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Timeline of Hairstyles Over the Years (Karmil Arafat)

By kaa103
  • Partial Updo Hairstyle

    Partial Updo Hairstyle
    Women in the 1900's use to do partial updo's. The reason why they are called partial updo's is because they are not slicked back, they are very loose and flowy, and that hair would be wavy to add texture to the hair. This was the most common hairstyle in the 1900's because it was trendy back then and flowy and loose, as people liked it.
  • Oil Slicked Hairstyle

    Oil Slicked Hairstyle
    In the 1910's, oil Slicked hair was very popular for men and women, it gave them a very clean and tight hair look. The hair would usually be combend down straight from the back and wavy from the front with a lot of oil used. There would still be texture in the hair though while using the oil. Their hair would usually be done with a side part and looked very greasy.
  • Finger-Wave Updo

    Finger-Wave Updo
    The most common hairstyle for the 1920's is the Finger-Wave Updo. This hairstyle is very Slicked down with waves all around that hair. Women would usually have a bob and stick there hair so tight down and create a slick look while still keeping texture in the hair.
  • Marcel Wave Hairstyle

    Marcel Wave Hairstyle
    In the 1930's, the Marcel Waves hairstyle was really trendy. It is a hairstyle that gives you a lot of volume at the top of your hair and tight curls at the end and the hair would be mid-length, very volumicious, and poofy. They went from Slicked hairstyles in the 1920's to volumicious hair in the 1930's. What a change!
  • The Braided Head-Band Hairstyle

    The Braided Head-Band Hairstyle
    In the 1940's, people were obsessing over the Braided Head-Band Hairstyle. This hairstyle would be not too tight but not too loose either. They would braid the two sides of your hair and connect them then both at the top. Your hair would act as a Head-Band. People did it whenever they would go out, or literally whenever.
  • Bouffant Hairstyle

    Bouffant Hairstyle
    The Boufantt Hairstyle was really popular back in the 50's. Your hair would be in a side part and very tight curls at the end and loose hair from the middle to the top. This hairstyle was really popular for a long time. This hairstyle is basic and all women just do it on the go.
  • The Bee-Hives Hair

    The Bee-Hives Hair
    This hairstyle is called the Bee-hives hair. It was very popular and trend back in the 60's. It isn't a loose bun but not a tight bun. It is very high up on your head and reminds me of Cinderella. Then, they cut their bangs really short and blow dry it with a little curve at the end.
  • The Curtain- Bang

    The Curtain- Bang
    This is when the Curtain Bangs were created. It is a blowout that gives you a lot of volume all over your hair. The curtain bangs is a flowy way of doing your bangs that you blowout that then gives you volume in your roots.
  • The Big Hair Phase

    The Big Hair Phase
    Well this is quite the phase. As you can see below, in the 1980's, big hair was quite the trend. Everyone, clearly in their school pictures all have the same hairstyle showing how popular it was back then. This hairstyle is done on very long hair and made with very heavy and intense waves, not curls though. It creates a lot of volume at the roots of the hair.
  • The Straight Hair Phase

    The Straight Hair Phase
    In this phase, all the girls were frying their hair off. No curly hair was popular at that time. They would just straighten their hair and their bangs too. They would also just flip their hair over two times fast to give them volume at the roots and do a side part and call it a day.
  • The Chunky Highlights Hair

    The Chunky Highlights Hair
    In the 2000's, The Chunky Highlights became popular. Everyone would have highlights in their hair. Everyone would get highlights and then straighten their hair and that would be everyone's everyday look. The straightening though was a priority.
  • The Beach Waves Hairstyle

    The Beach Waves Hairstyle
    In the 2010, most people would do Beach Waves. Beach Waves was mostly done when you put your hair in a braid and then sleep and then wake up and have beach Waves but they can also be done by taking the curling iron and curling your whole head then brushing through but the heatless way was to sleep in a braid. They ditched the straight hair and became in the waves phase.
  • The "It's Giving Clean-Girl" Hairstyle

    The "It's Giving Clean-Girl" Hairstyle
    Here we are today, in the slick back phase. The clean-girl look. These tend to be hard to do because you can not have a single strand out, but a very cute and elegant hairstyle. You will find a lot of people with that look. You are going to need a lot of hair-ties, Bobby pins, and a big tub of Eco Gel (the most common gel to use now-a-days). Take your slick back brush and brush all the hair back, be generous with the amount of gel that you use, meaning, use a lot. Slick it back and you're done!