Self Evaluation

My self and Leonie partnered up for out Final Assessment. The brief was to design and create a contemporary Elizabethan look, but once we had done so, we then had to switch and each partner had to create the opposite partners design. We had 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete and perfect our Contemporary Elizabethan designs that we had created after having researched thoroughly in to the Elizabethan era. This included Hair and Make-up, and any styling if chosen to do so. Once the assessment started we were not allowed to discuss the designs and had to keep noise to a minimum. I was first to do the assessment which meant I was to do Leonie’s design on her. Leonie had done a lot of prep before the assessment, including making her head piece and jewels, so on the day of the assessment I felt a little more relaxed. This meant that I could focus more on the make-up making sure I perfected the lips and eyes. I feel personally that the assessment went according to plan as me and Ley had practised quite a few times before hand. We made sure that we knew each step off by heart and because we had discussed the design so many times we were extra prepared and I felt extremely confident. My self and Ley had talked about her inspiration behind the design she had created, meaning that I had a good understanding of where she wanted to go with the look which meant that we worked well as a team as I completed the look exactly how Ley envisioned it. I think Leonie got a bit worried that I wouldn’t finish in time as I spent some time on parts of the makeup that perhaps didn’t necessarily need to be faffed with, but because I was so confident that I would have the hair done in a short space of time I wasn’t too worried about not finishing on time. I do find that when it comes to doing winged eye shadow or eyeliner, in this case it was winged eye shadow; I find it hard matching each side. I found it tricky getting both sides exactly equal and this panicked me slightly as I wanted it to be perfect for Leonie. I want to be able to feel confident when doing this so I don’t stress too much when doing make up application, as I find that when I stress I doubt myself leading to me not perhaps doing as well as I could. I think I have a tendency to worry more than I need to at certain times which throws me off slightly, but I am slowly but surely learning to trust myself and my application. Overall I am really pleased with how the assessment went for Leonie’s design. I feel that we both worked in a professional and hygienic manner.

Peer Evaluation

I was pleased with how Leonie went about creating my Contemporary Elizabethan Design. She was organised and went about the assessment in a hygienic and professional manner. My self and Leonie had practised my design a few times before the actual assessment so we were both feeling confident and prepared for the day. Leonie was quite worried when I showed her my face chart design, as I had included quite an intricate make up design on the face using sequins. Leonie was worried that she wouldn’t have enough time to glue the sequins on as they are fairly fiddly and time consuming, but after we practised she soon relaxed as it didn’t in fact take much time at all. Like Leonie, I made my hair piece beforehand so Leonie had more time to focus on the make-up. Before the assessment me and Leonie had talked through in detail my inspiration for my design, and how I wanted to portray the look. This meant that Leonie understood my thought process and new how I wanted my design to look at the end. During the assessment Leonie got a little worked up when she was doing the eyebrows which resulted in her making a few mistakes. She decided to take off quite a bit of the makeup she had already done which meant she got even more stressed as she then had to go back and re do the makeup she had already done. However, she did quickly re compose herself and did a great job of the eyebrows afterwards. Leonie suffers from mental health problems so I took this in to consideration. Leonie positioned my hair piece exactly in the right place and made sure that it was pinned securely to my head using grips. Leonie did a great job of creating my design and I am very happy with the final result. She took on board all of the information I had given her and she produced some lovely make up.

Final Design (Assesment)

Here is my final design done on assessment day. I am very pleased with the final outcome! I have managed to make something that I feel to be lavish and outstanding whilst still making it easy enough for my partner to apply to my head.

 

This is the final assessment for Ley's design. I really enjoyed creating this hair on her because although the final piece looks intricate, because we had practised so many times and the piece was simple to apply, I was confident on the day of the assessment that I would achieve what Ley had envisioned.

Qucik sketch of possible designs

 

Here I have sketched very quickly some possible designs . I have played around with different ideas to get to my final creation. In terms of working with hair I have come across with a lot of issues working with the weight and feel of the props. This therefore made me have to re think my design of having a curled upwards prop, to having it wrapped around the head instead almost like a crown .

Take a contemporary image and give it an Elizabethan twist

 

Here we were asked to take some contemporary images and create a collage giving them an Elizabethan twist. I decided when doing this that I liked the use of feathers, and other textures to create my final design. This helped me to see a wider view on what I wanted to create for my final designs.

Inspiration

Me and Leonie went to Ikea to try and find some inspiration for our ideas for out final design. It's amazing what you can find if you look for it.. there is inspiration in everything around us. We don't take advantage of this fact! The twisted plants reminded us of the Elizabethan plaits. The tops with the ribbed pattern on reminded us of armour, and the net at the top reminded us of a ruff!

 

Creating a design from an Elizabethan quote

 

Here is were we took the idea of pulling out a few descriptive words from a quote and using them as inspiration to create a hair design. The words that I decided to pull out of my quote were WIRES, COARSE and BLACK. I decided to go down a more physical route of making the hair look like wires in some way. I did not want it to look pretty or sweet, as my quote described women of that time to have terrible, horse like hair. I quite enjoyed this process as it is a new and different way to come up with new designs.

Crimping

Lottie, Hair&Postiche, Week 7, 13/11/13

Crimping for contemporary Elizabethan project

Products used:

·         Gown

·         Fine Tooth Comb

·         Crimpers

·         Clips

·         Prop

·         Grips

Steps:

1.      Place gown around client and make sure that they are sitting comfy

2.      Section hair in to clean sections, this allows for easier crimping

3.      You don’t need to put any products on the hair for crimping as you want volume and texture, adding products will stop this from happening

4.      Take a medium sized section and comb through

5.      Take your crimping irons up to the hair line near the scalp and press down, if you are worried about burning your clients scalp you can put your comb close to their head which acts as a barrier between the scalp and the irons

6.      Make sure that the client is happy and be careful not to burn ears! Letting your client know what you are doing as you are working will put them at ease!

7.      Each time you bring the irons to the clients scalp just check that the heat is ok

8.      Don’t panic when you see steam, this is normal

9.      Crimping the hair will give the hair shape and lift

10.  Brushing the hair after you have crimped it will give it texture

11.  If the client has fine or damaged hair don’t leave the crimping irons on for too long

12.  Thicker hair may need more heat so leave on for longer

13.  Work upwards

14.  When you are at the top of the head, hold the section upwards, this allows you to get really close to the route, this will create lift and texture

15.  When you take the crimper off the hair and move to next bit, make sure you don’t leave a gap between each crimp…

16.  Let the hair cool down and then gently comb through to get rid of any lines you have created by crimping

17.  Don’t comb the hair too much!

18.  The more you comb the crimped hair the bigger it will become

19.  Try and achieve the hair going outwards at an angle

20.  Take your prop and role it in to the hair by lifting the section of hair you want wrapped, start at the tips of the hair and role the prop in to it. Until you get to the scalp

21.  If you have created very big hair then use a bigger prop

22.  Use hair grips to secure the prop and hair in place

23.  Collect the hair with the grip, turn it away from the hair and then slide in

24.  If you don’t do it this way you will need a lot more pins, which will eventually work their way back out

25.  If the client has healthy hair put the crimping irons at a higher heat, if they have damaged hair put the crimping irons on a low heat

 

There are a few things I need to focus on when creating an Elizabethan hairstyle, I need to perfect using the grips so that I can get a really tight grip, and I also need to be more confident in manipulating the hair, I need to trust that I can do it! Today’s lesson went really well, I was happy with how my crimping went, in future I will create my own prop as the ones that have already been made don’t work as well. I also need to work a little faster so that I can get the whole hair style done in 1 hour. Over all I was happy with my shape and feel like I know where I am going with my hair design.

 

Pin Curls Using Tongs/Curling

Lottie, Hair&Postiche, Week 4

PIN CURLS USING TONGS

Products used:

·         Gown

·         Fine Pin Tooth Comb

·         Curling Irons

·         Pins

Steps:

1.       Put gown around client

2.       Plug curlers in, make sure that they are set to the right temperature depending on client’s hair… if the client has very dry/coarse hair then the temperature will need to be on a lower setting, if the client has good condition hair then the heat will need to be higher.

3.       Section clients hair with clean sections using your fine tooth comb

4.       Take a small section of each section you have separated and take the curling iron to the hair and wrap the piece of hair around the irons and hold iron upwards towards the root of the hair, this will create a tighter curl

5.       Once you have got your curlers in position hold them in place and count to 12… 1 elephant, 2 elephant etc

6.       When you have counted loosen the irons ever so slightly so you have some give, then reverse twist the hair out from the tongs, your curl should be nice and rounded

7.       Roll the curl back in to place in the position you want it

8.       Use a hair grip to pin the curl in place, think about where your next pin and curl will be so be sure to pin the grip in the right place.

9.       While you are curling the client’s hair, make sure you ask them if the heat is ok.

 

I didn’t get a chance to practise this in today’s lesson, Alex practised on me. I will be practising this in my own time outside of uni or if we have a revised lesson I will be doing it then!

 

 

PIN CURLS USING TONGS

1.Working from the top of a section of hair take a small section of the hair and clip in the curling iron.

2.Twist the curling tongs up to the root of the hair, shown here on the right.

3.Hold the tongs for no more than 5 seconds and then reverse twist the hair out of the tongs. You will be left with a curl.

4.You should then roll the hair back into a tight flat curl shown below to create a pin curl. You can then use a hair grip to hold the pin curl in place at the scalp of the head.

5.Leave the hair to set for as long as possible and spray with hairspray before removing all the hair grips.

 

BUNS

1.Tie the hair back smoothly into a ponytail at the back of the head.

2.Section the hair of the ponytail into four.

3.Backcomb each section on the hair on the outside to give the hair some structure.

4.Begin to create an inwards barrel curl with the hair and then use a pin to hold the section of hair in place. Repeat this for all four sections of the hair.

5.Once all four sections of the hair are in a barrel curl like you can then use a hair pin or tail comb to bring the sections of the hair together. You can then slide the hair pins into the hair to keep the hair in place.

Hair pins are better for holding hair in place as they are less visible in the hair.

 

French plait

1.Hold part of the hair at the scalp and section it into three sections.

2.Begin folding the two outer sections over each other until you get to the third fold, this will create a tie in the hair to give the hair a stronger structure. The image on the right shows this.

3.Now when you bring a section of the hair over you should grab a small amount of hair each time, this will begin holding the hair together.

4.Continue doing this until you have used all of the hair. Once you have reached the nape of the neck continue plaiting the hair until you reach the ends of the hair and tie with a hair band.

 

FISHTAIL PLAIT

1.Gather all the hair together and create two sections.

2.Take a small section from the outside of the first section and fold it over the top into the second section with your thumb and your second and third fingers.

3.Take a small section from the second section and fold it over the top into the first section of the hair again with your thumb and your second and third fingers.

4.Repeat this until you reach to the ends of the hair and tie with a hair band.

 

 

 

 

•The first thing I will always check on a model/client is if they have head lice. Head lice if present in the hair will be most likely to be around the back of the ear as it is the warmest area of the head.

•Check the thickness of the hair.

•See the natural state of the hair; weather the hair is naturally straight, curly or wavy. Ask if they have had any chemical treatments on their hair such as chemical straitening or chemical curling of the hair.

•Check the model/clients scalp condition to ensure that you will not being using any products that could damage the hair.

Buns & Plaits

Lottie, Hair&Postiche, Week 3

Buns&Plaits

Prosucts used

·         Fine tooth comb

·         Gown

·         Pins

Steps:

1.       Fill out consultation sheet

2.       Place gown around client

3.       Brush through hair

4.       Tie back in to a smooth pony tail at the back of the head

5.       Section the hair in to 4, making sure that each section is clean

6.       Start to create an inwards barrel curl with the hair, then use a pin to secure the hair in place.

7.       Repeat this step on all four sections

8.       Once you have finished all four sections you need to use a pin or the end section of your fine tooth comb to bring the hair together making the bun complete.

9.       Use hair grips to secure bun in place

Hair pins are better for holding hair in place as they are less visible in the hair.

PLAITS

French plait

Products used for both:

·         Gown

·         Fine tooth comb

Steps:

1.       Place gown around client

2.       Brush through hair

3.       Section part of the hair using tooth comb

4.       Separate section in to 3 pieces

5.       Start by folding the outer sections over each until you get to the third fold, this will create a tie in the hair to give the hair a stronger structure.

6.       Now when you bring a section of the hair over you should grab a small amount of hair each time, this will begin holding the hair together

7.       Continue doing this until you have used all of the hair,   once you have reached the nape of the neck continue plaiting the hair until you reach the ends of the hair and tie with a hair band.

FISHTAIL PLAIT

1 .Gather all the hair together and create two sections

2. Take a small section from the outside of the first section and fold it over the top into the second section with your thumb and your second and third fingers.

3. Take a small section from the second section and fold it over the top into the first section of the hair again with your thumb and your second and third fingers.

4. Repeat this until you reach to the ends of the hair and tie with a hair band.