Farrah's Iconic Hairdo

 

Farrah's hairdo was really iconic of the 70s. It is simply so stunning and was so perfect for her. I recently came across a how-to for it in the Australian magazine "The Australian Women’s Weekly" and thought it would be nice to compare it to the more widely known US “Woman's Day” article.

Here is the Australian version :




Here is the US version:

Both articles are from May 1977.

The cut is identical for both. The setting patterns are also similar, the most important thing being larger rollers all over and carefully set. Both articles also indicate daily setting would most likely be needed. The Australian article suggests blow drying and putting rollers in damp hair, obviously to speed up drying. Great if it works, but if you don’t leave enough moisture in the hair it wont set.  Hold for this style is critical so I wouldn’t recommend cutting corners like that. Longer hair like Farrah's  all wound in curlers is almost guaranteed not to dry completely overnight. Leaving curlers in for the morning might have been an option for weekends, but not on other days. The solution would have been to set  overnight and and partially dry with a dryer before going to bed or go under the dryer for a few minutes in the morning. And the a good combing and the fabulous hairdo is done!

It must have been an incredible experience to regularly wear a  hairdo like that. Spending half the time feeling wonderful how beautiful your hair is, and the other half the time  in curlers anticipating how great it will come out. It also probably was the last really common wetset hairstyle, so it also has a place in history for that reason. What a fabulous hairdo!