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.