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. 

MY FINAL DESIGN

INSPIRATION FOR FINAL DESIGN - USING BABY HAIR TO CREATE CURLS

I absolutely love this idea of creating curls with baby curls I think this would fit well with my previous design to make it more contemporary and instead of creating the curls on top of the hair i could actually create a few on the forehead to give it a fashion vibe. I had a go at creating them but found it difficult to stick them down. After researching and finding some videos I am definitely going to practise more.

FKA TWIGS

 FKA Twigs was definitely my main inspiration for this hairstyle, she is know for using to gel on her baby hair and creating shapes with them. Tahliah Debrett Barnett, also known by her stage name FKA Twigs is a British singer, songwriter, producer and dancer. She is definitely a fashion icon for her stand out unusual style and I would love to use her as my inspiration for my final design.

How to get FKA's baby hair kiss curls

How to create baby hair edges

FKA Twigs Wikipedia

MODERN ELIZABETHAN HAIR INSPIRATION

MODERN ELIZABETHAN HAIR- TECHNICAL

I actually found coming up with a design for the modern elizabethan hair really difficult. I looked at a number of images for inspiration from fashion to theatre to editorial, but none of them really caught my eye as anything special. I did really like a photo I found where it was two really large buns on the head which was quite simple but looked really good, unfortunately I could create this at all on my dolls head, but I am going to try doing it on a person. Instead I decided to create my design around plaits as I find it inspiring that plaits were used all the way back in Elizabethan times and are still used in the same way now. I wanted to create a design that was quite quirky but still showed Elizabethan in the some way. 

 I started by sectioning the hair and creating two really tight braids in the front, going from either side of the ear. I then decided to plait straight down the back of the hair creating a parting with the braid. I knew middle partings were very popular in the Elizabethan Era so I thought it could be a cool concept. After plaiting I really struggled with how to create a heart shape with the rest of the hair without covering the plait in the middle. I tried a few ways including rolling the hair in sections, back combing and creating just one section, I also tried put the hair over the plait and having it peak out in just certain places. None of them looked how I wanted them to. I then sectioned the hair in small part and back combed, I used two pieces of hair and crossed them over the plait gripping in the middle to create that heart shape. After that I was able to grip the other parts in place one by one layering them to look like a heart at the back.

I quite like how my design turned out but I actually liked the way it looked better from the back view. From the front it didn't really have the look I wanted it to and didn't have much volume on top of the head. I do want to try this look again on a person and maybe use some padding to get the heart shape slightly bigger and more prominent. I do like the concept of the plait being used as a middle parten and I would like to try this in different styles.