Attempting 100 Years of Victorian Hair!

Why do I look like that? Here's Lucy! I look like an old lady Balrog's coming File under obscure TikToks that I tend to quote and nobody would actually understand the reference Here comes Balrog If you don't know, now you know Hello, it is a cozy snowy day You know what, it's been a while since we've just played with hair So I figured that could be exactly what we do today To be specific, Victorian hair Look, I may not agree with a lot of the things that people thought in the Victorian era But they were onto something when it came to hair I'm really bored with my hairstyles I want to do something a little different with it Sir? Tink tink So I kind of have like one Victorian-esque hairstyle that I do and not very well Did you just toot as you got done? I thought it might be fun to kind of do a timeline of Victorian hair Starting at 1800 all the way up to 1890s You wouldn't think that hair would change so much within a decade It surprisingly does, especially back then People were just obsessed with finding new ways to style the protein strands that shoot out of their scalp And I respect that Got my coffee cozy long skirt Which is essentially a blanket Another thing they were onto something about And then, you know I found these infographics on Pinterest There is one for every decade of the 1800s This person did all the hard work for me Which is, they took hairstyles from paintings in each year Put them together, kind of showed you what the popular hair- Popular What the popular hairstyles were for the decades And that's super helpful So you know, I just thought we would style throughout the century Or attempt to If there's one thing I know about historical hair It is that it is very intricate and a lot more complicated than what I tend to do I did make a new hair rat out of stocking Or if you will, pentehose I tried to make one of these before and it was just a little bit too short So it kind of just like stayed on the top of my head like a little donut This one is a little bit longer Can't really show you right now but Okay well, trust me, it fits around my dome piece a little bit better Before we begin this uh learning adventure We do have a sponsor for today's video And to talk a little bit about that Here's your girl, sponsor Rachel Hello, coming at you from my bathroom So the sponsor for today's video is Function of Beauty Who I have worked with many times before Function of Beauty is customized hair care Basically you go to the Function of Beauty website You take a quick quiz, you specify your hair type, your hair goals These are my hair goals I generally stick to kind of the same thing every time But lately I have been adding the lengthen goal on there They also have a ton of really yummy scents you can choose from You can choose the color, what you want it to say on the bottle Which call me silly but I just- I love when things have my name on them Aside from shampoo and conditioner They also have extra things like hair masks, hair serums Leave-in conditioners, which I use every time I get out of the shower In all honesty, I find a huge difference from when I use them Versus just the cheapo brands No parabens, no sulfates, no GMOs or toxins They are vegan and cruelty free So yeah, if you did want to check out Function of Beauty And get started on your custom hair care journey You can head to the link in my description and get 20% off of your first order Thank you so much Function of Beauty for sponsoring this video Before a dues are in any way furthered Let's get back to washing me, try some hairstyles that I have Absolutely not the amount of skill needed to do so Okay, so I did put my hair in foam rollers Foam rollers tend to give a tighter curl Which is kind of what we're going for here A normal person would probably have planned this out And looked at the infographics a little bit more in detail But I- I didn't- I didn't do that Personally for me, my favorite era of hair in the 1800s Is definitely kind of Gibson Girl-esque Very late 1800s, early 1900s I feel like it could work with every hair type I do like to curl it beforehand just to give it a little more volume Because it doesn't have that much volume to begin with So if anything, I feel like naturally curly hair, black hair Could work really really well with this In fact, a lot of these infographics um are quite- quite white To rectify that, here are some beautiful images Just to show that I think these styles could work with every hair type I will say with really silky hair, it can be a little bit difficult And you might have to curl it beforehand or use some texturing spray Anyways, also please don't look at my roots They were really bad, so I took some coloring conditioner And thought that maybe it would help But it kind of just made them straight up green Please ignore it I hope my horrible ugly roots would not be a distraction to you Shut it up, boys! Okay, so 1800s, we are just coming out of the 18th century Can I make you bigger? Hello, zoom, hello When was the Regency period? Regency era started in 1811 Thank you You got it So we're a little bit before the Regency period But it's looking like it's starting to kind of morph into that So it looks like tight little buns Ew Lots of bangs going on All right, well let's just take my hair out of curlers, shall we? And then we'll figure out the rest All right, I might have to fake a little bit of the bangs Like so Little sausages Savory Okay, I can't promise the backs of these hairstyles are going to be great I'm not a hairstylist We're going for the illusion here Not winning any awards for accuracy And then we're gonna cheat a little What's happening here? Whoa, my ringlets Round town That's already too many SpongeBob references for one video, I think Okie dokie Something like this maybe? Is that right? I mean, it's fine All right, 1810s Let's see what we got The beginning of kind of the Regency period And I'll be honest, not my favorite era of hairstyles Or fashion Maybe it's because I have a weird shaped head But there's something about really pulling a tight bun Right smack dab at the crest of your head Just ooh We'll give it a shot We're gonna try to go for this lady I'm gonna cut off the circulation to my brain Keep the bangs section out Yes I know I should be using a comb for this, but I don't want to Okay, bloop time Bloop I think this style can look lovely on some people, you know? Like Jane in BBC's Pride and Prejudice Ow Okay we'll just do this Looks like a little- All I'm saying, I don't quite think I will be catching Mr Darcy's eye Not handsome enough to tempt him is right Who you calling pinhead? Now obviously my styles are a bit messy Because I am me But uh, I'd like to think that you know, back then maybe some of their hairstyles were messy too We're just going off of paintings here And honestly, paintings weren't the original Facetune or Photoshop Mmm gonna be a no from me dawg Why do I look like that? Here's Lucy 1820s let's go Oh my, I don't know that I have the skill to do this But we're gonna try it anyways Towards the beginning it was pretty similar to the last two decades actually But the last row here kind of looks a little bit different And I think we're gonna give that a shot just for shits and gigs I'm gonna try this little wild and crazy like hair bow kind of style Let's give it a go, shall we? Okay so I don't have that much volume here So I'm gonna fake that, bringing some of this hair forward And you can stop right there if you want to do 80s No freaking idea if I'm gonna do the hair bow Feels like 2010 All over again I think it's in two different sections Ow Okay, I don't know what I'm doing I can't see Yes I know, hairspray would probably really help I don't want my hair to get all gross for the other styles, you know? Not quite as luminous as I would like it to be but Space buns That's not right I honestly don't know how they got it to stand up so straight Mine are so rotund I mean it's not quite like theirs I look more like I'm in the Mickey Mouse club circa 1826 Meek Mouse? I don't know, it's kind of a look, I guess Good enough 1820s, oh my god 1830s! Okay looks like people got a little wild and crazy in 1830s We're just gonna do a braid volcano with a little flippy-do in the center I don't know how I'm gonna do that All right 1830s, we're gonna take this I have learned I'm not very good at this little flippy-do here and it always looks like a bun Stay All right, perfectly coiffed Stay right there you son of a bitch Braid here, not move my head Fear of disturbing the force What I would like to know is who was setting these trends? Victorian influencers? This year we're doing hair volcanoes Um so you're gonna go, I don't think my hair's quite as long as it should be It's gonna have to do Oh my I'll raise the camera up a little bit I look like one of Cinderella's stepsisters Okay I think we're gonna fake these rolls because my hair is starting to Ow! Lose some of its swathage Roll this up like a little pin curl Whoever decided this was a thing to do I just want to talk Thanks! Just gotta channel the right energy Keep telling yourself you're the finest who in Whoville Oh dang it's such sweet sorrow 1840s I quite like the 1840s styles They're definitely a bit subdued which is kind of weird because it's such a drastic change from the 1830s Jane Eyre-esque I don't quite know if this is gonna work with my bangs but we're gonna try Bun in the back with a braid around it Side sections that lead into the bun Probably look something like that Where the ear is Bun in the back Don't really know what that looks like Take that Do a little bit of that I definitely feel like my bangs are messing this whole thing up Fine Take this little jedi braid Wrap That was an easy one The 1850s This looks like it's another very braid heavy decade Middle part, very sleeked back but it also seems like they liked a lot of volume right here Crows fighting in front of my house Fight! What? A crow fight? I love crows You know they're portrayed as being like almost deaf and super spooky Whenever I hear them it's just like Lovely Some braids I'm gonna pull this baby around Okay 1860s Pull this back a bit Do a little tiny braid circle here Leave some ringlets on the bottom Okay These look stupid It's close enough I don't have quite the volume she has with her braids here but that's okay It's a new day, same shirt Careful with dry shampoo New gigantic zit on my face I'll tell you what else is gigantic My will to finish this 1870s Again, we're seeing a lot of freaking braids I'm tempted to do this one Although again, I just, I don't think I can get my braid quite as voluminous as that Plug in my curling iron Obviously my hair has lost a little bit of curl This style has a nice little, nice little sausage roll I'm already sweating Oops, we're out of frankenstein Pat it out And doing it kind of loose That's nice and thick And my arms hurt Okay so if I just lay it like so You know what I wonder? A good 87% of my social skills come from referencing movies or shows or vines I wonder, conversation must have been so different back in the Victorian era I wonder if there were people like me who were just quoting random things Shakespeare, just in the middle of the conversation They would just be like, the play's the thing Chonky 1880s Hats I'm gonna go for this style, which Gibson Girl-esque I don't have any boomage as far as decorating the hat But this hat, let's see Kind of my lazy Gibson Girl style Where I just brush off my hair Oh god, very close Make a teeny tiny, ow Little bun here Bring it down A little bit further down Oh, that's going in there So 1890s, looks like it's starting to get into that kind of Gibson Girl-esque time period I didn't come to this challenge quite so prepared in the hat department I'm going to do this style, probably a little bit more Gibson Girl than that Just because I honestly just want an excuse to use this baby that I made And see if it actually works Kind of fits around like that Should I start wearing it like this and see if it catches on? Okay, so I haven't actually tried this out quite yet First of all, I should probably secure this to make sure that it doesn't go anywhere I'm just gonna brush everything up and over Oh my I'm gonna try to make a ponytail Bring it back Twist A little bun Problem of my bangs here Who's got pantyhose in her hair? Not me, bitch It's just this You know what? Good enough Not too shabby Ta-da! Oh my god This was a lot of fun I learned a lot through this whole process I don't think I realized quite how many different popular styles there were So this was definitely a learning experience for me As far as the hairstyles that I'm going to take into my daily life Can't say there were a lot that I found too flattering But if the need arises where I need to feel like Cindy Lou Who I very clearly am not a hairstylist I'm not someone you should be hiring for your next period piece Unless, you know, you want 5,000 bobby pins And maybe don't get any shots of the back of your actor's head Some of them were closer than others I think my bangs did screw up some of the styles I probably should have straightened them And just like laid them flat for at least two of the styles But yeah, that's it Thank you again, Function of Beauty for sponsoring this video Again, I will have that link in the description I love you all, whether you're new or old to this channel If you're new here and you feel like sticking around Feel free to subscribe I upload every Friday And we have fun here And I will see you in my next video Bye! So I found these inf- I found these infograph- 1800 hairstyles Yuck I may have said Victorians were into something with long skirts But not when you're going up and down stairs Good god If I break my neck and die Know it was to bring you content I'm blinded by the light Please don't get hurt Smiley cause it hurts Thank you I'm available to play the next Superbowl The dudes are in it These are in anywhere for-