My Final Assessment

Review of Final Assessment:
One problem I found with the design was the curls on the sides of the head. I practiced these but still felt that the one on the left side didn't turn out the way I wanted it to but I really liked the one on the left side. If I was to do the assessment again I would definitely practice these more to get the effect that my partner wanted. It may also have been a good idea to use a padding for the front of the hair as my partner wanted it to be really big at the front and it didn't stay as big for the photos. I feel like we both worked really well together and explained what we wanted well. I feel like the design she did on me turned out better than I'd imagined it as well.

Assessment: Having my Design Done on me

This was the final result when of having my design done on me:

I felt that the design turned out even better than I imagined it and was really happy with it.

Technical File: First Attempt at an Elizabethan Hairstyle

Elizabethan Hairstyle

Prior to this session, we were told that we would be working on others in the class rather than our Kate heads for the first time and that we were to do an Elizabethan hairstyle that had to be curled or frizzy at the front with a bun at the back. For mine, I decided to go with a heart shape at the front of the head. To do this I sectioned off the hair at the front of the head and then crimped it, splitting the hair into a middle parting. I really liked the way this turned out as I felt that it did look very Elizabethan and I found it quite easy to do.

I then backcombed it in sections, twisted and then pushed it up and pinned it on each side to create the shape of the heart.  For the back of the hair I decided to do a plait bun so I put the hair up in a ponytail, plaited it and then twisted it and secured it in place by pinning it with Kirby grips.

As there was still hair that was crimped being pulled into the plait I decided to undo the bun and redo it as it looked a bit strange due the different textures of the hair with some of it being straight and some of it being crimped. I decided to plait the crimped pieces of hair and pull them back into the bun. I much preferred the way that this looked and I really enjoyed this session as it was different to work on another person and it was interesting to be able to come up with our own designs for a whole hairstyles.