Today in our hair class I wanted to create my own version of a contemporary syle of Elizabethan hair. Elizabeth wore lots of jewels, feathers and ribbons in her hair so I decided to incourporate a ribbon into my work as well as plates, volume and twists. Here's an image of Elizabeth's hair with ribbon, plates and volume I based my work on:
I styled my hair with a hear shaped front with all the hair scaped back from the forehead like Elizabeth would've.
Things I used:
Backcombing brush
Bobby pins and grips
Paddle brush
Ribbon
Small hair bands
Firstly I brushed the dolls head with a paddle brush ensuring no knots in the hair. I then sectioned the hair with two parts at each side of the hair to create a heart shaped effect. I rolled the hair under itself with a little help with backcombing the under side of the hair. I pinned this in place to make it look like a french twist effect. the pins were essential for this look to get it more perfected. Then I started to plat the hair downwards into a french braid in two thin sections symmetrically.
I used a French twist at the back of the hair to create volume for the two plats running diagonal. This was hair rolled under itself. I then pinned this in place and folded the remaining plats around the twist. I then sewed through a ribbon in a zig zag pattern with a bow at the end. I was pleased with the outcome but feel it could've been placed more neatly next time.
The ribbon was used here with a crisscross effect reminding me of a shoe lace effect.
I then decided to braid the hair downwards at the whole section at the back for a slightly different outcome.
I used the ribbon again to twist around the clustered braids.
I added the ribbon here. Overall was pleased with my styles. The first idea was more relative to Elizabeth but I wanted to further develop my idea into something a little more contempory and practice my braiding skills for future use.
No comments:
Post a Comment