This first image is of the pin curl set we did on the practice day. I am not showing the rest of the hair on that day because we went a different direction on the wedding day, but I'll get into that later. In the pin curl set for the top of the head to create a skip wave the set starts at the part with reverse counterclockwise pin curls. The next row is the exact opposite with forward clockwise pin curls.(Shameless plug for book inserted here.) For more detailed information on setting pin curls and direction see Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques.
When this set was brushed out on the practice day, the hair starts by moving away from the forehead and then waves into the forehead on the side. The bride decided after seeing this on herself that she wanted the hair to swoop more down on her forehead above.
To make this change, I reversed the pin curl setting. The first row is switched on the wedding day to forward clockwise pin curls and the second row is switched to reverse counterclockwise pin curls. For the experts who are looking at this picture and can tell, this image is not of the set I just described. It is the original set from the practice day, but I did not get a picture on the wedding day and am making due by changing the arrow direction.
On the opposite side of the part I set one small row of forward counterclockwise pin curls.
The final effect is this beautiful 1930s wave of blond hair. The only part of the bride's hair that was pin curled was the top section. The rest was the twirl with the curling iron. All the waves you see in the back are from this curling iron technique. The longer sections on the side were also the curling iron. All the curls were made the same size, curled the same direction, exactly the same, carbon copies of themselves.
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