1980s Hair Styles

This row of pictures show late 1980's images of short, but full high hairstyles which owed much to the popularity of earlier punk hair styles of the l

Everyone had big hair even those people with short hair. But as always there were variations and working women opted for styles which could be easily blow dried and tonged with a cordless or electric styling brush.

Carmen style heated rollers and hair rollers disappeared from most dressing tables as blow drying plus finger shaping of strands with wax firmly established itself as the favourite way to finish hair for the majority of women.

Hair was frequently brushed forward and stranded to create another popular style such as the far right bob picture.

Flicks continued to be popular especially as hair got bigger. Indeed it was the flicks that gave extra volume along with new hair products like hair mousse and hair gel.

ate 1970s. The effect was quiff like.