Final Assessment- Hair Outcome

The final assessment for hair went really well. We had to give instruction and designs for our partners to follow. My partner did her assessment on me and I was really happy with the outcome. We've previously practiced and I found that my partner followed my design ideas thoroughly. Here was my design proposal:

Items needed for the timed assessment:

Babyliss curlers for large crimps and pin curls at the front
Bobby pins and grips
Backcombing brush
Dry shampoo for decoration
Hairspray

Order of hairstyle:

Firstly section the hair to around the mid point of the crown down to the back of the ears. Pin away the front section which we'll come back to a little later.

Then heat up the Babyliss large curlers that look like this:

Start to section the hair into small sections to be suitable to go into the crimpers. Start at the top of the hair and go down holding the crimpers onto the hair for around 5 sections each time, be cautious of the top of the head. Hairspray each section before and after this process. 

Once the hair is fully crimped start to work on the front section. 

Section the hair line into a middle parting using a pin tale comb to section the start of the hair line to be around 1.5/2inches thick, clip this away for later.

The next section is for the decorating, this will need to be crimped in the same way as the back of the hair.

Pin this away and use the two sections to backcomb, we need this to be our padding area so make sure to thoroughly backcomb this part. 

Roll the backcombed section and the decoration crimped section with each other to create your padded volume sections. Secure with pins thoroughly so that it holds. 

Start to section the front of the hair each side (it'll be in a middle parting) into 3 even sections, wrap the hair into the tong this time like you would with a normal curler this time, it should come out to be a springy textured curl to twist onto itself, secure this with thin pins so that the pins don't show. 

Do this step to the outer and end pin curls.

In the middle section of both sides, plat the hair downwards and wrap into a pin curl.

Spray with hairspray. Spray down any flyaway hairs/baby hairs.

Use dry shampoo directly to the middle platted pin curl for decoration.

The final look will be complete. 

The pin curls were meant to look like roses to relate to the latest fashion trend of adding flowers on to pretty much anything as seen in Vogue. The middle pin curl/rose was a platted rose which showed a different technique, it also used decoration of a frosted white on it to be a contemporary version of Elizabethan hair, this was relating to Elizabeths very pale snow white skin; it reminded me of snow.

I was impressed with the evenness of the hair. It was overall very sucsessful in terms of symmetry. 

There are quite a few flyaway hairs however which picked up on camera which I would've changed. 

The concept of the curls is meant to look like giant crimps relating to an Avant Guard style which I have included in a photo at the end of this post. The crimp follows on top of the padded area which is something I really wanted to show up on camera which it did. 

Hairspray was used very much for this look to keep the curls together for a more structured look. 

I found the assessment a little stressful for my partner as she had to be super organised and keep checking on the time, but she did very well but had a little difficulty when we were told '5 more minutes' so had to rush the pin curls just slightly. Otherwise I feel she really got the concept of my design. Overall the task was very fun, I enjoyed being the designer and the model.