1970s - the era of disco, violent curls, flared trousers and shirts with huge lapels. It was an eccentric decade, the ideas of which have already returned to fashion several times. And now, clothes in the style of “boho” and “disco”, shoes on the platform, hairstyles - in the middle parting, horse tails with a combed crown, small curls, “page” and “sessun” are more relevant than ever.
And you can make them using modern styling products without harming your hair.
The characteristic features of hairstyles
If we talk about hairstyles that were fashionable in the West in the 70s, this, of course, is straight hair in the hippie style, fastened with various kinds of feathers, thongs, ribbons - at the beginning of the decade. Further, the world captured the “disco” with dancing until you drop, fun music, colorful outfits, sparkling disco balls, afro hairstyles, prints and flares.
Between the hippie era and the disco era, various styles were fashionable, including safari, romanticism, ethno, unisex with the main “feature” of the decade - jeans. They existed on their own, and in symbiosis with others, penetrating and combining their features with them.
In the USSR, of course, all these trends also came. Fashionable girls of the early 70s wore straight loose hair - with and without bangs. They were combed in the middle or laid back, combing the crown and fixing the hairdo with a rim. After the fashion for “boyish” haircuts and “babets” in the 60s, long hair was rare, so their owners were given increased attention.
With the advent of disco-style (including Soviet), hair began to curl. Again, the "babette" returned both for a short length, and for everyone else. Hair cut with a straight edge, no "ladders" and "cascades" have not yet been. Round bangs with straight hair laid inside were still in fashion.I did not give up positions and a straight parting: the strands were wound on both large and small curlers. Owners of curly hair naturally wore a trendy Afro hairstyle.
At the same time, the “Page” and “Gavrosh” and “Sessun” haircuts are becoming relevant. All of them require straight strands from their owner, are easy to style and look very impressive. In addition, the hairstyle "Sessun" is universal in the literal sense of the word, as it fits any type of face.
Moreover, the oval of the face can be corrected with the help of this haircut: soften the “square” with a rounded bottom line, trim the “triangle” with bangs with elongated sides. The only type of women who do not want to choose such a hairstyle is ladies “in the body”, because the volume and round line of hair will add unnecessary smoothness to the face and figure.
In the late 70s, a whitened blond came into fashion. He became incredibly popular, but the hair dyes of that generation (especially brighteners) caused great damage to the hair, so often the strands lost their attractive appearance and looked burnt, dull, or even resembled a washcloth. “Burning” the hair with radical lightening was simple, it was enough to overexpose the composition for several minutes, but this did not stop the beauties who wanted to become blondes.
Modern compositions for lightening hair are much more gentle, sometimes they do not contain ammonia. However, the radically white (and yellow) blond has long gone out of fashion, giving way to more complex shades.
Types of haircuts
Sessoon hairstyle is a “cap” haircut, the bangs remain long, and the contours should be perfectly even. Both the contours and the appearance of the bangs are different in each case - taking into account the type of face, however, the principle of haircuts does not change - it has many levels and smooth, graded ends of hair laid inside. The length of the sessun can vary, going down to the shoulder blades and scattering over the shoulders. For some fashionistas who chose this haircut, the hair reached the waist.
Gavrosh haircut is like both sexes. It may be asymmetric and not, women with a perfect oval of the face will suit the classic gavrosh, and for those whose lines are slightly “floating”, it is better to stop on the asymmetry. This haircut is very suitable for girls with thin hair, it will visually add volume to them. It is performed on hair of any length. It goes well with fantasy, bright coloring, makes the image bold and bold. “Gavrosh” is, first of all, a cap of hair in the region of the crown. So the required volume is achieved, the crown looks combed.
The pixie haircut was put into fashion in the mid-1960s, but it did not lose its relevance in the 1970s. For girls with delicate facial features, such a hairstyle can be a real find - it will emphasize the lines of the cheekbones and neck, eye shape, beautiful chin, and well-defined lips.
Pixie triumphantly returned to fashion several times - each time a little modified (in the 90s it was a symbiosis with the grunge style, in the 2000s with a romantic one), and now it is experiencing another wave of popularity among Hollywood stars and ordinary women.
Lovers of short hairstyles also liked the "wedges", developed in 1976. He was styled and popularized by Olympic figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill. The difference between haircuts is triangular lines in the ears.
The emergence and development of rock music popularized the style of "unisex". Of course, the hairstyles did not stand aside, for example, the fashionable “shag” that Jane Fonda showed in one of the films with her participation became a role model among representatives of both sexes. Further, on the basis of this haircut, other female and male hairstyles appeared - with torn and uneven lines, angular, aggressive. They were especially popular with punk and rock music artists.
Styling options
“Sessun” is the easiest to put - it is enough to dry clean hair with a hairdryer and a round brush, directing the ends inwards, and that’s all.On short hair in order to give this haircut a shape, and a brush is not needed, a hairdryer will be enough. You can also curl locks with the help of tongs and curlers, but the shape of the sessuna is so beautiful in itself that you may not want to. But all kinds of weaving - not for this haircut.
Graduated locks will constantly slip out from under the fingers and will not want to stay in the braid. In addition, the "sessun" is so elegant, sophisticated and sophisticated that any element that brings negligence will look alien. This haircut is beautiful precisely with its clear lines, without additional decorations.
It is not necessary to lay the “gavrosh” at all, it is enough to dry it with a hairdryer. Ruffling the strands with your fingers and adding mousse or foam, you can create even more volume, but there is no urgent need for it, the haircut is voluminous in itself.
As for medium hair, boho styling and ponytail will do. To make a careless hairstyle in the style of "boho", the hair is either combed in the middle or parted back. In the latter case, you can slightly comb the crown. The strands need to be tattered with your fingers, and then decorated with a headband made of leather or a rim with flowers. If the hair is thick, you can supplement the composition with small pigtails and fix them with beads.
To create a stylish ponytail "a la 70s", you will need tongs to form curls and a tool for smoothing hair. The entire pile must be carefully combed into a smooth tail, fastened with a reliable rubber band, and to avoid the appearance of protruding short hairs, use gel or wax. The ends of the tail should be twisted into curls with the help of forceps and how to fluff. Further, the hair can be decorated with a silk scarf.
This styling has many options - you can release one wide lock of hair and wrap the tail with it; you can make a pile on the crown, and lower the tail to the back of the head, making it low; you can, on the contrary, raise it up (this option is called a "fountain" in children).
Each type of face has its own version of ponytail hairstyle.
Romantic styling was no less popular in the 1970s. Large "waves" of hair, laid in the direction from the face, have become an iconic hairstyle for many actresses and pop stars. And since this kind of hairstyle gave femininity to any woman and was universal in terms of relevance, it was possible to appear with her at work and at a holiday - it is difficult to understate the degree of her demand.
Only the size of the waves varied - someone chose large ones, twisting their hair into a curling iron, someone used curlers or thermal curlers (those that needed to be boiled in a saucepan), and then the curls turned out smaller. The resulting shock (after all, no one will deny that curly hair is always more magnificent than straight) could be divided into parting and fastened with hairpins or removed under the rim or silk scarf, combed back.
On how to make a hairstyle in the style of the 70s, see the next video.
