My Design Practice On My Partner: Contemporary Elizabethan

Items used:

Straighteners

Babyliss curlers with a crimping edge

Pins

Clips

Large hairbrush

Sectioning comb

This week I used a more contemporary feel to my models hair. I've incorporated my design idea into this but feel I will make a lot of changes in the next few sessions. I wanted to have a flowing and structured crimped effect at the back and dramatic pin curls at the front. My main focus was to get the right texture of crimp/curls used from my inspiration which was giant crimps. I used straighteners backwards and forward but also used a babyliss curling want to go straight down the hair which worked easier. The hair shows both techniques used but the more squared effect has been created by the straighteners. 

I was pleased with the pin curls I created this week, they were slightly different with a large pin curl effect. This reminded me of one of my research images: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/f4/d4/e6/f4d4e69aa319cbbd475c958e79b7381a.jpg

I also researched some more flower looking pin curls to find this image:

She has large pin curls which also remind me of a flower!

 http://uk.pinterest.com/pin/366128644681230432/


I feel this image relates a lot to my practice design.

The pin curls here reminded me of roses which I want to incourperate into my final design. Flowers are a sign of purity and richness so I thought of Elizabeth 1.

Next time I would add more body and volume to create quiffs to add a heart shaped effect on my model, this week I felt I rushed the decorative part at the end because I was focused on getting the crimp/curls right, I ensured I had the right tool tested so that my partner would know exactly how to use it.