tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post861527072993755983..comments2023-08-21T04:21:28.626-04:00Comments on The Beautiful Necessity: Pre-Raphaelite TressesGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-63643904213051314592008-08-09T20:40:00.000-04:002008-08-09T20:40:00.000-04:00Thanks Joe! I look forward to perusing :)Thanks Joe! I look forward to perusing :)Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-73681485976431489622008-08-09T16:31:00.000-04:002008-08-09T16:31:00.000-04:00Hi Grace!it's artguyinjeans.blogspot.comEnjoy!Hi Grace!<BR/><BR/>it's artguyinjeans.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Enjoy!Joe Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06824813930349051929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-48155560658422262832008-08-08T07:41:00.000-04:002008-08-08T07:41:00.000-04:00Hi Art Guy!Do you have a link to your blog? For s...Hi Art Guy!<BR/><BR/>Do you have a link to your blog? For some reason Blogger isn't letting me access it by clicking your name.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-30486807021286848272008-08-08T00:06:00.000-04:002008-08-08T00:06:00.000-04:00I am also a huge Pre Raphaelite brotherhood fan - ...I am also a huge Pre Raphaelite brotherhood fan - art history major at Bates College, heading for a Masters probably, and I dig what you're saying about hair.<BR/><BR/>I think you could look at some Botticelli paintings, whom Rossetti in particular was inspired by, to get an idea for ornate hair. Check out "Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci."<BR/><BR/>Keep it up! And check out my blog if you're so incined. I'm trying to put together some kind of art history blog network!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-57658939139349252902008-03-03T10:37:00.000-05:002008-03-03T10:37:00.000-05:00Yep...Fanny's hair needs about 1-2' off of it :)Yep...Fanny's hair needs about 1-2' off of it :)Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-8302533468647824872008-03-03T00:21:00.000-05:002008-03-03T00:21:00.000-05:00Fanny, by today's standards, would need a major tr...Fanny, by today's standards, would need a major trim!!<BR/><BR/>I've learned over the years that long hair isn't always pretty hair, so keeping it healthy is most important. <BR/>I have great success with curling irons, but the only curlers that have ever worked for are the sponge ones. Not comfortable, but my hair is heavy enough to pull the curl down, making long spirals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-76845801495336478582008-03-02T23:41:00.000-05:002008-03-02T23:41:00.000-05:00Oh I know!!! It's extremely sad, actually.I didn'...Oh I know!!! It's extremely sad, actually.<BR/><BR/>I didn't have many close girl friends growing up, and so I never did the "braid each other's hair" thing. In fact, I never even learned to do a simple braid at all until I was in high school!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-19477538443041569682008-03-02T23:38:00.000-05:002008-03-02T23:38:00.000-05:00Grace, not being able to braid your own hair is ju...Grace, not being able to braid your own hair is just SAD, Girl! ;)<BR/><BR/>You're probably too old for the best possible way to learn--which is having your mother fix it. When she'd yank it or pull it too hard, and I'd complain, she'd say, "Well, if you don't like it, fix it yourself!"<BR/><BR/>I started doing my hair pretty young! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-67707258693149729902008-03-02T16:48:00.000-05:002008-03-02T16:48:00.000-05:00PS: Aurora hooray for the chair!!! I can't wait t...PS: Aurora hooray for the chair!!! I can't wait to see it in photos of your place!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-1488718242438432082008-03-02T16:45:00.000-05:002008-03-02T16:45:00.000-05:00Margaret, I also think she could use about 1-2' of...Margaret, I also think she could use about 1-2' off her hair, but it's still lovely if you put your hand over the bottom part of it and imagine. lol<BR/><BR/>It also sounds like our hair texture is about the same....sometimes I also blow dry and straight iron it just so that it doesn't tangle as much. I just wish I could learn to braid my own hair. I rarely get a chance to get it braided for the Pre-Raphaelite look :(Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-15990460384779875562008-03-02T16:36:00.000-05:002008-03-02T16:36:00.000-05:00Ah, yes, I have long, braid-induced, strawberry bl...Ah, yes, I have long, braid-induced, strawberry blond hair and it is, in fact, my husband's security blanket.<BR/>:o)Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-46341268631818498842008-03-02T14:17:00.000-05:002008-03-02T14:17:00.000-05:00What a great post! (and reading the comments has b...What a great post! (and reading the comments has been informative as well! Aurora knows a lot about hair!). <BR/><BR/>The period photo of the girl with long hair was great too--it looks like she had stretched the "set-point" for her hair quite a bit (I would like to trim about a foot off of her hair). The info on triple-barrel curling irons was interesting, too. I might do it for special occasions, but I generally braid my hair to get curls (as Aurora pointed out, your hair can get pretty damaged if you leave it loose). I also flat iron it occasionally, because it's less likely to tangle when it's straightend (I have naturally wavy locks--they look neat but they tangle so easily!). <BR/><BR/>Anway, I'm looking forward to reading about the dark side of Pre-Raphaelite hair! I wonder what that could be?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197591307149394913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-74108733764202682502008-03-02T11:38:00.000-05:002008-03-02T11:38:00.000-05:00The trick is not cutting it. At all. ;) And kee...The trick is not cutting it. At all. ;) And keeping it up, as much as possible, to minimize damage, while you're growing it out...<BR/><BR/>But hair is a strange thing...and everyone seems to have a preset length, beyond which, their hair doesn't grow. My baby sister's "preset" was about down to her thighs...long, and silky and beautiful...while mine, (until I started keeping it up most of the time) was a bit below my hips. My mom's was about waist length. (For many years, we belonged to a church where women didn't cut their hair...so while most of the ladies had hair that was down to their behind, there were a few with much shorter hair...and a very few--much envied--with hair down to their thighs, or even their calves...so I've spent a lot of time studying long hair, and wondering about it. ;))<BR/><BR/>If you stop getting regular trims for a couple of years, though, and wear your hair up in a clippie at night, and frequently, during the day, I bet you'd find you pick up at least another 4 inches of length. :)<BR/><BR/>BTW--got that chair, yesterday! It's gorgeous! :D Wobbly arms (typical antique!), and the springs are a mess...but the upholstery is darn near perfect--in a rich, softened cranberry/rose velvet. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-67659122399351579552008-03-02T10:59:00.000-05:002008-03-02T10:59:00.000-05:00(groan) I only wish I had hair below my waist! B...(groan) I only wish I had hair below my waist! Been trying to grow it for years. But a great tip nonetheless!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-14649535262802384992008-03-02T09:46:00.000-05:002008-03-02T09:46:00.000-05:00I'm with Linden Sidhe..."Ah, hair!" :DThere is ye...I'm with Linden Sidhe..."Ah, hair!" :D<BR/><BR/>There is yet another way this look can be achieved, by those with hair below their waists...and that's by using a very small (finger width) curling iron, dividing your hair up into quarters (left and right sides, then top and bottom of each side), and then taking small (very small) sections of hair from each "layer" and curling it. When removing the curling iron, try to keep the whole curl in a neat "sausage"--but gently opening, then closing the curling iron repeatedly, until the curl finally slides off of its own accord. This should leave you with a tight little ringlet. Leave it--and move on to the next.<BR/><BR/>My hair is down to my behind--and this process takes me about two hours--I used to do it quite a lot for shows.<BR/><BR/>By the time you've finished the head of curls, they'll have "dropped" to below your shoulders.<BR/><BR/>Lightly Aqua Net them.<BR/><BR/>Then brush them out. Aqua Net them again. At this point, they'll be down to about your mid-back--like this: http://www.pbase.com/briarrose/image/93647294 (This photo was taken about 19 years ago--when I was mad for Phantom and Beauty and the Beast. ;))<BR/><BR/>In another hour or so, brush it again, lightly--and you'll have amazing, fat, glorious pre-Raphaelite waves/curls that will last until the next day. :)<BR/><BR/>(I doubt this would work well on hair any shorter than waist length, though--because part of the key is the weight of the hair, pulling the curls out...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857988142747792755.post-37029709118331030492008-03-02T00:13:00.000-05:002008-03-02T00:13:00.000-05:00ah, hair.ah, hair. <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com