Hair charts (Technical)

Hair charts

Design 1

 Design 2

 Design 3

Introduction

Introduction

This semester we were give the task of creating an Elizabethan hair style and a contemporary style for our assessment, as i retook the year this year so i feel a lot more comfortable with what i was doing, Elizabethans were known to have red hair, it was usually crimped or curled, young girls wore their hair down and waved this was a sign that they were a virgin, brides would also this was favoured as a brides hair style dressed with fresh flowers when they achieved the marital status they pinned it up, until they were married they would wear it pinned up, dye of the hair was very common to create the red/blonde look they would use crushed cumin seeds saffron, oil and celandine or even urine, hair would become thin and start to fall out so woman would wear wigs, some women would even shave their hair off to have the desired hair the Queen Elizabeth had, woman would also shave their hair line back to give a bigger forehead as fringes were not fashionable at all, when they had their their hair pinned up they wore jewels, ribbon, lace and head pieces such as, 

• The coif - A white linen close fitting cap, it would tie up under then chin and was worn by children.
• The French hood - Introduced by Anne Boleyn Queen Elizabeth's mother, its a half moon or crescent style band or brim sloping away from the face. The edges would often have pearls or glass jewels on them, called bilaments, and a veil covering the back of the hair.
• The Atifet - Very similar to the French hood but this has a hear shaped crescent lace was usually added this was favoured by Mary Queen of Scots.
• The Caul - This is a hair net that covered the back of the head make from fabric.
• The Pillbox style hat- this would usually have a veil at the back.

I took last years design into consideration so i did some research to find a simpler idea and came up with making a tiara out of hair with long wavy hair this would symbolise a contemporary Elizabethan Bride. 

• http://beautifulwithbrains.com/2010/05/20/beauty-history-the-elizabethan-era/
• http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-hair-styles.htm

wavy hair

Wavy Hair

To get wavy hair i used heated wavers to give the hair a waved effect.

I sectioned the hair starting from the bottom to crimp and worked my way to the top

curls (Technical)

Curls

This is my attempt at curling, what I did was I used medium size curling tong, wrapped the hair around the tong and hold for around 10 seconds and let go, you should get a nice head of curls at the end.

With my attempt as I was curling the next piece of hair I also pinned the curl to the head so it wouldn't drop out straight away, so you'd have a even head of curls.

Up right curls: 

For the up right curls i sectioned the hair starting from the bottom working my way to the top, with each section you need to curl away from the face and tucking the end of the hair in so it doesn't cause the hair to kink, once the section of hair is curled and unpinned you'll need to roll it up and pin down, once its all curled you'll need to get the model to gently shake their head to get a natural curl effect, or you could brush the hair gently to get a soft curl look.

   

Brickwork curls: 

For the brick work curls i sectioned the hair starting from the top working my way to the bottom, with each section you need to curl so their going down words and tucking the end of the hair in so it doesn't cause the hair to kink, once the section of hair is curled you'll need to roll it up and pin down, so by the end you should have pinned curls that look like a brick wall, once its all curled  and unpinned you'll need to get the model to gently shake their head to get a natural curl effect, or you could brush the hair gently to get a soft curl look.

Side way's curls:

For the side way's curls i sectioned the hair starting from the bottom working my way to the top, with each section you need to curl so their going down words and tucking the end of the hair in so it doesn't cause the hair to kink, once the section of hair is curled and unpinned you'll need to roll it up and pin down, once its all curled you'll need to get the model to gently shake their head to get a natural curl effect, or you could brush the hair gently to get a soft curl look.

plaits (Technical)

Simple Plait

this is my attempt of a simple plait.

To get this plait i had to section the hair into three and wrap one piece of hair over the over.

step by step images:

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French plaits (Technical)

French Plait

Here is my first and second attempt of a French plait.

to get a French plait you have to section the hair into three pieces, plait it once and once again, then you need to take a piece of hair and add it the the middle section of the plait and repeat the process.

First attempt

Second attempt

Third attempt

Equipment (Technical)

Equipment

• Paddle Brush.
• Pin tail comb.
• Curby grips.
• Sectioning grips.
• Hairspray.
• Heated crimper's.
• Straighteners.
• Hair curlers.
• Heated wavers.
• V shaped bobby pins.
• Pearl grips.
• Gold glitter spray.
• Hair prop/rat.

Tick list (Technical)

Technical file check list for The Fundamentals of Hair and Postiche.

• Plaiting..... Including 3 strand plait, fishtail and French Braid. 
• Buns......... Including 4 section bun, wrap and plait.
• Curling....... Including spiral and lift.
• Crimping and frizz.
• Padding/Hair Rat...... Including roll technique and plait support.
• Modern and Historical Elizabeth Design.
• Timed Assessment Practice. 
• Evaluation

GREEN : for done.

RED : for draft

Three Elizabethan Hair Ideas

Three Elizabethan Hair Ideas

These are three Elizabethan hair idea's I've come up with.

Design 1: This design is made up from two Dutch plaits, and a plaited bun, I chose to do Dutch plaits because they give a more bold neat look, I used red ribbon to thread through the plaits to give a criss cross effect, as it came to the end I wrapped it around the bun and tied it up into a bow.

Design 2: This design is made up of eight crimped structured buns four on each side starting from big on the top going down to small, at the front of the head i used pin crimps and pinned them down against the front buns three on one side and for on the other.

Design 3: This design is made up from a whole head waves and at the front of the head is made from wiggle plaits to create a tiara effect.

Design 1

 Design 2

Design 3