Hair-Dressing Tutorials

"When the line of beauty does not exist, let the hair be so humoured that the deficiency shall not be remarked." - How to Arrange the Hair, 1857
The Lady's Friend, April 1864

References 

Tools and Embellishments for Mid-19th Century Hair-Dressing
A Glossary of Hair Terms 
Miscellaneous Advice

Basic Elements

1855-65 Hair-Dressing Basics (Braided chignon and simple side-twist style)
Plain And Two Braid Chignons  (Basics II)
Rope and Cable Chignons

Side Hair

Wide Side Bands, c. 1855
More Side Braids, 1860/62
Side Braids with Rolls, 1862
Wide Side Rolls, early 1860s

Back Hair (Chignons)

Waterfall, c. 1863-7
Braided Waterfall, c. 1865-6
French Twist/Ordinary Hair of 1854
Braids for a Young Lady, 1860


Coiffures (full styles with accessories)

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