Solent-Hair: Practicing my final hair design...

Practicing my final hair design...

After discussing my final ideas with Seema it was decided that I would combine two of my contemporary Elizabethan design's together for the best most effective outcome. These are my two designs I combined. I aim to include the height from the first image and incorporate the plaits from the second image. The height will add an Elizabethan element featured alongside the plaits which will add a more contemporary aspect to my final design.

After discovering crimping in Lottie's lesson I decided that this would be the best technique to use to create texture and height in my hair as its naturally very flat and straight. My final design was going to include a quiff or heart shape at the top of the head with two plaits running down either side of the head. I put this image into practice by first prepping the hair using crimpers to create height and texture. I could then easily create a large quiff at the front of the head. However when I added a plait alongside the quiff I decided that the hairstyle was to simplistic and lacked character or Elizabethan reference.

So I split the quiff into two forming a heart shape at the top of the head, a style commonly seen worn by women in the Elizabethan era. I then excess hair into two and plaited one half so it hung over my shoulder. The plait still looked very plain and straightforward so I pulled the plait to stretch it slightly so it was much wider then wrapped the plait around the quiff. I did the same on the opposite side of the head. However it became quite difficult when trying to make each side symmetrical. I think my partner doing the hairstyle may also struggle with the plaits as they have to be carefully backwards plaited to ensure that the hair doesn't go to thin at the ends.
I considered using padding underneath the quiff to create a bigger more impactful structure however the same effect can be made by back combing the hair and I think this backcombing rather than padding will also be quicker for my partner, enabling her to focus more on the make-up which is much more complex and time consuming compared to my hair design.

The quiff first created...