Hi I'm new to the site and finding it really helpfull but can anyone help by telling me if you can buy Hair rats (foam rolls) from anywhere in the uk, I'm lovin the 40s hairstyles but not great at doing anything with my hair so lookin for the easy option.

thanks

marie

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There are various answers to this. We found the cheapest and most authentic vintage option was to get a pair of old tights and fill with your own hair, collected from your hairbrush of course. Free and matches your own hair perfectly but also a little odd :-)

Next cheapest option is to go to the chemist and buy some foam rollers. For some reason these seem to always be in bright pink, but you may be lucky and get another colour. The pins pull out of the middle, leaving you with a little foam roll

Last option, depending on what style you are trying to create is boots. They do a mesh net large rat which would only really be suitable for the styles where you roll up the whole of the back of your hair. I wish they did make smaller version of these though, as I have the donut version for pretty buns and its so easy to put pins in

Obviously there may be fourth and fifth options that are far more useful but I haven't finished my cup of tea yet

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I have found some american sites but none in the UK yet. Have been looking for a few months *but not constantly, obviously*

Thanks for your replies I have bought one of the larger ones from boots so will give that a try and would never have thought of using my own hair to make one but on reflection it would be a logical solution as it would match.

Thanks

Marie

I was just about to mention Boots... x

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