Make Victorian Hair Adornments

Making your own Victorian hair adornments is simple and fun.

Hair adornments were a popular fashion accessory for women in the Victorian era. You can easily recreate this soft and romantic look by crafting your own Victorian-style hair accessories such as decorated combs, headbands or swaths of flowers. Popular hairstyles for women In the Victorian era included long hair that was worn loose and flowing as well as hair that was upswept into buns or French twists with ringlets or curls occasionally left loose in front. You can make these beautiful Victorian-style hair adornments yourself and decorate them in the style of your choosing to complement a Victorian-style hairdo.

Instructions

Hair Combs

1. Decide whether you want floral decorations or rhinestones on your hair comb. Although floral decorations were most common during the Victorian era, jewels were also employed for evening wear or formal occasions.

2. Separate the flowers if you have chosen to use flowers. Hold the hair comb steady and experiment with the placement of the flowers until you find a combination you like. If you are using rhinestones, do the same thing and try different combinations of colors and patterns until you find one that suits you.

3. Pick one design element up from the comb and glue it down, working from one side of the comb to the other.

4. Let the glue dry completely before using the hair comb.

Headband

5. Separate the flowers and decide whether you want the design to be an accent on the side of the headband or a design that covers the entire headband.

6. Glue the flowers to the headband by holding a small part of floral stem on the fabric and applying the glue, then pushing the flower down onto the glue spot. This ensures a more secure hold for the flower and hides the glue.

7. Repeat the process with the other flowers until you have completed your desired design.

8. Apply rhinestones to the headband by putting glue on the bottom of the rhinestone and then pressing the rhinestone onto the headband.

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