment and I think u should do a video for all of us trying to learn finger waves with your nan showing us like she showed you how to do it You can't beat vintage finger waves

the transcript... lol!

how can i do this as a perm?

Your model is beautiful especially with her finger waves! You did a great job!

Cute!

lol ya cheated.

This so bueno

wow! you make it look so easy! great video i am so doing this!

My grandmother was a young women in the 20's and I went to beauty school in the 70's. I had her show me how to do finger waves. She used the wave clips and these long clips (I've forgotten the name). She had short, thick, perm curled hair and had it all done in about 20 mins.with almost perfect deep waves. She did not use any type of gel or hairspray just water. That's how it was done back in the day.

Actually there are some very cool finger wave styles with the part down the middle. Keep watching those old movies! :)

i find it easier to achieve the same effect on the nape if you lay some flat pin curls in rows. 1 row to the left and the next row to the right and so on.... once set, brush lightly into its place or wave.

i thought it was gnna be kute and wavy at first but it turned out to be an ugly ass hot mess -_-

this is some fugly stuff lmfao.

When I went to school for hair FINGER WAVES were the first thing we learned..all I can say is it seems as tho you are struggling with the concept nice try tho

@AlexaML1234 Umm, those are SHITWAVES! So messy and bad lol

FINGERWAVES - NOT CLIP WAVES! the C shape should also extend down to the face. Hold your fingers super tight and you wont need clips. Pretty messy too... have it smooth and nice...

i´ve got an other technic to create much deeper waves.. i use curlers or papillotes. finger waves dont make volume . instead of clips i would use combs, because they don´t mash the surface.

@HotPhlash Thanks for the suggestion. I stopped the first top wave alongside the part because my hair model had a very pronounced part and I found it too difficult to turn the wave on such a tight radius. As I've gotten more practice, though, I can see that it creates a cleaner effect.

OK. Both African-American AND Caucasians CAN use wave clips. It's not considered lazy. They were used by both in the 20's and 30's. Why? Because one of my grandmother's is white and the other black and this is how they styled their hair back then. The ONLY time I've seen this done without wave clips is usually with Jamaican women when they plaster their hair down with tons of gel and use their fingers and a rat tail comb. The waves clips are more if you want a classic finger wave look.

thanks! I finally know how to use wave clips

@iamDiamondCut This is the traditional 1920's style and YES they DID use CLIPS -- unless they were black and that was a completely different style of wave! Ask any woman 70 or over. Additionally, I am a writer, and I just did research and an article about waving black hair vs. the waves done with clips. So broaden your spectrum before mouthing off!

@bellamami2390 Haha well, the 'finger' in finger waves only implies that you use the finger to hold one or two waves at a time- after that you have to move to the next wave. Manuals of the time advise that (especially for ladies whose hair is typically straight) you use some kind of clip or comb to hold the others in place. One thing I would change is that when you put the ridges in the hair, pinch it between two fingers and THEN clip it- it gives a more defined ridge. :) Great job!

Wow this looks like a hot ass mess.

Stay doing the very first top wave all the way around her head and then go back around the head doing the opposite wave.

I didn't know that she was doing a real person's hair to be honest. I thought she was a mannequin! Wow.

The way u speak is a bit boring, its like u are too bored to do anything else..

@virgiijauregui I've found it much easier to do when the hair is wet first. I like the lottabody setting lotion, diluted maybe to 1 part to 4, and I put it in a spray bottle.

Is the hair actually wet? Or do you start dry and spray it with a setting lotion. I bought setting lotion, but it was difficult to use. Any type you would recommend? Many thanks in advance!

@foever17 lol

okay so wheres the third video!

let me tell you how much i despise finger waves. i am currently enrolled in cosmet. school and early last year we had to learn how to do finger waves, i spent 4 hrs trying to do these and at the end of four hours, i had 0 finger waves. i have to do them again since its one of our current assignments. so god help me and let me get this right so i can get a good grade on it.

@NoLifeLindsey thanks that certainly cleared things up lol :))

Dam girl you got dandruff

wow. she totally just let the cat out of the bag! (4:48-5:00) way to go buddy! now we know why you get to keep all the secrets!! hahaha sorry...