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21 Pin Up Hairstyles for an Ultimate Vintage Look

Hair styling is also an art, and that is the reason why we have so many hairstyles. Some are easy to do, while others are quite difficult to do. The same applies to the vintage hairstyle collection, which is going on for a long time.

We are talking about the Pin up hairstyles, which are in the trend for a long time. You would have seen, that be it the actress of 70’s or the actress of 90’s or today’s era also, they all have tried the pin-up hairstyle at least for once. Even if you see the models these days, they also get ready with the Pin up hairstyle for most of the events. It adds the style statement to one’s overall look. It can make you look bold also and elegant also.

An ethnic hairstyle that can give you an amazing look and a regular look at the same time. A duo of ethnicity and modernity at the same time, check out the four hairstyles that have been listed below for your day to day life to a refreshing party look.

If you are also fond of Pin up hairstyles and want to try one, then get ready for it. As we have brought some exquisite Pin up hairstyles from the old to the modern time.

21 Pin Up Hairstyles for an Ultimate Vintage Look

Loose Rolls with a Loose Ponytail

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Feeling lazy or in a hurry to style your hair? No worries. A top knot bun is an easy solution to support your laziness and hurriedness. This is a prevailing hairstyle from Asia. It is an ancient hairstyle that has been adopted by many cultures now and evolved with time.

This topknot bun is a stylish hairstyle, and you can make it by simply twirling your hair on the top of your head around the base of your ponytail and securing it with a hair tie or by using several bobby pins around the bun. Take the front fringes and roll them loosely and pin them up in the front only. Leave the length of your hair in a ponytail after securing the crown hair in a puffed style, take the hair from the sides and get this stylish look. It can easily fix your greasy or dry third-day hair of the week and give you an absolutely rocking look.

Bumper Bangs with Long Curly Tresses

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You will be able to make this style very easily, with the help of this picture. You can see that hair tresses are parted in three parts. The hair tresses at the back are curled using the curler and are tied in a pony, adding volume to the tresses. The front side bangs are rolled up using the curler. But along curler cannot help, so make sure you have the mousse with you to gel up and fix the hair of the bangs. All the hair tresses of the bangs should look neat and should not be coming out. Just pin it up there. To accessorize your hairstyle, use a beautiful polka dot style bandana and make the curls fall on your shoulders.

Victory Rolls from the Vintage Collection

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If you know a bit about the Pin up hairstyles, you must be knowing that victory rolls are one of the famous among the other Pin up hairstyles. For Short or medium length hair, this style is perfect. Using the blow dryer, roll up your front hair tresses by parting them from the side. Roll it up inwards and then pin them up. But alone blow try cannot help you until you do not set the hair tresses using hair gel or hair spray. It will help in keeping the roll. Roll up the back-hair tresses also slightly and leave them on both sides touching your shoulders.

Twin Roll Up Hairstyle

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Many of you must be feeling that this is a difficult hairstyle to do. But no, this is not the difficult hairstyle, until and unless you know how to keep the symmetry in between both side rolls. You need to take both side hair by doing center parting. Also, leave the back-side hair for styling. Now, start teasing the one side hair and make it into a good roll by pulling them up and then towards the inside, means towards the head. Pin them up, neatly, so that roll looks beautiful. Repeat the same for the other side of the hair tresses also. Make sure that they look similar and symmetrical. Make your back-side hair tresses rolled towards inside and leave them open, to give a classy vintage look.

Puffed Victory Rolls

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The victory rolls can be styled in different ways. Sometimes, they are just styled in a way to make your hair look full of volume and bouncy. Here, in this style, the same thing is happening. For a medium length hair and the short length hair, go for this look. Here, the victory rolls are not pinned up tightly but are given a smooth look by rolling them away from the face from both sides. Make sure you make it using side parting, to get the exact look. Tease the back-side hair tresses also in the big rolls leaving them open but rolled up. This is one such hairstyle which you can carry with any party dress.

Simple Victory Rolls Colored in Lavender Shade

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Making this style is super easy if you know how to make victory rolls. From all the victory rolls we have mentioned in the list this is the easiest one. But what is making it look attractive is the hair color. With the three-side parting, make the victory rolls on both side and let the back hair fall on your shoulders with a bit of tangled and twirled hair at the tip. But make sure that you get your hair ready with this lavender shade color to make it look fab.

Victory Rolls with Curls

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If you have a bit of rough and dry hair tresses, then it will be easy to this hairstyle, in compare to smooth hair tresses. As, you can see that a victory roll is made here, so with smooth hair tresses it becomes challenging to create one. Roll the curls and then use the pins and a band to secure them. Before and after putting the pins and bands to secure them, make sure you put hair spray also. Add a flower on the side with a smaller victory curl and leave rest of the hair tresses twirled and open on both the shoulders.

Two Rolled Bun Styles on the Top and Loose Hair at the Back

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Ever wished to have a ramp ready hairstyle but scared that it may cost you an arm and a leg? Then, here’s a solution to your problem. Every hairstyle that gives a classic look to you which doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive; all you need is a bit of patience and a bit of skill. A bun which has been styled by professionals and looks like it took great efforts can also be tied at home. Buns can always give a refreshing party look be it a modern look or an ethnic touch; buns have always been a girl’s friendly hairstyle.

This classic hairstyle can make you the center of attraction and grab everyone’s attention. Divide your hair from the center. Then Take the hair from the sides and roll them on the top and secure with bobby pins. Do the same on the other side. Let the back hair freely fall on your shoulders. It is a mix of both bun and open hair. Compliment your hairstyle with a long backless gown and earrings, and you are all set to slay!

Braided Pin Up Hairstyle

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Braids are always in, and if they are beautiful like this one, then they are definitely going to be in your look book. This is not just a normal braid, as you have to make a braid at the back using both the back side and neckline hair. The braid will go along with the neckline from below the ear to the back side of the head. You can try making a fishtail braid also. But carrying these types of braids is not that easy, so pin them up, in a way that they do not get unfolded. Tease the braid bu pulling some hair tresses out of it, to cover the pins and to make it look pretty. For a traditional or wedding purpose, this look is perfect. Add the roses to the braid, to make it look elegant and graceful.

Twist in the Victory Rolls

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As we already mentioned, that victory rolls are one of the oldest Pin Up hairstyle. Making this hairstyle is not that difficult if you know how to hold on the rolls. As you can see this hairstyle, the victory rolls are made quite high with both the rolls at one side, by taking all the front hair together and leaving the rest of the hair tresses at the back. For long hair tresses, this hairstyle will look perfect, if you match it up with a dress or gown. Pin the rolls neatly and keep the hair left at the back falling on the shoulder at one side. Using a curler, curl the hair around the tips, to give it a sassy look.

Smooth Side Parted Rolls

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Sometimes, you need not make a high roll or a roll full of volume to look good. You can do just simple things to add the volume to the hair and make the smooth tresses also look beautiful. Just like in this hairstyle, you can see that the hair tresses are quite a short length, and they are also looking smooth. So, we will need a good amount of hair gel to set them up. Start with the parting of the hair, and then rolling it up by moving them away from your face. Do this for both sides and pin them up after adding the hair gel, so that they do not get tangled. The tresses at the back are neatly twirled at the tips. Accessorize your hairstyle using the flowers like in the picture.

Roll Up the Fringe

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Flaunting the fringes is sexy but when you can roll it up and flaunt, then why not. Here, we are with some fringe rolling up the idea to make your hairstyle look sexier and bolder. You can make this hairstyle easily, by parting your hair and taking your fringes. Turn your fringes in the victory roll style and pin them up at the front. Take the back-side hair, and make a bun out of it, by teasing some hair tresses and pulling them out. Keep the hair color just like the one in the picture like burgundy and electric maroon or wine color. And do not forget to add a bow shape bandana to make your hair look sexy.

Pin Up the Side Curls

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This look is quite similar to the African American hairstyle. But here, the curls are not very thin like those hairstyles. Keeping the hair close to the head and not letting them come out is going to be a bit difficult. As with the hair at one side which are straight, you can still pin them up and can add hair spray to make them look still. But with the small curls, the chances of hair coming out is more. So, be ready with the mousse if you want this hairstyle to go perfect. You can also take the help of someone to pin the curls properly. Or the other way to get this look is to make braid instead of curling your tresses. And stick the braid by pinning them up. With some bold makeup and a nightgown, you will rock this look.

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Roll Up the Curly Hair Tresses

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Are you ready for rolling up your hair tresses, with this open hairstyle. Sometimes you don’t need to make the victory rolls or other such hairstyles to get the vintage look. You can get this look easily by making your hair tresses in the curl and your fringes roll up high, away from the face. Just like in this picture, three partitions are done, and the front fringes are rolled up high towards the back of the head and are pinned up there. Curl your hair tresses and form the small ringlets out of them. Bring one side curly ringlets at the front and the rest of them at the back. Accessorize it using a beautiful hair band, to give it a kind of funky and pretty look.

Pin Up with the Updo Hairstyle

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Do not worry if you have really short and a bit curly hair tress. As you can style them as well with this pin-up bun style. Grab all the hair together and bring it at the center of the head or a bit towards the crown. Once, you have done it, you can use a band to tie them up. Later, to fix those curls to the head and not letting them rise high, just pin them up, making a pattern to make it look like a bun. With this updo hairstyle, you will slay the office look or any formal and casual both party look.

Pin Up the Waves Together

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We all love wavy and curly hair a lot. But when they are not natural and when we have made them using the curler, it is not really very easy to keep them. The wavy hairstyle which you can see in this picture is the figure waves. As you can see that the top portion of the hair is just crumpled and is not turned into waves. Whereas the hair tresses from the ear, are properly curled using the curler to make these waves. The side hair tresses are curled from the top only, to give the face a great look. All these finger waves are pinned up neatly by hiding the pins so that they can stick at one place. Do it in a way, that the waves should look natural and beautiful.

Bumper Fringes with the Updo Hairstyle

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Just like the victory rolls, the bumper fringes are also one of the vintage hairstyles. For any party, be it casual or formal, for any traditional occasion or even for marriage like events, this hairstyle is perfect, as it looks graceful. This is an updo hairstyle where a bun is made at the back and the hair tresses are teased by bringing them out of the bun to make it look a bit fluffy. The major part of the styling is the front hair tresses which you have parted to roll and pin-up. Make the bumper fringes by rolling away from the tresses from the temple, and pin it up safely, to get this look. For achieving a perfect vintage look, just add the roses to your tresses.

Cornrow Braid with Side Ponytail

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This hairstyle is one of the traditional and most famous hairstyles amongst the Africans. The hair needs to be braided from the scalp towards the length in an upward motion, you can style it from a simple braid to an intricated braid. It takes a good effort and generally requires 5 hours depending upon the quantity of your hair to interweave this stunning hairstyle. It is inexpensive to maintain by following some simple steps to keep the weaved rows intact for weeks. All you need to do is whenever you wash your hair be a little careful and by oiling to scalp regularly. This traditional hairstyle gives you an extraordinary and impressive look.

High Bun Pin Up with the Slanting Fringes

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If you are looking for an unusual but bold hairstyle for your smooth and silky hair, go for this hairstyle. Making a high bun out of the smooth hair is not that easy as it looks. But not to worry as you can pin up your high bun like done in this style. Flip the hair of one side to the other side, and then keep it slanting falling on your temples and eyes. They will look like the long bangs or fringes. You can even twirl them up a bit to make them look stylish.

Twisted High and Low Bun Hairstyle

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Are you up for some twisted hairstyles? If yes, then go for this one. Bringing all the hair tresses together at the centre and then forming a bun with twisting them. But do not put all the hair in the bun, instead, twist them sidewise and bring it behind the ear by twisting them. To secure this twisting hairstyle, pin-up them. You can use some decorative hair pins also, for making your hair look graceful. To make your hair look this much smooth, just add the mousse to your hair, so that they look silky smooth.

Round Braided Pin Up Bun

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You all would have seen many actresses and models keeping this look. Here, one needs to get the dual look, by making the braid and then adding the braid to the bun. The braided bun look is in fashion always. But to secure a bun with the braid is not an easy job. But you can pin the braids up in the bun and can make it look prettier. Make sure you grab all the hair tresses tightly, and if required use hair spray, so that the small tresses do not come out. To make it look more beautiful, you can get your braided hair colored with some light shade color and the rest of the hair in dark color.

We have chosen some easy pin up hairstyles so that you can try them with ease at your home. All you need will be the hair gel, hair sprays, and the pins to get these different looks. There is hardly any style where you will need a helping hand. So, be it your office or the house party, try these looks. For looking bold and beautiful at the same time, go for these looks. The best part is that you can try them with all kind of hair be it short length, long length or be it curly or straight.

Do try these vintage pin-up hairstyles and let us know in the comments section, that how many of these hairstyles you would like to try and on which occasions.