My journey with the Elizabethan's...

My journey with the Elizabethans...

 

Interpreting contemporary pictures with plaits and buns...

 

 

Creating a fishtail braid...

We were shown how to create a fishtail plait. You begin by splitting a piece of hair into two so you have two strands. Hold these two strands with your left hand and now take a thin piece of hair from the right strand and join it with the left strand. Now reverse how you are holding the hair and switch hands. Now we do the same process but with the left hand side. We take a thin piece of hair and cross it over to join the right hand strand. This process if repeated until a fishtail braid is formed.

Equipment used for the plait and braids:

Elastic band to secure the plait at the end

I originally was already able to French plait but didn't notice that I wasn't plaiting it correctly. For example the plaits in the images below has some twists near the forehead where I haven't kept my hand in a secure position allowing it to twist away from the scalp. Because I move my hands to collect the hair rather than slowly add hair into the plait it results in a much messier, unkempt plait.

French plaiting is a more complex version of a plait. You begin by picking up three piece of hair like in an average, everyday plait but as you overlap each piece you pick up an extra piece of hair.

 

 

French plait styled in curly, wavy hair...

 

 

 

 

Another French plait but styled with naturally straighter hair...

 

  

 

A smaller French plait at the front of the head...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buns...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was my attempt of creating a bun in the new way we were shown. I have only ever used doughnuts when creating buns but this version looks much more natural and realistic.

Creating the bun...

• Spilt the hair in two if the hairs long, tie half up then join other half . This also makes it stronger as its doubled banded.
• Split pony tail into four sections
• If the hair flops or is broken back comb underneath for more volume.
• Fold hair forwards, roll around two fingers if its long to secure tight roll and grip with bobby pin.
• Use bigger bobby pin to gently move hair around so all sections are connected.

Plating with ribbon...

• I began by tying the ribbon at the root of the hair underneath a layer of sectioned hair so that its not visible.
• I then began to French plait the hair bringing the ribbon into each section whilst I plaited.
• The ribbon doesn't tend to become visible until further down the head.
• I then secured the end of the plait by knotting the ribbon at the end as they did in the Elizabethan Era.

It was interesting to see how the Elizabethan would secure the hair as they didn't have bobbles or grips so everything would be tied and secured using plaits and ribbon.

Equipment used:

Ribbon
Clips if sectioning
Elastic band to tie the plait at the end if not traditionally tying with the used ribbon.





 

 

Frizzing the hair...

Frizzing is created by placing a hair grip at the root of a strand of hair. Then still holding the grip at the root of the hair you begin to wrap the strand of hair around the hair pin to create an 8 like shape. When the strand of hair is completely twisted around the grip secure it then hold it between the straighter plates for around 5 seconds then remove the hair from the grip. These images below are taken from http://shannenabbottsolenthair.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/frizzing-last-week-we-were-shown.html a girls blog page I work with during the lesson. Her result was much stronger than mine.

Equipment used:

Straightener’s

Pin

Wide tooth comb to brush through the frizz