Hairstyles In The 1970s

Hippies were the ones who influenced hairstyles in the 1970s. By the time the 1980s came around hairstyles that were much more funky and trendy came along in a stylish way. The 1980s is diffidently when volume and big hair came into play. During this time brighter colors and much more unique styles became popular. Women in the 1980s were influenced by pop stars such as Madonna and Cindy lau per. These two pop stars were known for wearing their hair high an wide. To get this hair style women would get perms and tease it back to get that big look. The higher in the back of the head the more confident and stylish women became.

One of the most popular hairstyles during this time was the side ponytail. It was popular to wear a ponytail to the …show more content…
Often accessories like hair clips and scrunchies were used to create this hairstyle. All sorts of scrunchies and head bands of different patters and colors had come into play. A softer version of the side ponytail was the fountain ponytail. This style was popular with shorter haircuts, hair was piled on top of the head, secured by a long hairclip, then fanned out to create a fountain look. The bangs were then often styled or feathered back to compliment the look. Another look was the "Big Bangs" or "jersey girls" hairstyles. Women with medium to long hair wore this. This hairstyle was done by creating layers all over the head, setting it with rollers, and lastly the layers were teases to get volume and height. A line bobs and mullets were also popular trends. The A line or asymmetrical hairstyle was created by cutting parts of hair into uneven lengths. The back could be cut up to the neck while the fronts hang longer. Sometimes the side of the head could even be partially shaved to make the look more edgy. A typical example of the 1980s asymmetrical style is the "bop", where one side is visibly longer …show more content…
There was generally an excessive amount of mousse used in styling an individual's hair which resulted in a desired shiny look and greater volume, some mousse even contained glitter. Hairsprays such as AquaNet (which was also one of the fist hairspray products to come out), were also used to help mimic the hard rock band "Poison". In 1984, sideburns did make a comeback but were slightly thinner and shorter, and better groomed than those of the 1970s, lasting until the end of 1986. Bringing it back to the mullet, These sideburns were sometimes used as an add-on to the Mullet haircut. Mullets were popular in "suburban and rural areas" among working class men. This contrasted with a conservative look favored by business professionals, with neatly groomed short hair for men and sleekly straight hair for women. "White collar men's haircuts" were often shaved at the nape of the neck to create an artificially even hairline. Women's hairstyles had become increasingly long in the latter part of the decade and this is when blunt cuts began to dominate. Unlike the blunt cuts in the 1970s , which were often longest at the spine, late 1980s long hair reached an equal length across the back. During the middle and late 1980s it was unfashionable to part either men's or women's hair. This is us why women began to tease back their hair from the front to the back creating