My Journey with the Elizabethans - My Three Designs

In order to make our designs clear  and concise when presenting them to our partners, we created hair charts of our three possible designs.  On these hair charts, we sketched our designs from a face on view, a profile shot and a back view.  We then annotated them with notes and instructions on how you would create the designs.  Below are my three ideas.

To create this first design, you would begin by creating a row of pin curls at the front of the head, using 9mm curling irons.  You would then section the hair into two, take the top section, and section that again into five.  With each of the five sections, you would create a small french plait going back on the head, making sure that you keep it tight and into the scalp.  You would then bring all of the hair into a mid ponytail at the back of the head, and finish off by placing a ribbon wrapped hair piece around the ponytail.

 

To create this second design, you would begin by separating the front section from the back section.  Taking the front section, you would create a row of barrel curls using a 9mm curling iron, and pin them into place.  To create the spiral curls at the side of the face you would use the same curling iron, but hold it parallel to the side of the face, rather than parallel to the top of the head.  To hold the spirals in place, you would use a hair grip to hold them, until the whole design was finished.  You would then pull the rest of the hair back into a neat, secure ponytail, before creating the bun.  To create the bun, you would split the ponytail into four equal sections, rolling each section around your index finger before rolling down into the head and pinning into place with hair grips.  You would then finish off the design by tying a piece of ribbon around the bun.

 

To create this final design, you would begin by sectioning the front of the hair and creating the row of pin curls using a 9mm curling iron.  Then you would crimp the rest of the hair and pull it back into a ponytail to create the bun.  Tuck the ends of the ponytail back into the hairband and split the bun in two.  Pin the bottoms of the bun sections to the head and then bring the loose end of the ponytail over the middle of the separation to the front, and pin into place.