Practical Assessment - My Design Outcome

Peer-Review Evaluation:

In preparation for the assessment we created the full look during a session in the studio. I presented my hair charts to my partner but we decided to change the texture of the hair so I then created new hair charts in preparation for the assessment. All of the techniques that my design included have all been demonstrated and practised in class, so I am hoping that my partner felt confident in creating the look.

Unfortunately, on the day of the assessment my partner was very ill and had spent the weekend staying in with visits to the hospital. So her mood was understandably nervous and she was not her confident self. This affected her with her professional appearance and I would say she didn’t look particularly professional and was underconfident. On the other hand, the outcome of the hair design was perfect and even better than our practise. She also managed to create the look really quickly and it felt very secure.

The design was done exactly how I intended it to look so I wouldn’t have asked my partner to do anything differently. Part of me still feels that I still would have like french braids at the sides of the head going back in the direction of the quiff. But this look was just as effective in the final outcome. I feel that my partner executed the look really well and I am extremely happy with the outcome. From the hair charts and step by step guidelines, I feel that I gave my partner confidence in how to achieve the look. She also created it very quickly which allowed more time to focus on the make-up.

Practical Assessment - My Design Proposal

Hair Equipment:

·    Pintail comb

·    Panel brush

·    Crimpers

·    Clips

·    Curby grips

·    Hair rat

·    Hair spray

·    Dry shampoo

·    Headband

·    Pearl hair slide

Step By Step:

·        Brush hair through with a comb.

·        Spray dry shampoo to the roots in sections to add texture to the hair.

·        Crimp the hair using crimpers and sectioning starting from the bottom.

·        Section the top centre of the hair for the quiff and backcomb.

·        Pin rat in place and bring hair over the top and secure.

·        Using hairspray, fix the shorter loose hairs into position.

·        Backcomb the remaining loose hair below the quiff.

·        Pin sections of the hair over the ears and secure with curby grips.

·        Neaten any stray hairs at the sides using hairspray.

·        Position headband so it sits at the top of the forehead, below the quiff.

·        Secure pearl hair slide at the back below the quiff.

Practical Assessment - Partner's Design

Scalp + Hair Consultation:

Age - 21

Allergies - None

Skin type - dry and sensitive

Any products that do not agree with the skin - no

Any Scalp conditions - small amount Psoriasis when stressed - nothing to treat as goes away on its own.

How many times a week is the hair washed - 3 times

Equipment List;

Pin Tail Comb

Hair pins

Hair spray

Clips

Head piece

Hair - Step by Step;

Step 1

·      Back comb all hair by diving into sections using a pin tail comb

·      Divide hair into a centre middle parting

Step 2

·      Take a piece of hair from the middle parting start to twist down the side collecting more hair as you go along until you reach the end of the section (pin hair in place as you’re going around)

·      Repeat the same on the other side 

Step 3

·      Attach the hair piece on top by pinning the sides into the back combed hair on top.

·      Seal with Hairspray

Self evaluation:

My initial reaction to the design was that I was a little concerned about the time constraints. The look wasn’t particularly clear to me from what I could see. But after later explanation I began to understand the design better. Unfortunately, I wasn’t presented any hair charts, which made this a little unclear to me. Luckily, my partner created the headpiece in advance which made me a lot more comfortable in creating the look.

In preparation for the assessment, my partner and I only practised half of the design once in class. We experimented a few different methods of the basic design and it was fairly straight forward. This part was sectioning the hair into a centre parting, backcombing and twisting the hair at the sides to the back and securing with pins. My partner was in the process of creating a headpiece to secure so we didn’t get a chance to practise this as it was finished the day before the assessment. This wasn’t a massive concern for me as she showed me the size and shape of what it was going to look like. Luckily it was only needing to be attached to the top of the head using curby grips.

During the practise, I didn’t backcomb the hair enough which made the hair difficult to control and I also had difficulty in mastering a good technique of securing the hair with curby grips. But after lots of practise on my own hair I managed to secure the hair a lot better and more confidently when it came to the assessment.

I am extremely happy with the final outcome of the look my partner designed. Seeing as we barely had a chance to practise the hair, I feel very satisfied with how it turned out. I really liked creating the design as it was so different from everyone else’s and looked very effective.

Testing My Final Hair Design

Whilst testing my final design with my partner, we decided that crimping the hair may have a better effect than curling. It would help achieve the volume I was after without additional hair extensions and would create an easier texture to work with and sculpt.

The outcome of styling the hair with a crimp was really successful and this will now be the final design for my assessment.

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This crimped effect with the mass of volume really reminds me of Christina Aguilera’s hair from Moulin Rouge. The headpiece here is really extravagant and something I wish I could of created in advance.

Hair Charts

To achieve look:

·      Tie hair into a low sleek ponytail and tie with a hair tie

·      Fix extremely long hair extensions to ponytail

·      Wrap ribbon round ponytail

·      Braid hair with ribbon incorporated

·      Fix plait to hair line using curby grips

·      Frizz ends of hair using pins, curby grips and straighteners.

Difficulties:

·      I didn’t have long enough extensions to achieve the look on my own hair. To achieve this look, extensions would have to be VERY long.

·      Fixing such a heavy weight of hair to the head proves difficult. A french braid may be better to keep the hair secured to the head firmer.

·      With synthetic hair extensions the hair cannot be frizzed using heat so the hair would have to be prepared in advance.

How to achieve look:

·      Tightly curl hair using tongs

·      Slick down hair using gel or hair spray and fix with pins

·      Fix padding to head and roll hair up over, tuck in excess and pin

·      Place pearl pins into crease separating slick hair and padding

·      Back comb other side of hair

·      Fix padding to head and roll hair over the top, tuck in excess and pin in place

·      Pull out loose hair at front for a softer look

·      Pin head piece into front of hair, making sure the pins are visible.

Difficulties:

·      Fixing the headpiece into the hair and making sure the fixing was hidden.

·      Making sure the padding wasn’t visible. So allowing more loose hair was essential.

I chose this look as my final look as I felt it fitted the brief well with use of hair braiding, intricate details of jewels, volumized structual hair and use of curls. It also looks powerful yet feminine. I feel that this look will suit my hair type and also compliments my make up idea.

How To Achieve Look:

Equipment:

•Comb

•Tongs

•Curby grips

•Clips

•Decorative hair comb (purchased in Poundland)

•Decorative head band (purchased in Primark)

•Hair extensions (purchased online from hairtrade.com)

•Volumizing inserts (purchased from Poundland)

Instructions:

•Section the centre hair to create the quiff

•Position the decorative hair band across the forehead where the hairline is

•Begin to backcomb the section of the hair to create the quiff.

•Position and secure volumizing inserts and pull backcombed hair over the top.

•Smooth hair on top over to create a neat finish and secure in place using curby grips

•On each side of the head, just below the quiff, form french braids and fix to head with curby grips where it meets the base of the quiff.

•Neaten off this area using the decorative hair piece.

•Section a small row of hair below the quiff and clip in hair extensions below.

•Clip in all four rows of hair extensions for maximum volume ensuring the clips aren’t visible.

•Using tongs, curl the mass of hair at the back of the head.

Heavily backcomb the hair until at a satisfactory volume.

Padding - 'Loveheart shape hair'

Equipment:

·      Comb

·      Curby grips

·      Pins

·      Rat (tights and wadding)

·      Tongs

Adding the padding:

·      Prepare hair by brushing through and setting into a centre parting.

·      Curl hair using tongs and cold set the curls with pins, including hair around the face.

·      A few inches back from the face, form a small french plait. Use this as an anchor for the rat to be attached to with curby grips, angling the pins away from the face.

·      Pull hair over the rat and pin down to secure, making sure you leave a few curls at the front to position ontop.

·      Bring curls back over to the front and pin into place.

·      Repeat this look on the other side.

Pin Curls and Crimping

Equipment:

·      Curling tongs

·      Curby grips

·      Comb

Pin curling:

·      Prepare the hair by brushing through.

·      Section the hair to enable better control and better results.

·      Start at the bottom and use small sections of hair (for best results, use even square sections).

·      Secure hair in the tongs, angle the tongs onto the side and roll in (direction of tong determines direction of curl).

·      To make sure tongs don’t burn the model’s head, hold a comb in between tongs and scalp.

·      Hold tongs in place for approximately 10-12 seconds and gently release curl without unravelling it.

·      Cold set the hair by holding the curl in place with a curby grip whilst still warm (make sure curl is flat against head and fixed with the curby grip from the inside of the curl).

·      Repeat on all sections until you have worked your way up the head.

This image shows my hair in pin curls.

This was after the pins were removed.

As I was the model for my classmate during the practical, I didn’t have time during the practical to do pin curls on someone else's hair. So I practised on my classmate outside of lessons. This is one of the pin curls that I did.

Crimping:

Equipment:

·      Pintail comb

·      Clips

·      Crimper

Instructions:

·      Turn on crimper and allow to heat up.

·      Section hair using a pintail comb.

·      Select a row of hair and apply the crimper close to the root.

·      Hold crimper in position for a few seconds and release.

·      Move crimper further down the hair and repeat the crimping process until the full length or the section has been crimped.

·      Repeat process on each section of the hair, working upwards.

This is an example of where the crimped hair has been brushed and backcombed to create texture and volume.