EVALUATION

Overall I think this project has helped me to grow as a hair stylist. It has taught me new skills and gave me opportunity to work on different hair types with designs from other people. It pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me try different techniques and work from a brief. I have also become more confident with hair and learnt to enjoy it as I didn’t particularly enjoy hair before the project. 

I think I have gained the ability to work from someone else’s design and how to communicate well to be able to meet their expectations. In the future I now understand which questions should be asked to enable a successful partnership between the designer and stylist.

Having said that I struggled with telling my partner when she was doing something not to the standard I wanted it to be, but after working with her a couple of times I was able to be honest and give her constructive criticism. 

Unfortunately I didn’t attend every single lesson because of personal reasons but I found it really easy to be able to catch up and do independent study at home as I have done a hair course before starting at Solent. 

I feel my final design translated well and you were able to see the Contemporary and Elizabethan parts of the hair. I like the fact I used a variety of techniques and I am excited to see how my work improves in the upcoming years. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

Jean Keyes, 1967- A History of Women’s Hairstyles 1500-1965. 

Tom Tierny, 2000- Tudor and Elizabethan Fashions 

Websites

Elizabethan Hair Styles. http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-hair-styles.htm

Elizabethan Upper Class Fashion http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-upper-class-fashion.htm

FKA Twigs- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FKA_twigs 

Extreme Costuming- http://www.extremecostuming.com/articles/twoelizabethanhairstyles.html

Films

Elizabeth 1998 by Shekhar Kapur

Elizabeth The Golden Age 2007 by Shekhar Kapur

Visits/Exhibitions

Tudor and Elizabethan Portraits – National Portrait Gallery

FINAL ASSESSMENT- MY DESIGN

i love how my design turned out and amelia worked really well the pincurls were really neat and delicate and the buns were the messy style i wanted them to be. 

FINAL ASSESSMENT- AMELIA'S DESIGN

When we first practised Amelia's design her buns were quite messy and too frizzy so to overcome this we made her hair straight before applying crimpers this made the hair more sleek but still gave it that little bit of frizz. I think my assessment went really well and I like the outcome of it. I hadn't used the hairpins before which twisted into the hair and was difficult to put in without ruining the bun so I had to just place them in and try secure with a grip instead. I liked working with someone else's design even though I loved my own design I liked the fact it was like working in industry and a little bit of a challenge. The design was finalised quite late which meant less practise but apart from that I was quite confident that I could do it anyway.  If i was to do it again I would use different pearls, ones with a thin pin on the end not the twisted ones as it ended up ruining the shape of the bun. I would of also added something to the front of the hair maybe to hide the grip. 

PRACTISING MY PARTNERS DESIGN AGAIN

This was a practise we did before the final design I was able to practise getting the plaits even and equal on both sides and get the placement of them right. I also made sure the hair was straight before so that the natural curly hair wouldn't make it too frizzy and messy 

MY PARTNER PRACTISING MY DESIGN

this practise went really well and the pin curls wents even better than last time i loved the placement of them and i am really happy with the design overall

PRACTICING MY PARTNERS FINAL DESIGN

My first practice session went well considering amelia didnt have a set in stone design but after trying a few different techniques we came up with this design using plaits as caging. I love the way it looks but next time i will do this on straight hair to make it less frizzy and messy. I will also make the plaits slightly bigger which cage the hair because they were too small. I also need to make sure the plaits are equal on both sides.