Review of Hair since September

I have enjoyed The New Elizabethan hair project we have been doing since we started in September. I found the historical element vey interesting as I had never really given much  thought to the history of hair and hair styling, and learnt some fascinating facts. I have particularly enjoyed creating styles using back combing and techniques crimping to give the hair volume, and enjoyed designing my own design and watching someone else carry out the practical assessment, as I feel this has helped me develope my skills as a designer and helped improve my communication skills.
I found learning french platts very frustrating at frst just because I found the tecnique very fiddly but having practiced alot I feel I have improved both in keeping the braids flat to the head and making them more even and neat.
I found time keeping much easier in the hair practical sessions than in the make up lessons, I thik this may due to the fact that I have much more passion creating hair styles and find it easier to concentrate.
One thing I definiteley need to improve on which I have touched on earlier in my blog is that I need to update my hair blog on a more regular basis and create a balance between the two subjects.. I also as wih the make up need to start referencing my sources using the Harvard method which I will be applying to all my future posts.

Anna's Timed Assessment, My Design

These are the photos taken of my design done on my hair by Anna for her timed asessment. I am really pleased with the way the hairstyle turned out for the assessment and I think Anna did a really good job, especially as the pearls were very heavy and this made them difficult to attach to the hair at the back and keep them in place and hidden. I think Anna has managed to keep the style very neat and it felt very secure when I was moving around.

MyTimed Assessment, Anna's Design

More pictures for my technical file

As with my make up blog I have had to upload any missing pictures for y technical file due to my email not working, I cant email the images to myself to print so I have uploaded them to here to save to my laptop and print from there. All though It will be useful to have them on my blog to show some more of the practice we have done throughout the semester.

 

 

 

The last practice of Annas hair design before my timed assessment

 



 

Half way through my first attempt at Annas hair design

 

One of my first french braids

 

Fishtail platt on my dolls head

This is the point when I finally got the technique for french braiding

 

Practicing buns

An Important post I forgot!!

This post is probably the most important one in demostrating how I came up with my final design for my hair look!! these are the two chosen images I  have decided to use and I have taken elements from each one to come up with my own creation, a blend of the two with and extra modern twist.
The first Picture is this old Elizabethan portrait of the Queen herself, with a typical Elizabethan Heart shape hairstyle. I also like the lace which is pictured running from one end of the heart to the other along the top line.

 

 

The second image I am going to use is this image of the singer Rhianna. I chose this picture because I like the way her hair colour is very Elizabethan as Queen Elizabeth the I was famously a redhead. This style is very Elizabethan with the long plat running from the top of her head around and down into one single wide plat which rests on her shoulders.

 



 

 

 

My design incorporates both a heart shape and a plat. The plat stars from just above the ar on one side and runs around the hairling all the way back to where it started with a wonky lop sided heart shape resting to one side of the head. I deliberately positioned the herat to one side to give the hair an un-symetrical look which give the style a more contemporary feel. True Elizabethan hairstyles were often symmetrical and I wated to break away fom this and create something slightly different. placed between the french plat and the heart will run a double a string of blue pearls which gives the effect of a modern day hairband, i chose to do this because Queen Eizabeth was known to be a big fan of pears and they give the style a traditional Elizabethan look whilst at the same time being blue gives them a contemporary edge. However to bring the style back to the modern day once again the plat wil be painted using Aqua colour, Pink, Purple and gold. I chose bright Barbie like pink because it is not  a colour that is associated with Elizabethan fashion, and the Purple to represent regality.

sketches of my hair designs

Annas practice of my design

Today in our Practical session Anna my partner for our timed assessments practiced my hair design on me. I think the practice went very well, Anna managed to finish the design on time and it looked pretty good, although the french braid could have been a little neater. However as it was a bit of a rushed practice Im sure Anna will be able to do this with no problems in the final assessment. I have decided to make some of my ow padding for the fnal assessment to ensurethe heart shape has a lot of volume and sits in the right shape on the head. I will also be  covering the padding with some hair extensions the same colour as my hair to keep them well hidden. Unfrtuneately I do not have any images of this practice session due to my phone breaking, I will ensure to take plenty in future sessions.